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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 453 592
Rank change year-on-year +61 +139 -230
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 386 228 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.51% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 1.52% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 215 127 276
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,150 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £114,000 £111,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,801 £69,384 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.37% +2.79% -6.90%

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 25,187 14,954 35,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.89% 33.43% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 16,324 10,320 27,528
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £30,368
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

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 18 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 18 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 +52 357 £80,000 +6.67% 106
UK excluding London +27 192 £73,801 +6.37% 79
London +34 175 £90,000 +10.77% 53
North of England +62 128 £75,000 +8.09% 25
Work from Home -12 109 £72,500 +7.21% 60
Yorkshire +42 90 £75,000 +2.04% 7
North West +27 36 £80,000 +14.79% 17
Midlands -4 29 £52,500 -27.59% 1
East Midlands -8 18 £52,500 -27.59%
West Midlands -12 11 £50,000 -38.51% 1
Wales -41 10 £73,151 +27.22% 4
South West -54 10 £72,500 -14.71% 16
South East -39 8 £70,000 +12.00% 19
Scotland +8 3 £76,783 +39.60% 2
East of England -30 2 £82,500 +10.00%
North East -48 2 £65,576 -5.49% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £84,401 - 12

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 (4.66%) Apache
2 11 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.30%) Confluence
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%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.26%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 372 (96.37%) AWS
2 202 (52.33%) Serverless
3 171 (44.30%) AWS Lambda
4 127 (32.90%) Amazon S3
5 110 (28.50%) Amazon ECS
6 95 (24.61%) Azure
7 89 (23.06%) AWS Step Functions
8 87 (22.54%) GitHub
9 79 (20.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 66 (17.10%) GCP
11 65 (16.84%) GitHub Actions
12 62 (16.06%) Datadog
13 53 (13.73%) Amazon EC2
14 45 (11.66%) Amazon EKS
14 45 (11.66%) Amazon SQS
15 39 (10.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 38 (9.84%) Amazon ECR
17 33 (8.55%) Apigee
18 23 (5.96%) Pulumi
19 22 (5.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.37%) VPN
2 12 (3.11%) DSL
2 12 (3.11%) Firewall
3 10 (2.59%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.07%) DNS
4 8 (2.07%) Network Security
5 5 (1.30%) AMQP
6 3 (0.78%) HTTP
6 3 (0.78%) SCCP
6 3 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.52%) 4G
7 2 (0.52%) 5G
8 1 (0.26%) MQTT
8 1 (0.26%) PSTN
8 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (26.94%) DynamoDB
2 81 (20.98%) NoSQL
3 50 (12.95%) Amazon RDS
4 37 (9.59%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (2.07%) Big Data
8 8 (2.07%) Redis
9 6 (1.55%) Flink
9 6 (1.55%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.30%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.30%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.30%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.30%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.04%) Apache Iceberg
11 4 (1.04%) Metadata
11 4 (1.04%) MySQL
12 2 (0.52%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 150 (38.86%) Jenkins
2 136 (35.23%) GitLab
3 58 (15.03%) Git
4 37 (9.59%) Maven
5 33 (8.55%) Cypress.io
6 30 (7.77%) SonarQube
7 27 (6.99%) CircleCI
8 26 (6.74%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.07%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.81%) JIRA
11 6 (1.55%) TeamCity
12 5 (1.30%) Claude Code
12 5 (1.30%) Gradle
13 3 (0.78%) Selenium
14 2 (0.52%) JMeter
15 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
15 1 (0.26%) git-flow
15 1 (0.26%) MLflow
15 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 108 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 86 (22.28%) Finance
3 37 (9.59%) Banking
4 17 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.07%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.81%) Advertising
9 7 (1.81%) Retail
10 6 (1.55%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.04%) Billing
11 4 (1.04%) Legal
11 4 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
11 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.78%) Aviation
12 3 (0.78%) Back Office
12 3 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.78%) Law
13 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (29.02%) Developer
2 74 (19.17%) Cloud Engineer
2 74 (19.17%) Senior
3 71 (18.39%) Java Developer
4 59 (15.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 43 (11.14%) AWS Engineer
6 33 (8.55%) Senior Developer
7 30 (7.77%) Platform Engineer
8 28 (7.25%) AWS Developer
9 26 (6.74%) Java Engineer
10 25 (6.48%) Lead
11 23 (5.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 21 (5.44%) Architect
12 21 (5.44%) AWS DevOps
13 20 (5.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 20 (5.18%) Security Engineer
14 19 (4.92%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 19 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.92%) Software Engineer
15 18 (4.66%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (22.54%) Spring Boot
2 80 (20.73%) AngularJS
3 70 (18.13%) Kafka
4 69 (17.88%) Node.js
5 60 (15.54%) Spring
6 46 (11.92%) AWS CDK
7 37 (9.59%) Gherkin
7 37 (9.59%) React
8 29 (7.51%) Jest
8 29 (7.51%) RESTful
9 24 (6.22%) RabbitMQ
10 23 (5.96%) gRPC
11 21 (5.44%) web3js
12 19 (4.92%) REST
13 18 (4.66%) Next.js
13 18 (4.66%) YAML
14 15 (3.89%) JSON
15 14 (3.63%) Elastic Stack
16 13 (3.37%) Web Services
17 12 (3.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 124 (32.12%) Cloud Native
2 39 (10.10%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (8.55%) Public Cloud
4 21 (5.44%) Blockchain
4 21 (5.44%) e-Learning
4 21 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (5.44%) Security Posture
4 21 (5.44%) Web3
5 16 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (3.37%) Cloud Security Posture
8 9 (2.33%) PKI
8 9 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.30%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.13%) Linux
2 20 (5.18%) Windows
3 13 (3.37%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.59%) CentOS
6 5 (1.30%) Debian
6 5 (1.30%) Unix
6 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.78%) Android
7 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.78%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (74.61%) Infrastructure as Code
2 265 (68.65%) CI/CD
3 215 (55.70%) DevOps
4 154 (39.90%) Agile
5 132 (34.20%) Containerisation
6 86 (22.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (21.76%) Observability
8 82 (21.24%) Microservices
8 82 (21.24%) Software Engineering
9 77 (19.95%) Mentoring
10 73 (18.91%) DevSecOps
11 72 (18.65%) Cloud Security
12 69 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
12 69 (17.88%) Test Automation
13 65 (16.84%) Continuous Integration
14 61 (15.80%) Event-Driven
15 59 (15.28%) Platform Engineering
16 46 (11.92%) Full-Stack Development
17 45 (11.66%) Collaborative Culture
18 43 (11.14%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 172 (44.56%) Python
2 151 (39.12%) Java
3 92 (23.83%) TypeScript
4 87 (22.54%) SQL
5 63 (16.32%) Bash
6 52 (13.47%) Groovy
7 48 (12.44%) Go
8 42 (10.88%) Kotlin
9 35 (9.07%) JavaScript
10 28 (7.25%) PowerShell
11 19 (4.92%) Bicep
12 17 (4.40%) C#
13 12 (3.11%) Rust
14 9 (2.33%) C++
15 6 (1.55%) Google Apps Script
15 6 (1.55%) Ruby
16 2 (0.52%) COBOL
16 2 (0.52%) PHP
17 1 (0.26%) Natural
17 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 93 (24.09%) Security Cleared
2 82 (21.24%) AWS Certification
3 58 (15.03%) SC Cleared
4 43 (11.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 34 (8.81%) Degree
6 26 (6.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 23 (5.96%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (4.92%) DV Cleared
9 15 (3.89%) OSCP
10 10 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.33%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (2.07%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (1.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 6 (1.55%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.04%) Postgraduate
15 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.78%) CREST Certified
17 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.44%) NIST
2 18 (4.66%) PCI DSS
3 15 (3.89%) GDPR
4 11 (2.85%) SOC 2
5 8 (2.07%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.78%) NCSC
8 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.52%) QA
8 2 (0.52%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) HL7
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 180 (46.63%) Docker
2 6 (1.55%) KVM
2 6 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 259 (67.10%) Terraform
2 151 (39.12%) Kubernetes
3 62 (16.06%) Ansible
4 48 (12.44%) Prometheus
5 42 (10.88%) Grafana
6 28 (7.25%) HP Fortify
7 16 (4.15%) Argo
8 15 (3.89%) Progress Chef
9 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (1.81%) Puppet
11 6 (1.55%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (1.30%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (1.30%) Istio
12 5 (1.30%) linkerd
12 5 (1.30%) Mesos
13 2 (0.52%) Rancher
13 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.26%) Consul
14 1 (0.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 30 (7.77%) Google
2 15 (3.89%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.59%) Oracle
4 7 (1.81%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.55%) Red Hat
5 6 (1.55%) Splunk
5 6 (1.55%) VMware
6 5 (1.30%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.04%) Databricks
7 4 (1.04%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.04%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.52%) Tenable
9 1 (0.26%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.26%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.26%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.26%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.26%) TOWER Software