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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 448 588
Rank change year-on-year +74 +140 -219
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 465 241 322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.49% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.72% 1.52% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 237 139 259
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,319 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £109,250 £111,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,801 £69,384 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.37% +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 27,007 15,871 33,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.46% 32.37% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 17,602 11,053 25,645
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,262
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% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +82 422 £80,000 +6.67% 84
London +72 223 £90,000 +15.02% 39
UK excluding London +43 217 £73,801 +6.37% 79
North of England +66 136 £75,000 +8.09% 20
Work from Home -33 109 £75,000 +8.09% 66
Yorkshire +51 88 £75,000 +5.63% 4
North West +16 45 £74,651 +7.59% 8
Midlands -17 25 £57,250 -13.67% 6
Wales -32 20 £73,151 +27.22% 6
East Midlands -13 18 £52,500 -27.59% 1
South East -40 18 £70,000 -15.15% 18
South West -55 12 £67,500 -25.00% 13
West Midlands -19 7 £62,000 -4.62% 5
Scotland +2 3 £76,783 +39.60% 9
North East -49 3 £57,788 -16.71% 8
East of England -28 2 £82,500 +10.00%
Northern Ireland - 1 £73,801 - 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 21 (4.52%) Apache
2 12 (2.58%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.72%) Confluence
4 7 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.65%) JBoss
7 1 (0.22%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.43%) Lightworks
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.43%) Summit
3 1 (0.22%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 446 (95.91%) AWS
2 238 (51.18%) Serverless
3 193 (41.51%) AWS Lambda
4 136 (29.25%) Amazon S3
5 132 (28.39%) Amazon ECS
6 115 (24.73%) Azure
7 97 (20.86%) GitHub
8 87 (18.71%) AWS Step Functions
9 83 (17.85%) GCP
10 73 (15.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 70 (15.05%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (14.41%) Amazon EKS
13 59 (12.69%) Datadog
14 55 (11.83%) Amazon EC2
15 54 (11.61%) Cloud Computing
16 49 (10.54%) Amazon SQS
17 40 (8.60%) Amazon ECR
18 37 (7.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 35 (7.53%) Apigee
20 27 (5.81%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.30%) Network Security
2 18 (3.87%) VPN
3 15 (3.23%) Firewall
4 12 (2.58%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.15%) DNS
5 10 (2.15%) DSL
6 6 (1.29%) AMQP
7 4 (0.86%) HTTP
7 4 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.43%) 4G
8 2 (0.43%) 5G
8 2 (0.43%) MQTT
9 1 (0.22%) DHCP
9 1 (0.22%) DNSSEC
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) PSTN
9 1 (0.22%) SCCP
9 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (22.80%) DynamoDB
2 85 (18.28%) NoSQL
3 51 (10.97%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (7.53%) Amazon Athena
5 21 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (2.15%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.94%) Big Data
8 9 (1.94%) MySQL
9 8 (1.72%) Redis
10 7 (1.51%) Hadoop
11 6 (1.29%) Cloudera CDH
11 6 (1.29%) Flink
12 5 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.08%) SQL Server
13 4 (0.86%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (0.86%) Metadata
13 4 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 152 (32.69%) Jenkins
2 142 (30.54%) GitLab
3 67 (14.41%) Git
4 39 (8.39%) Maven
5 35 (7.53%) Cypress.io
6 33 (7.10%) SonarQube
7 30 (6.45%) Cucumber
8 25 (5.38%) CircleCI
9 12 (2.58%) Bitbucket
10 10 (2.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (2.15%) JIRA
11 7 (1.51%) Claude Code
11 7 (1.51%) TeamCity
12 5 (1.08%) Gradle
13 3 (0.65%) Selenium
14 2 (0.43%) JMeter
15 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
15 1 (0.22%) MLflow
15 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
15 1 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 126 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 115 (24.73%) Finance
3 47 (10.11%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.96%) Banking
5 16 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (2.58%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.15%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.29%) Advertising
8 6 (1.29%) Legal
9 5 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.08%) Retail
10 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (0.86%) Military
10 4 (0.86%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.65%) Back Office
11 3 (0.65%) Law
12 2 (0.43%) Automotive
12 2 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (24.73%) Developer
2 104 (22.37%) Senior
3 79 (16.99%) Cloud Engineer
4 72 (15.48%) Java Developer
5 69 (14.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 43 (9.25%) AWS Engineer
7 37 (7.96%) Lead
8 33 (7.10%) Consultant
9 30 (6.45%) Architect
9 30 (6.45%) Java Engineer
10 29 (6.24%) Platform Engineer
11 28 (6.02%) Senior Developer
12 27 (5.81%) AWS Developer
12 27 (5.81%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (5.81%) Senior Consultant
13 24 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (4.52%) AWS DevOps
14 21 (4.52%) Principal Engineer
14 21 (4.52%) Software Engineer
15 20 (4.30%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (23.44%) Spring Boot
2 83 (17.85%) AngularJS
3 81 (17.42%) Node.js
4 79 (16.99%) Kafka
5 77 (16.56%) Spring
6 62 (13.33%) AWS CDK
7 40 (8.60%) React
8 39 (8.39%) Gherkin
9 33 (7.10%) RESTful
10 31 (6.67%) Jest
10 31 (6.67%) REST
11 27 (5.81%) RabbitMQ
12 23 (4.95%) gRPC
13 18 (3.87%) Web Services
13 18 (3.87%) web3js
13 18 (3.87%) YAML
14 17 (3.66%) Next.js
15 16 (3.44%) JSON
16 14 (3.01%) Elastic Stack
17 12 (2.58%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 163 (35.05%) Cloud Native
2 53 (11.40%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (9.03%) Onboarding
4 41 (8.82%) Public Cloud
5 35 (7.53%) Enterprise Cloud
6 25 (5.38%) e-Learning
6 25 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (4.95%) Mainframe
8 22 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (4.09%) Data Centre
10 18 (3.87%) Blockchain
10 18 (3.87%) Web3
11 17 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (3.66%) Security Posture
12 15 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (2.80%) Cloud Security Posture
14 11 (2.37%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (2.37%) Product Ownership
15 10 (2.15%) PKI
16 8 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 77 (16.56%) Linux
2 24 (5.16%) Windows
3 15 (3.23%) Ubuntu
4 12 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.37%) CentOS
6 6 (1.29%) Debian
7 5 (1.08%) Unix
7 5 (1.08%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.86%) VMS
9 3 (0.65%) Android
9 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.22%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (71.83%) Infrastructure as Code
2 295 (63.44%) CI/CD
3 236 (50.75%) DevOps
4 195 (41.94%) Agile
5 161 (34.62%) Containerisation
6 113 (24.30%) Mentoring
7 102 (21.94%) Microservices
8 100 (21.51%) Observability
9 99 (21.29%) Software Engineering
10 97 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 87 (18.71%) Cloud Security
12 86 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
13 83 (17.85%) Test Automation
14 82 (17.63%) Event-Driven
15 72 (15.48%) Platform Engineering
16 70 (15.05%) DevSecOps
17 65 (13.98%) Continuous Integration
18 62 (13.33%) AI
19 59 (12.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 53 (11.40%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 212 (45.59%) Python
2 185 (39.78%) Java
3 95 (20.43%) SQL
3 95 (20.43%) TypeScript
4 81 (17.42%) Bash
5 55 (11.83%) Groovy
6 46 (9.89%) Go
7 40 (8.60%) Kotlin
8 37 (7.96%) JavaScript
9 32 (6.88%) PowerShell
10 26 (5.59%) Bicep
11 25 (5.38%) Ruby
12 18 (3.87%) C#
13 14 (3.01%) PHP
14 13 (2.80%) Perl
15 12 (2.58%) C++
16 10 (2.15%) Rust
17 7 (1.51%) Google Apps Script
18 6 (1.29%) COBOL
19 1 (0.22%) Natural
Qualifications
1 140 (30.11%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.73%) AWS Certification
3 70 (15.05%) SC Cleared
4 69 (14.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 45 (9.68%) Degree
6 28 (6.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 28 (6.02%) DV Cleared
7 25 (5.38%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.80%) OSCP
10 12 (2.58%) Master's Degree
11 10 (2.15%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.72%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.86%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.65%) CREST Certified
17 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 2 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.52%) PCI DSS
2 20 (4.30%) NIST
3 19 (4.09%) GDPR
4 13 (2.80%) SOC 2
5 10 (2.15%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.51%) NCSC
8 6 (1.29%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (1.08%) WCAG
10 4 (0.86%) QA
11 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.22%) HL7
12 1 (0.22%) SLA
12 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 204 (43.87%) Docker
2 7 (1.51%) KVM
2 7 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 321 (69.03%) Terraform
2 188 (40.43%) Kubernetes
3 78 (16.77%) Ansible
4 55 (11.83%) Prometheus
5 53 (11.40%) Grafana
6 33 (7.10%) Progress Chef
7 30 (6.45%) HP Fortify
8 25 (5.38%) Puppet
9 18 (3.87%) Argo
10 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.51%) Docker Swarm
12 6 (1.29%) Istio
12 6 (1.29%) linkerd
12 6 (1.29%) Mesos
13 5 (1.08%) AWS Copilot
14 3 (0.65%) Rancher
15 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
16 1 (0.22%) Consul
16 1 (0.22%) Packer
Vendors
1 36 (7.74%) Google
2 19 (4.09%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.80%) Oracle
4 11 (2.37%) Splunk
5 8 (1.72%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.51%) HubSpot
6 7 (1.51%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.51%) VMware
7 6 (1.29%) SaltStack
8 5 (1.08%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.86%) Databricks
10 3 (0.65%) Avaya
10 3 (0.65%) Cisco
10 3 (0.65%) Genesys
11 2 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.43%) Tenable
12 1 (0.22%) AppDynamics
12 1 (0.22%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.22%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (0.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud