AWS CloudFormation Job Trends

Amazon AWS CloudFormation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring AWS CloudFormation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 451 591
Rank change year-on-year +65 +140 -231
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 429 235 335
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.51% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.64% 1.54% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 231 134 272
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £63,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,319 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £92,500 £93,438 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £69,384 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.49% +2.79% -3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 26,190 15,256 35,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.21% 32.86% 33.23%
Number of salaries quoted 17,088 10,603 26,891
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,650 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,685
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.58% -7.85%

AWS CloudFormation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

AWS CloudFormation job vacancy trend in the UK

AWS CloudFormation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS CloudFormation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS CloudFormation over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS CloudFormation in the UK

AWS CloudFormation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS CloudFormation within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +61 391 £80,000 +6.67% 76
UK excluding London +30 205 £72,500 +4.49% 58
London +47 200 £90,000 +9.09% 35
North of England +42 133 £75,000 +8.09% 22
Work from Home -24 111 £74,051 +6.73% 37
Yorkshire +46 89 £75,000 +4.17% 7
North West +18 41 £77,500 +11.70% 12
Midlands -17 28 £52,500 -22.37% 2
East Midlands -11 18 £52,500 -27.59% 1
Wales -41 14 £73,151 +27.22% 2
South East -41 12 £70,000 -12.50% 20
South West -56 11 £72,500 -19.44% 10
West Midlands -20 10 £56,000 -15.55% 1
Scotland +10 3 £76,783 +39.60% 2
North East -48 3 £57,788 -16.71% 3
East of England -32 2 £82,500 +10.00%
Northern Ireland - 2 £84,401 -

AWS CloudFormation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 19 (4.43%) Apache
2 12 (2.80%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.40%) Confluence
4 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.70%) JBoss
6 1 (0.23%) Drupal
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) Magento
2 1 (0.23%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 412 (96.04%) AWS
2 219 (51.05%) Serverless
3 181 (42.19%) AWS Lambda
4 130 (30.30%) Amazon S3
5 121 (28.21%) Amazon ECS
6 105 (24.48%) Azure
7 93 (21.68%) GitHub
8 87 (20.28%) AWS Step Functions
9 76 (17.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 76 (17.72%) GCP
10 70 (16.32%) GitHub Actions
11 60 (13.99%) Datadog
12 58 (13.52%) Amazon EKS
13 53 (12.35%) Amazon EC2
14 46 (10.72%) Amazon SQS
15 39 (9.09%) Amazon ECR
16 37 (8.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 37 (8.62%) Cloud Computing
17 34 (7.93%) Apigee
18 24 (5.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.50%) Firewall
1 15 (3.50%) Network Security
1 15 (3.50%) VPN
2 11 (2.56%) DSL
2 11 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.33%) DNS
4 6 (1.40%) AMQP
5 3 (0.70%) HTTP
5 3 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.47%) 4G
6 2 (0.47%) 5G
6 2 (0.47%) SCCP
7 1 (0.23%) DHCP
7 1 (0.23%) DNSSEC
7 1 (0.23%) Internet
7 1 (0.23%) MQTT
7 1 (0.23%) PSTN
7 1 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (24.48%) DynamoDB
2 83 (19.35%) NoSQL
3 49 (11.42%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (8.16%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.10%) Big Data
8 8 (1.86%) Redis
9 7 (1.63%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.63%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.40%) Cloudera CDH
10 6 (1.40%) Flink
10 6 (1.40%) MySQL
11 5 (1.17%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.17%) SQL Server
12 4 (0.93%) Apache Iceberg
12 4 (0.93%) Metadata
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 154 (35.90%) Jenkins
2 141 (32.87%) GitLab
3 64 (14.92%) Git
4 38 (8.86%) Maven
5 34 (7.93%) Cypress.io
6 32 (7.46%) SonarQube
7 28 (6.53%) Cucumber
8 26 (6.06%) CircleCI
9 10 (2.33%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (1.86%) JIRA
11 6 (1.40%) Claude Code
11 6 (1.40%) TeamCity
12 5 (1.17%) Gradle
13 3 (0.70%) Selenium
14 2 (0.47%) JMeter
15 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
15 1 (0.23%) Gatling
15 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
15 1 (0.23%) Vagrant
General
1 118 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 103 (24.01%) Finance
3 37 (8.62%) Banking
4 31 (7.23%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.10%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.63%) Advertising
9 6 (1.40%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.40%) Retail
10 5 (1.17%) Legal
11 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
11 4 (0.93%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.70%) Back Office
12 3 (0.70%) Billing
12 3 (0.70%) Law
13 2 (0.47%) Games
13 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (26.11%) Developer
2 85 (19.81%) Senior
3 78 (18.18%) Cloud Engineer
4 71 (16.55%) Java Developer
5 66 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 44 (10.26%) AWS Engineer
7 35 (8.16%) Lead
8 30 (6.99%) Platform Engineer
8 30 (6.99%) Senior Developer
9 28 (6.53%) Java Engineer
10 27 (6.29%) Architect
10 27 (6.29%) AWS Developer
11 26 (6.06%) Full-Stack Developer
12 22 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (4.90%) AWS DevOps
13 21 (4.90%) Security Engineer
13 21 (4.90%) Software Engineer
14 20 (4.66%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.66%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 20 (4.66%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (22.38%) Spring Boot
2 82 (19.11%) AngularJS
3 75 (17.48%) Node.js
4 73 (17.02%) Kafka
5 67 (15.62%) Spring
6 54 (12.59%) AWS CDK
7 39 (9.09%) React
8 38 (8.86%) Gherkin
9 30 (6.99%) Jest
9 30 (6.99%) RESTful
10 25 (5.83%) RabbitMQ
11 24 (5.59%) REST
12 23 (5.36%) gRPC
13 19 (4.43%) web3js
14 18 (4.20%) Next.js
14 18 (4.20%) YAML
15 15 (3.50%) JSON
15 15 (3.50%) Web Services
16 14 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
17 12 (2.80%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 146 (34.03%) Cloud Native
2 46 (10.72%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (9.09%) Public Cloud
4 24 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 23 (5.36%) e-Learning
6 20 (4.66%) Security Posture
7 19 (4.43%) Blockchain
7 19 (4.43%) Web3
8 18 (4.20%) Enterprise Cloud
9 17 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (3.26%) Cloud Security Posture
11 14 (3.26%) Mainframe
12 11 (2.56%) Data Centre
13 10 (2.33%) Product Ownership
14 9 (2.10%) PKI
15 8 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
16 7 (1.63%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 75 (17.48%) Linux
2 22 (5.13%) Windows
3 14 (3.26%) Ubuntu
4 12 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.56%) CentOS
6 6 (1.40%) Debian
7 5 (1.17%) Unix
7 5 (1.17%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.70%) Android
8 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.70%) VMS
9 1 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (74.36%) Infrastructure as Code
2 282 (65.73%) CI/CD
3 226 (52.68%) DevOps
4 173 (40.33%) Agile
5 148 (34.50%) Containerisation
6 95 (22.14%) Mentoring
6 95 (22.14%) Observability
7 94 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (21.45%) Microservices
9 89 (20.75%) Software Engineering
10 81 (18.88%) Cloud Security
11 78 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
12 76 (17.72%) Test Automation
13 72 (16.78%) Event-Driven
14 70 (16.32%) DevSecOps
15 67 (15.62%) Platform Engineering
16 65 (15.15%) Continuous Integration
17 50 (11.66%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 50 (11.66%) Full-Stack Development
18 48 (11.19%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 195 (45.45%) Python
2 167 (38.93%) Java
3 94 (21.91%) TypeScript
4 90 (20.98%) SQL
5 74 (17.25%) Bash
6 54 (12.59%) Groovy
7 47 (10.96%) Go
8 40 (9.32%) Kotlin
9 36 (8.39%) JavaScript
10 31 (7.23%) PowerShell
11 23 (5.36%) Bicep
12 17 (3.96%) C#
13 15 (3.50%) Ruby
14 11 (2.56%) C++
14 11 (2.56%) Rust
15 8 (1.86%) PHP
16 7 (1.63%) Perl
17 6 (1.40%) Google Apps Script
18 4 (0.93%) COBOL
19 1 (0.23%) Natural
Qualifications
1 119 (27.74%) Security Cleared
2 99 (23.08%) AWS Certification
3 64 (14.92%) SC Cleared
4 56 (13.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 37 (8.62%) Degree
6 28 (6.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.59%) ITIL Certification
8 23 (5.36%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.26%) OSCP
10 13 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.10%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (1.86%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.86%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 4 (0.93%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.70%) CREST Certified
17 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.66%) NIST
1 20 (4.66%) PCI DSS
2 17 (3.96%) GDPR
3 13 (3.03%) SOC 2
4 9 (2.10%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.17%) NCSC
7 4 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.70%) QA
8 3 (0.70%) WCAG
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) HL7
9 1 (0.23%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 191 (44.52%) Docker
2 6 (1.40%) KVM
2 6 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 294 (68.53%) Terraform
2 170 (39.63%) Kubernetes
3 73 (17.02%) Ansible
4 52 (12.12%) Prometheus
5 48 (11.19%) Grafana
6 29 (6.76%) HP Fortify
7 25 (5.83%) Progress Chef
8 17 (3.96%) Argo
8 17 (3.96%) Puppet
9 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.40%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.17%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (1.17%) Istio
11 5 (1.17%) linkerd
11 5 (1.17%) Mesos
12 3 (0.70%) Rancher
13 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.23%) Consul
14 1 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 33 (7.69%) Google
2 16 (3.73%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.03%) Oracle
4 8 (1.86%) Splunk
5 7 (1.63%) HubSpot
5 7 (1.63%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.40%) SaltStack
6 6 (1.40%) VMware
7 5 (1.17%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.93%) Databricks
9 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.47%) Tenable
11 1 (0.23%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.23%) Infoblox
11 1 (0.23%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (0.23%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.23%) TOWER Software