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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 417 486
Rank change year-on-year +37 +69 -152
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 319 284 338
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.60% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 1.61% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 198 210 271
10th Percentile £54,250 £52,500 £52,000
25th Percentile £63,240 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,051 £76,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +2.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £103,250 £122,500 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% - -10.00%

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 23,027 17,629 29,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 37.22% 38.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,374 10,912 23,816
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 27 February 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS CloudFormation in the UK

AWS CloudFormation
Top 16 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 27 February 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 +27 268 £75,000 -5.66% 92
UK excluding London +26 161 £72,500 +7.41% 61
London +12 127 £83,750 -14.10% 45
Work from Home +18 116 £72,500 -3.33% 59
North of England +29 95 £72,500 +7.41% 24
Yorkshire +27 66 £72,500 - 5
North West -15 25 £74,301 +14.31% 15
Midlands +6 22 £50,000 -26.97% 7
West Midlands +22 15 £50,000 -27.86% 5
South East -16 14 £70,000 +16.67% 12
South West 0 10 £71,250 +29.55% 14
Wales -5 8 £71,379 +7.64% 2
Scotland -20 7 £73,801 +6.48%
Northern Ireland -23 7 £95,000 +37.07% 1
East Midlands -26 7 £75,000 +15.38% 2
North East -12 4 £73,801 +6.37% 4

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 18 (5.64%) Apache
2 10 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.25%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.25%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.25%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.63%) JBoss
5 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 303 (94.98%) AWS
2 177 (55.49%) Serverless
3 159 (49.84%) AWS Lambda
4 142 (44.51%) Azure
5 116 (36.36%) Amazon S3
6 99 (31.03%) Amazon ECS
7 86 (26.96%) GCP
8 82 (25.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 80 (25.08%) GitHub
10 72 (22.57%) AWS Step Functions
11 63 (19.75%) Amazon EKS
12 61 (19.12%) GitHub Actions
13 60 (18.81%) Amazon ECR
14 43 (13.48%) Amazon EC2
15 38 (11.91%) Amazon SQS
16 36 (11.29%) Pulumi
17 33 (10.34%) Datadog
18 32 (10.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 31 (9.72%) Apigee
19 31 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.15%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.39%) Firewall
3 13 (4.08%) VPN
4 11 (3.45%) DSL
5 5 (1.57%) AMQP
5 5 (1.57%) Network Security
5 5 (1.57%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.25%) DNS
6 4 (1.25%) SSL
7 3 (0.94%) SCCP
8 2 (0.63%) DHCP
8 2 (0.63%) LAN
8 2 (0.63%) WAN
9 1 (0.31%) 4G
9 1 (0.31%) 5G
9 1 (0.31%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (26.33%) DynamoDB
2 66 (20.69%) Amazon RDS
3 61 (19.12%) NoSQL
4 49 (15.36%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
6 25 (7.84%) Redis
7 21 (6.58%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (5.02%) SQL Server
9 14 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (3.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (3.76%) MySQL
11 9 (2.82%) Data Lake
12 7 (2.19%) Big Data
13 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.57%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (1.57%) Hadoop
15 4 (1.25%) DB2
16 3 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
16 3 (0.94%) Metadata
17 2 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 118 (36.99%) Jenkins
2 114 (35.74%) GitLab
3 55 (17.24%) Git
4 39 (12.23%) SonarQube
5 32 (10.03%) Maven
6 31 (9.72%) Cypress.io
7 18 (5.64%) CircleCI
8 11 (3.45%) Bitbucket
9 10 (3.13%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.88%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.57%) git-flow
11 5 (1.57%) JIRA
11 5 (1.57%) Robot Framework
12 4 (1.25%) Selenium
13 3 (0.94%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.94%) JMeter
14 2 (0.63%) TestRail
15 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
15 1 (0.31%) Gradle
15 1 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 95 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 62 (19.44%) Finance
3 24 (7.52%) Banking
4 20 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.45%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.51%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.19%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.88%) Advertising
10 5 (1.57%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.57%) Law
10 5 (1.57%) Retail
11 4 (1.25%) Billing
11 4 (1.25%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.94%) Aviation
13 2 (0.63%) Electronics
13 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.63%) Marketing
13 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (22.26%) Developer
1 71 (22.26%) Senior
2 69 (21.63%) Cloud Engineer
3 51 (15.99%) DevOps Engineer
4 38 (11.91%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (10.97%) Java Developer
5 35 (10.97%) Platform Engineer
6 27 (8.46%) Lead
7 22 (6.90%) AWS Developer
8 20 (6.27%) Senior Developer
9 19 (5.96%) Architect
9 19 (5.96%) Security Engineer
9 19 (5.96%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 18 (5.64%) AWS DevOps
10 18 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (5.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 16 (5.02%) AWS Architect
13 15 (4.70%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.08%) .NET Developer
14 13 (4.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (17.24%) AWS CDK
2 53 (16.61%) AngularJS
3 49 (15.36%) Spring Boot
4 43 (13.48%) Node.js
5 36 (11.29%) React
6 31 (9.72%) Gherkin
6 31 (9.72%) Jest
6 31 (9.72%) Kafka
7 30 (9.40%) RESTful
8 28 (8.78%) Elastic Stack
9 26 (8.15%) Spring
10 25 (7.84%) Django
11 20 (6.27%) RabbitMQ
12 19 (5.96%) .NET
13 15 (4.70%) gRPC
14 14 (4.39%) REST
15 13 (4.08%) .NET Core
15 13 (4.08%) ASP.NET
15 13 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (4.08%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 96 (30.09%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.46%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.58%) Linux Command Line
3 21 (6.58%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.33%) Public Cloud
5 15 (4.70%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.76%) Cloud Security Posture
7 11 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.13%) Blockchain
8 10 (3.13%) Web3
9 9 (2.82%) PKI
10 8 (2.51%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.63%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 92 (28.84%) Linux
2 40 (12.54%) Unix
3 34 (10.66%) Windows
4 14 (4.39%) Ubuntu
5 12 (3.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.51%) CentOS
7 6 (1.88%) Debian
8 5 (1.57%) VMS
9 1 (0.31%) Android
9 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (77.12%) Infrastructure as Code
2 242 (75.86%) CI/CD
3 234 (73.35%) DevOps
4 136 (42.63%) Agile
5 98 (30.72%) Containerisation
5 98 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (22.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (21.00%) Observability
8 65 (20.38%) Microservices
9 63 (19.75%) Cloud Security
10 50 (15.67%) DevSecOps
11 47 (14.73%) Continuous Integration
11 47 (14.73%) Mentoring
12 45 (14.11%) Platform Engineering
13 43 (13.48%) Incident Response
14 40 (12.54%) Clean Code
15 38 (11.91%) Software Engineering
16 37 (11.60%) Test Automation
17 36 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 34 (10.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 158 (49.53%) Python
2 89 (27.90%) Java
3 88 (27.59%) Bash
4 65 (20.38%) TypeScript
5 57 (17.87%) SQL
6 37 (11.60%) Go
7 34 (10.66%) PowerShell
8 31 (9.72%) Groovy
8 31 (9.72%) JavaScript
9 22 (6.90%) Kotlin
10 21 (6.58%) C#
11 16 (5.02%) Bicep
12 11 (3.45%) Rust
13 7 (2.19%) C++
14 6 (1.88%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 93 (29.15%) Security Cleared
2 89 (27.90%) AWS Certification
3 56 (17.55%) SC Cleared
4 31 (9.72%) Degree
5 29 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 27 (8.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (7.21%) AWS Certified Developer
8 21 (6.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 20 (6.27%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (4.39%) Azure Certification
11 13 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (3.76%) OSCP
13 7 (2.19%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 5 (1.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.63%) SnowPro
17 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.96%) NIST
2 12 (3.76%) PCI DSS
2 12 (3.76%) QA
3 11 (3.45%) GDPR
4 7 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.88%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.57%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) Basel III
7 1 (0.31%) HL7
7 1 (0.31%) MiFID
7 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 174 (54.55%) Docker
2 7 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.19%) KVM
3 6 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.31%) QEMU
5 1 (0.31%) vCloud
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 230 (72.10%) Terraform
2 127 (39.81%) Kubernetes
3 66 (20.69%) Ansible
4 57 (17.87%) Grafana
5 48 (15.05%) Prometheus
6 31 (9.72%) HP Fortify
7 17 (5.33%) AWS Copilot
8 13 (4.08%) Argo
9 10 (3.13%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (2.51%) Istio
10 8 (2.51%) linkerd
10 8 (2.51%) Mesos
11 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (1.88%) Puppet
13 4 (1.25%) Rancher
14 2 (0.63%) Nessus
15 1 (0.31%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 44 (13.79%) Google
2 19 (5.96%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.39%) Splunk
4 9 (2.82%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.19%) VMware
6 6 (1.88%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.25%) IBM
7 4 (1.25%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.25%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.94%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.94%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle
8 3 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.63%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.63%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.63%) SAP
10 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.31%) Foundry
10 1 (0.31%) Qualys
10 1 (0.31%) Refinitiv