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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 451 524
Rank change year-on-year +69 +73 -170
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 522 219 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.45% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.91% 1.42% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 262 128 180
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,401 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +3.45% -4.92%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £104,500 £100,375 £107,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,991 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.76% - -7.14%

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 27,393 15,389 23,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.28% 31.35% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 18,619 10,342 14,723
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +58 458 £75,823 +1.10% 293
UK excluding London +9 257 £71,991 +10.76% 153
London +51 233 £90,000 +10.43% 159
North of England +25 143 £72,500 +16.00% 61
Work from Home -50 110 £85,000 +17.24% 128
Yorkshire +29 83 £75,000 +7.14% 19
North West -2 43 £72,500 +20.83% 34
Wales -40 34 £71,991 +30.89% 8
South West -53 33 £67,500 -25.00% 17
Midlands -42 23 £62,000 +15.35% 26
South East -54 19 £70,000 -20.00% 19
North East - 19 £50,000 - 8
East Midlands -32 13 £52,500 - 11
West Midlands -44 10 £63,750 +18.60% 15
Scotland +13 3 £71,991 +49.98% 13
East of England -46 1 £90,000 +20.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £71,991 - 7

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 20 (3.83%) Apache
2 13 (2.49%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.11%) Confluence
4 6 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.77%) nginx
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.38%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.38%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.57%) Summit
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 501 (95.98%) AWS
2 240 (45.98%) Serverless
3 179 (34.29%) AWS Lambda
4 150 (28.74%) Azure
5 134 (25.67%) Amazon ECS
6 128 (24.52%) Amazon S3
7 121 (23.18%) GCP
8 115 (22.03%) GitHub
9 86 (16.48%) GitHub Actions
10 78 (14.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 77 (14.75%) Amazon EC2
12 74 (14.18%) Amazon EKS
13 61 (11.69%) AWS Step Functions
14 48 (9.20%) Cloud Computing
15 47 (9.00%) Datadog
16 36 (6.90%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 35 (6.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 34 (6.51%) Amazon SQS
19 33 (6.32%) OpenShift
20 32 (6.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.98%) Network Security
2 21 (4.02%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.49%) VPN
4 10 (1.92%) Firewall
5 8 (1.53%) DNS
6 7 (1.34%) AMQP
7 6 (1.15%) HTTP
8 5 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.38%) MQTT
9 2 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.19%) 4G
10 1 (0.19%) 5G
10 1 (0.19%) DHCP
10 1 (0.19%) DNSSEC
10 1 (0.19%) Internet
10 1 (0.19%) PSTN
10 1 (0.19%) SCCP
10 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (18.01%) NoSQL
2 75 (14.37%) DynamoDB
3 65 (12.45%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (5.36%) Amazon Athena
6 21 (4.02%) MongoDB
7 20 (3.83%) MySQL
8 11 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.11%) Redis
9 9 (1.72%) Big Data
9 9 (1.72%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.34%) Cloudera CDH
12 6 (1.15%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.15%) Flink
12 6 (1.15%) Metadata
13 5 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 118 (22.61%) Jenkins
2 112 (21.46%) GitLab
3 88 (16.86%) Git
4 43 (8.24%) Cucumber
5 20 (3.83%) Cypress.io
6 19 (3.64%) Maven
7 18 (3.45%) SonarQube
8 13 (2.49%) JIRA
9 11 (2.11%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.34%) CircleCI
11 7 (1.34%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.96%) Snyk
12 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.77%) Gradle
14 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.57%) JUnit
14 3 (0.57%) NUnit
14 3 (0.57%) Postman
14 3 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 137 (26.25%) Finance
1 137 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 80 (15.33%) Public Sector
3 56 (10.73%) Banking
4 36 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.83%) Financial Institution
6 17 (3.26%) Law
7 14 (2.68%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.49%) Legal
9 11 (2.11%) Military
10 8 (1.53%) Retail
11 5 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.77%) Local Government
12 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.57%) Automotive
13 3 (0.57%) Back Office
13 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.57%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 133 (25.48%) Senior
2 99 (18.97%) Developer
3 89 (17.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 77 (14.75%) DevOps Engineer
5 63 (12.07%) Java Developer
6 54 (10.34%) AWS Engineer
7 50 (9.58%) Java Engineer
8 47 (9.00%) Lead
9 42 (8.05%) Consultant
10 35 (6.70%) Architect
11 33 (6.32%) Senior Consultant
12 28 (5.36%) Platform Engineer
12 28 (5.36%) Software Engineer
13 25 (4.79%) Full-Stack Developer
13 25 (4.79%) Principal Engineer
14 24 (4.60%) AWS Developer
14 24 (4.60%) Cloud Native Engineer
14 24 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 24 (4.60%) Principal Java Engineer
15 22 (4.21%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (74.14%) Terraform
2 122 (23.37%) Spring Boot
3 108 (20.69%) Spring
4 91 (17.43%) Kafka
5 90 (17.24%) Node.js
6 69 (13.22%) AngularJS
7 56 (10.73%) AWS CDK
8 44 (8.43%) RESTful
9 43 (8.24%) React
10 31 (5.94%) RabbitMQ
11 30 (5.75%) REST
12 25 (4.79%) Web Services
13 21 (4.02%) Gherkin
14 19 (3.64%) Hibernate
15 17 (3.26%) JPA
16 16 (3.07%) gRPC
16 16 (3.07%) Jest
17 15 (2.87%) JSON
18 14 (2.68%) YAML
19 13 (2.49%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 210 (40.23%) Cloud Native
2 98 (18.77%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (10.92%) Public Cloud
4 52 (9.96%) Onboarding
5 43 (8.24%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (8.05%) e-Learning
7 38 (7.28%) Enterprise Cloud
8 26 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (4.98%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (4.98%) Mainframe
9 22 (4.21%) Data Centre
10 20 (3.83%) Virtual Team
11 16 (3.07%) Linux Command Line
12 14 (2.68%) Product Ownership
12 14 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (2.49%) Blog
13 13 (2.49%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (2.30%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
16 8 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 90 (17.24%) Linux
2 21 (4.02%) Unix
3 19 (3.64%) Windows
4 10 (1.92%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.53%) CentOS
5 8 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.34%) Debian
7 5 (0.96%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.38%) Android
8 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.38%) VMS
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (77.39%) Infrastructure as Code
2 348 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 288 (55.17%) DevOps
4 247 (47.32%) Agile
5 171 (32.76%) Containerisation
6 141 (27.01%) Mentoring
7 140 (26.82%) Software Engineering
8 129 (24.71%) Observability
9 127 (24.33%) Microservices
10 124 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 110 (21.07%) Event-Driven
12 108 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
13 104 (19.92%) Test Automation
14 97 (18.58%) Cloud Security
15 84 (16.09%) AI
16 82 (15.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 82 (15.71%) Migration
17 75 (14.37%) Platform Engineering
18 67 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 65 (12.45%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 241 (46.17%) Python
2 192 (36.78%) Java
3 98 (18.77%) SQL
4 86 (16.48%) Bash
5 75 (14.37%) TypeScript
6 42 (8.05%) Groovy
7 38 (7.28%) PowerShell
8 37 (7.09%) Go
9 36 (6.90%) JavaScript
10 34 (6.51%) Kotlin
11 31 (5.94%) Ruby
12 25 (4.79%) Bicep
13 18 (3.45%) C#
14 15 (2.87%) Perl
14 15 (2.87%) PHP
15 9 (1.72%) C++
16 6 (1.15%) COBOL
17 4 (0.77%) Google Apps Script
18 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 172 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 132 (25.29%) AWS Certification
3 105 (20.11%) SC Cleared
4 87 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 39 (7.47%) DV Cleared
6 34 (6.51%) Degree
7 17 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 11 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 10 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.53%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.96%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.77%) OCP
13 4 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.66%) GDPR
2 17 (3.26%) QA
3 12 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.30%) NIST
4 11 (2.11%) HIPAA
4 11 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.72%) NCSC
6 6 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
6 6 (1.15%) WCAG
7 5 (0.96%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.77%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 212 (40.61%) Docker
2 5 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.96%) KVM
2 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 202 (38.70%) Kubernetes
2 98 (18.77%) Ansible
3 60 (11.49%) Grafana
4 55 (10.54%) Prometheus
5 50 (9.58%) Progress Chef
6 36 (6.90%) Puppet
7 20 (3.83%) Argo
8 12 (2.30%) HP Fortify
9 8 (1.53%) Istio
10 6 (1.15%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (1.15%) linkerd
10 6 (1.15%) Mesos
10 6 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.77%) logstash
13 3 (0.57%) Rancher
14 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
15 1 (0.19%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 47 (9.00%) Google
2 21 (4.02%) Splunk
3 19 (3.64%) Microsoft
4 18 (3.45%) Oracle
5 16 (3.07%) Red Hat
6 9 (1.72%) OpenAI
7 7 (1.34%) Databricks
7 7 (1.34%) SaltStack
8 6 (1.15%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.15%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.15%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.15%) VMware
9 5 (0.96%) Cisco
10 4 (0.77%) Avaya
10 4 (0.77%) Genesys
11 3 (0.57%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.57%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.57%) YouTube
12 2 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (0.38%) Dynatrace