AWS CloudFormation Job Trends in England

Amazon AWS CloudFormation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring AWS CloudFormation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 437 551
Rank change year-on-year +52 +114 -182
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 384 216 309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.65% 1.57% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 204 118 255
10th Percentile £55,375 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £63,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £111,625 £112,500
UK median annual salary £79,160 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.55% - -6.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

AWS CloudFormation falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,283 13,766 30,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.42% 33.64% 33.19%
Number of salaries quoted 15,534 9,823 24,444
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,950 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

AWS CloudFormation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS CloudFormation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

AWS CloudFormation job vacancy trend in England

AWS CloudFormation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS CloudFormation in England over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS CloudFormation in England

AWS CloudFormation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS CloudFormation within the England region over the 6 months to 28 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +52 195 £90,000 +9.09% 39
North of England +45 132 £75,000 +8.09% 23
Yorkshire +42 89 £75,000 +4.17% 6
North West +18 41 £77,500 +11.70% 15
Midlands -14 27 £52,500 -22.37% 3
East Midlands -2 18 £52,500 -27.59% 1
South East -38 12 £70,000 -12.50% 22
South West -61 11 £72,500 -19.44% 14
West Midlands -18 9 £50,000 -24.60% 2
East of England -24 2 £82,500 +10.00%
North East -47 2 £65,576 -5.49% 2
AWS CloudFormation
UK

AWS CloudFormation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.91%) Apache
2 10 (2.60%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.56%) Confluence
4 5 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.78%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Drupal
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Magento
1 1 (0.26%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 368 (95.83%) AWS
2 200 (52.08%) Serverless
3 163 (42.45%) AWS Lambda
4 120 (31.25%) Amazon S3
5 111 (28.91%) Amazon ECS
6 88 (22.92%) Azure
7 86 (22.40%) AWS Step Functions
8 79 (20.57%) GitHub
9 71 (18.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 60 (15.63%) GCP
11 59 (15.36%) Datadog
12 56 (14.58%) GitHub Actions
13 50 (13.02%) Amazon EC2
14 45 (11.72%) Amazon EKS
15 42 (10.94%) Amazon SQS
16 37 (9.64%) Amazon ECR
17 34 (8.85%) Apigee
18 33 (8.59%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 32 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
20 22 (5.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.91%) Firewall
1 15 (3.91%) VPN
2 11 (2.86%) DSL
2 11 (2.86%) Network Security
3 10 (2.60%) DNS
4 9 (2.34%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.56%) AMQP
6 3 (0.78%) HTTP
6 3 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.52%) 4G
7 2 (0.52%) 5G
7 2 (0.52%) SCCP
8 1 (0.26%) DHCP
8 1 (0.26%) DNSSEC
8 1 (0.26%) Internet
8 1 (0.26%) MQTT
8 1 (0.26%) PSTN
8 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (27.34%) DynamoDB
2 79 (20.57%) NoSQL
3 39 (10.16%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (9.11%) Amazon Athena
5 11 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.34%) Big Data
8 7 (1.82%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.56%) Cloudera CDH
9 6 (1.56%) Flink
10 5 (1.30%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.30%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.04%) Metadata
11 4 (1.04%) MySQL
11 4 (1.04%) Redis
12 3 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 145 (37.76%) Jenkins
2 132 (34.38%) GitLab
3 55 (14.32%) Git
4 38 (9.90%) Maven
5 34 (8.85%) Cypress.io
6 30 (7.81%) SonarQube
7 27 (7.03%) Cucumber
8 26 (6.77%) CircleCI
9 10 (2.60%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.82%) JIRA
12 6 (1.56%) Claude Code
13 5 (1.30%) Gradle
13 5 (1.30%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.78%) Selenium
15 2 (0.52%) JMeter
16 1 (0.26%) Gatling
16 1 (0.26%) git-flow
16 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
16 1 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 104 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 90 (23.44%) Finance
3 35 (9.11%) Banking
4 15 (3.91%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.34%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.82%) Advertising
10 6 (1.56%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.30%) Legal
11 5 (1.30%) Retail
12 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.78%) Back Office
13 3 (0.78%) Billing
13 3 (0.78%) Law
14 2 (0.52%) Aviation
14 2 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 104 (27.08%) Developer
2 78 (20.31%) Senior
3 77 (20.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (17.97%) Java Developer
5 57 (14.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (10.94%) AWS Engineer
7 29 (7.55%) Senior Developer
8 27 (7.03%) AWS Developer
8 27 (7.03%) Java Engineer
8 27 (7.03%) Lead
9 25 (6.51%) Full-Stack Developer
10 24 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (5.47%) Architect
11 21 (5.47%) Security Engineer
11 21 (5.47%) Software Engineer
12 20 (5.21%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 19 (4.95%) AWS DevOps
13 19 (4.95%) Principal Engineer
14 18 (4.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 17 (4.43%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (22.14%) Spring Boot
2 81 (21.09%) AngularJS
3 67 (17.45%) Kafka
4 60 (15.63%) Node.js
4 60 (15.63%) Spring
5 43 (11.20%) AWS CDK
6 38 (9.90%) Gherkin
7 31 (8.07%) React
8 30 (7.81%) Jest
9 27 (7.03%) RESTful
10 23 (5.99%) gRPC
10 23 (5.99%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.95%) REST
11 19 (4.95%) web3js
12 17 (4.43%) Next.js
13 16 (4.17%) YAML
14 15 (3.91%) Web Services
15 13 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
15 13 (3.39%) JSON
16 9 (2.34%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 117 (30.47%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.64%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (9.64%) Public Cloud
3 22 (5.73%) e-Learning
4 21 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 20 (5.21%) Security Posture
6 19 (4.95%) Blockchain
6 19 (4.95%) Web3
7 15 (3.91%) Enterprise Cloud
7 15 (3.91%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (3.65%) Cloud Security Posture
9 10 (2.60%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.08%) PKI
10 8 (2.08%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.30%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.30%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.23%) Linux
2 21 (5.47%) Windows
3 13 (3.39%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.60%) CentOS
6 6 (1.56%) Debian
7 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.78%) Android
8 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.78%) Unix
8 3 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (72.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 253 (65.89%) CI/CD
3 201 (52.34%) DevOps
4 144 (37.50%) Agile
5 121 (31.51%) Containerisation
6 81 (21.09%) Mentoring
6 81 (21.09%) Microservices
7 77 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (18.75%) Observability
8 72 (18.75%) Test Automation
9 71 (18.49%) Software Engineering
10 68 (17.71%) Cloud Security
11 66 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
12 65 (16.93%) DevSecOps
13 60 (15.63%) Continuous Integration
14 55 (14.32%) Event-Driven
15 50 (13.02%) Platform Engineering
16 44 (11.46%) Collaborative Culture
16 44 (11.46%) Full-Stack Development
17 42 (10.94%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 169 (44.01%) Python
2 145 (37.76%) Java
3 88 (22.92%) TypeScript
4 85 (22.14%) SQL
5 67 (17.45%) Bash
6 54 (14.06%) Groovy
7 45 (11.72%) Go
8 39 (10.16%) Kotlin
9 30 (7.81%) JavaScript
10 29 (7.55%) PowerShell
11 18 (4.69%) Bicep
12 13 (3.39%) C#
13 11 (2.86%) Rust
14 7 (1.82%) C++
15 6 (1.56%) PHP
16 5 (1.30%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (1.30%) Perl
16 5 (1.30%) Ruby
17 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 99 (25.78%) Security Cleared
2 85 (22.14%) AWS Certification
3 57 (14.84%) SC Cleared
4 46 (11.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 37 (9.64%) Degree
6 28 (7.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (5.21%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.65%) OSCP
10 13 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.34%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (2.08%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (1.56%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.30%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 4 (1.04%) Postgraduate
17 3 (0.78%) CREST Certified
17 3 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
18 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
19 1 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.21%) NIST
1 20 (5.21%) PCI DSS
2 17 (4.43%) GDPR
3 13 (3.39%) SOC 2
4 9 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) QA
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 167 (43.49%) Docker
2 5 (1.30%) KVM
2 5 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 253 (65.89%) Terraform
2 148 (38.54%) Kubernetes
3 67 (17.45%) Ansible
4 41 (10.68%) Prometheus
5 35 (9.11%) Grafana
6 29 (7.55%) HP Fortify
7 23 (5.99%) Progress Chef
8 15 (3.91%) Argo
8 15 (3.91%) Puppet
9 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.30%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (1.04%) Istio
11 4 (1.04%) linkerd
11 4 (1.04%) Mesos
12 3 (0.78%) AWS Copilot
12 3 (0.78%) Rancher
13 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.26%) Consul
14 1 (0.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 27 (7.03%) Google
2 13 (3.39%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.13%) Oracle
4 7 (1.82%) HubSpot
4 7 (1.82%) Red Hat
5 6 (1.56%) SaltStack
6 5 (1.30%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.30%) Splunk
6 5 (1.30%) VMware
7 3 (0.78%) Databricks
7 3 (0.78%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.26%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.26%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.26%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.26%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.26%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.26%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.26%) TOWER Software