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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 461 407
Rank change year-on-year +60 -54 -100
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 271 254 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.31% 1.31% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 179 191 267
10th Percentile £50,750 £52,500 £52,300
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £78,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +4.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £101,000 £122,500 £117,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,750 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.30% - -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 20,665 19,345 22,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.06% 36.21% 40.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,325 11,368 18,530
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,331 £46,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,837 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +8.06% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +64 221 £75,000 -6.25% 149
UK excluding London +57 134 £71,750 +6.30% 120
Work from Home +61 112 £72,500 -8.23% 97
London +33 103 £85,000 -15.00% 49
North of England +48 80 £72,500 +9.43% 29
Yorkshire +41 52 £71,000 +9.23% 20
North West +13 25 £70,000 +12.00% 7
Midlands +31 16 £50,000 -27.86% 12
West Midlands +33 14 £50,000 -27.86% 9
South East +22 13 £72,500 +18.37% 41
South West +12 8 £70,000 +27.27% 14
Wales +7 7 £68,958 +2.69% 7
Scotland -3 6 £73,801 +6.48% 3
Northern Ireland -12 6 £95,000 +37.07% 2
North East -2 3 £73,801 +6.48% 2
East Midlands -13 2 - - 2

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 16 (5.90%) Apache
2 10 (3.69%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.21%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.21%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.21%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 254 (93.73%) AWS
2 136 (50.18%) Serverless
3 132 (48.71%) Azure
4 128 (47.23%) AWS Lambda
5 93 (34.32%) Amazon S3
6 76 (28.04%) GitHub
7 74 (27.31%) Amazon ECS
7 74 (27.31%) GCP
8 72 (26.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 61 (22.51%) Amazon EKS
10 59 (21.77%) GitHub Actions
11 49 (18.08%) AWS Step Functions
12 46 (16.97%) Amazon EC2
13 45 (16.61%) Amazon ECR
14 37 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
15 33 (12.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 30 (11.07%) Amazon SQS
17 26 (9.59%) OpenShift
18 25 (9.23%) dbt
19 24 (8.86%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.38%) TCP/IP
2 13 (4.80%) Firewall
3 9 (3.32%) VPN
4 8 (2.95%) Network Security
5 6 (2.21%) SSL
6 5 (1.85%) AMQP
7 4 (1.48%) DSL
7 4 (1.48%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (1.11%) SCCP
9 2 (0.74%) DHCP
9 2 (0.74%) DNS
9 2 (0.74%) LAN
9 2 (0.74%) WAN
10 1 (0.37%) HTTP
10 1 (0.37%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (22.51%) Amazon RDS
2 59 (21.77%) DynamoDB
3 45 (16.61%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (15.13%) NoSQL
5 24 (8.86%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (7.38%) Redis
7 17 (6.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 17 (6.27%) SQL Server
8 16 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (4.43%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (4.43%) Data Lake
9 12 (4.43%) MySQL
10 7 (2.58%) Big Data
11 6 (2.21%) DB2
11 6 (2.21%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.85%) Cloudera CDH
12 5 (1.85%) Hadoop
13 3 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
13 3 (1.11%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 94 (34.69%) Jenkins
2 76 (28.04%) GitLab
3 50 (18.45%) Git
4 27 (9.96%) SonarQube
5 19 (7.01%) Cypress.io
5 19 (7.01%) Maven
6 11 (4.06%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.32%) CircleCI
8 6 (2.21%) TeamCity
9 5 (1.85%) git-flow
9 5 (1.85%) Robot Framework
10 3 (1.11%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.11%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.11%) JIRA
10 3 (1.11%) JMeter
11 2 (0.74%) Selenium
11 2 (0.74%) TestRail
12 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 78 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.71%) Finance
3 19 (7.01%) Banking
4 18 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.69%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.95%) Law
6 8 (2.95%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.85%) Advertising
10 4 (1.48%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.48%) Retail
11 3 (1.11%) Aviation
11 3 (1.11%) Billing
11 3 (1.11%) Electronics
11 3 (1.11%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.11%) Marketing
12 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (25.09%) Senior
2 61 (22.51%) Cloud Engineer
3 47 (17.34%) DevOps Engineer
4 42 (15.50%) Developer
5 31 (11.44%) AWS Engineer
6 27 (9.96%) Lead
7 26 (9.59%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.90%) Architect
9 15 (5.54%) AWS Developer
9 15 (5.54%) Java Developer
9 15 (5.54%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.17%) AWS DevOps
11 13 (4.80%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.43%) .NET Developer
12 12 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.43%) Senior Developer
13 11 (4.06%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 11 (4.06%) Data Engineer
13 11 (4.06%) Security Engineer
13 11 (4.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (15.50%) AWS CDK
2 33 (12.18%) AngularJS
3 31 (11.44%) Node.js
4 28 (10.33%) React
4 28 (10.33%) Spring Boot
5 26 (9.59%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (9.59%) RESTful
6 20 (7.38%) Django
7 19 (7.01%) Gherkin
7 19 (7.01%) Jest
8 18 (6.64%) .NET
9 17 (6.27%) Spring
10 16 (5.90%) Kafka
11 15 (5.54%) RabbitMQ
12 13 (4.80%) .NET Core
12 13 (4.80%) ASP.NET
12 13 (4.80%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (4.80%) Blazor
13 12 (4.43%) REST
14 10 (3.69%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 74 (27.31%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.75%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.64%) Linux Command Line
4 13 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.80%) Security Posture
5 12 (4.43%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.95%) PKI
7 6 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.85%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.85%) Blockchain
8 5 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.85%) Web3
9 4 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.11%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 98 (36.16%) Linux
2 41 (15.13%) Windows
3 38 (14.02%) Unix
4 15 (5.54%) Ubuntu
5 14 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.95%) CentOS
6 8 (2.95%) Debian
7 4 (1.48%) VMS
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (77.86%) Infrastructure as Code
2 200 (73.80%) CI/CD
3 199 (73.43%) DevOps
4 108 (39.85%) Agile
5 83 (30.63%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (28.41%) Containerisation
7 60 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (20.66%) Cloud Security
9 55 (20.30%) Observability
10 54 (19.93%) Microservices
11 37 (13.65%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 35 (12.92%) Platform Engineering
13 34 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 32 (11.81%) Incident Response
15 31 (11.44%) Root Cause Analysis
16 29 (10.70%) Collaborative Culture
16 29 (10.70%) Continuous Integration
16 29 (10.70%) Mentoring
17 27 (9.96%) Clean Code
17 27 (9.96%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 143 (52.77%) Python
2 84 (31.00%) Bash
3 55 (20.30%) Java
4 47 (17.34%) TypeScript
5 44 (16.24%) SQL
6 39 (14.39%) PowerShell
7 28 (10.33%) JavaScript
8 23 (8.49%) Go
9 19 (7.01%) Bicep
9 19 (7.01%) Groovy
10 18 (6.64%) C#
11 11 (4.06%) Kotlin
12 6 (2.21%) C++
12 6 (2.21%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (1.48%) Rust
14 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 89 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 83 (30.63%) AWS Certification
3 53 (19.56%) SC Cleared
4 31 (11.44%) DV Cleared
5 24 (8.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (7.75%) AWS Certified Developer
6 21 (7.75%) Degree
7 15 (5.54%) Azure Certification
8 13 (4.80%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (4.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.48%) OSCP
12 4 (1.48%) SnowPro
13 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.74%) CISA
14 2 (0.74%) CRISC
14 2 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.06%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.06%) QA
2 9 (3.32%) NIST
3 8 (2.95%) GDPR
4 7 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.58%) SLA
5 5 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) Basel III
6 1 (0.37%) MiFID
6 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 143 (52.77%) Docker
2 7 (2.58%) KVM
3 6 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.37%) QEMU
6 1 (0.37%) vCloud
6 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 207 (76.38%) Terraform
2 118 (43.54%) Kubernetes
3 68 (25.09%) Ansible
4 54 (19.93%) Grafana
5 39 (14.39%) Prometheus
6 19 (7.01%) HP Fortify
7 15 (5.54%) Argo
8 12 (4.43%) AWS Copilot
9 7 (2.58%) Docker Swarm
9 7 (2.58%) Puppet
10 6 (2.21%) Istio
10 6 (2.21%) linkerd
10 6 (2.21%) Mesos
10 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.85%) Kubeflow
12 4 (1.48%) Rancher
13 2 (0.74%) Nessus
14 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 38 (14.02%) Google
2 19 (7.01%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.27%) Splunk
4 11 (4.06%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.58%) VMware
6 6 (2.21%) IBM
6 6 (2.21%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.48%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.48%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.11%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.11%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.11%) Foundry
8 3 (1.11%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (1.11%) Oracle
8 3 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.11%) SAP
9 2 (0.74%) Databricks
9 2 (0.74%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.37%) Qualys