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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 452 512
Rank change year-on-year +69 +60 -141
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 526 223 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.45% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.97% 1.44% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 268 140 174
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,400 £52,500
25th Percentile £59,313 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,801 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% +1.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £91,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,875 £117,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -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 26,750 15,506 22,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.54% 31.52% 32.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18,407 10,440 13,861
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +64 459 £77,500 +3.33% 322
UK excluding London -3 259 £70,000 - 167
London +63 236 £90,000 +9.09% 172
North of England +31 141 £70,000 - 69
Work from Home -52 106 £85,000 +18.06% 155
Yorkshire +27 82 £75,000 +7.14% 22
North West -14 40 £71,991 +15.19% 35
Wales -39 36 £71,991 +25.20% 9
South West -38 34 £68,750 -23.61% 15
Midlands -40 22 £62,500 +13.64% 23
North East -50 22 £50,750 -31.23% 12
South East -42 21 £70,000 -20.00% 24
East Midlands -29 11 £52,500 - 11
West Midlands -34 11 £65,000 +18.18% 12
Scotland +10 3 £71,991 +18.21% 17
East of England -45 1 £90,000 +20.00% 7
Northern Ireland -77 1 £71,991 -2.45% 3

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 22 (4.18%) Apache
2 15 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.09%) Confluence
4 8 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.95%) nginx
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.38%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.38%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) 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
1 508 (96.58%) AWS
2 242 (46.01%) Serverless
3 174 (33.08%) AWS Lambda
4 162 (30.80%) Azure
5 131 (24.90%) Amazon ECS
6 128 (24.33%) Amazon S3
6 128 (24.33%) GCP
7 122 (23.19%) GitHub
8 89 (16.92%) GitHub Actions
9 80 (15.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 75 (14.26%) Amazon EC2
11 66 (12.55%) Amazon EKS
12 62 (11.79%) AWS Step Functions
13 47 (8.94%) Cloud Computing
14 43 (8.17%) Datadog
15 39 (7.41%) PaaS
16 36 (6.84%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 34 (6.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 32 (6.08%) OpenShift
19 31 (5.89%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.94%) Network Security
2 21 (3.99%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.66%) VPN
4 11 (2.09%) Firewall
5 8 (1.52%) DNS
6 7 (1.33%) AMQP
7 6 (1.14%) HTTP
8 5 (0.95%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.38%) MQTT
11 1 (0.19%) 4G
11 1 (0.19%) 5G
11 1 (0.19%) DHCP
11 1 (0.19%) DNSSEC
11 1 (0.19%) Internet
11 1 (0.19%) PSTN
11 1 (0.19%) SCCP
11 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (18.82%) NoSQL
2 69 (13.12%) DynamoDB
3 64 (12.17%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (6.65%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (5.70%) Amazon Athena
6 22 (4.18%) MongoDB
7 21 (3.99%) MySQL
8 13 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.28%) Redis
10 9 (1.71%) Big Data
10 9 (1.71%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.52%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.33%) Cloudera CDH
13 6 (1.14%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.95%) Metadata
14 5 (0.95%) Power BI
15 4 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 115 (21.86%) Jenkins
2 114 (21.67%) GitLab
3 90 (17.11%) Git
4 48 (9.13%) Cucumber
5 19 (3.61%) Cypress.io
6 17 (3.23%) SonarQube
7 16 (3.04%) Maven
8 13 (2.47%) JIRA
9 10 (1.90%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.71%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (1.14%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.95%) Snyk
13 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.57%) Gradle
14 3 (0.57%) JUnit
14 3 (0.57%) NUnit
14 3 (0.57%) Postman
14 3 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 140 (26.62%) Finance
2 131 (24.90%) Social Skills
3 85 (16.16%) Public Sector
4 59 (11.22%) Banking
5 39 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.99%) Financial Institution
7 15 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.85%) Law
8 13 (2.47%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.47%) Legal
9 11 (2.09%) Military
10 6 (1.14%) Retail
11 5 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.76%) Local Government
12 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.57%) Automotive
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
13 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.57%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 128 (24.33%) Senior
2 93 (17.68%) Developer
3 89 (16.92%) Cloud Engineer
4 83 (15.78%) DevOps Engineer
5 60 (11.41%) Java Developer
6 57 (10.84%) AWS Engineer
7 54 (10.27%) Java Engineer
8 51 (9.70%) Lead
9 42 (7.98%) Consultant
10 39 (7.41%) Architect
11 33 (6.27%) Senior Consultant
12 31 (5.89%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (5.32%) Software Engineer
14 27 (5.13%) Principal Engineer
15 26 (4.94%) Cloud Native Engineer
15 26 (4.94%) Principal Java Engineer
16 24 (4.56%) AWS Developer
16 24 (4.56%) Full-Stack Developer
17 22 (4.18%) Senior Java Engineer
18 21 (3.99%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 391 (74.33%) Terraform
2 123 (23.38%) Spring Boot
3 109 (20.72%) Spring
4 92 (17.49%) Kafka
5 90 (17.11%) Node.js
6 66 (12.55%) AngularJS
7 57 (10.84%) AWS CDK
8 42 (7.98%) RESTful
9 40 (7.60%) React
10 32 (6.08%) RabbitMQ
11 29 (5.51%) REST
12 25 (4.75%) Web Services
13 21 (3.99%) Hibernate
14 20 (3.80%) Gherkin
15 19 (3.61%) JPA
16 15 (2.85%) gRPC
16 15 (2.85%) Jest
17 14 (2.66%) JSON
18 13 (2.47%) Ruby on Rails
19 12 (2.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 219 (41.63%) Cloud Native
2 105 (19.96%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (11.60%) Public Cloud
4 52 (9.89%) Onboarding
5 47 (8.94%) e-Learning
6 46 (8.75%) Enterprise Software
7 37 (7.03%) Enterprise Cloud
8 26 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (4.94%) Mainframe
9 23 (4.37%) Virtual Team
10 22 (4.18%) Data Centre
11 21 (3.99%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (3.04%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (3.04%) Product Ownership
12 16 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (2.47%) Blog
13 13 (2.47%) Distributed Computing
14 10 (1.90%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.71%) Cloud Security Posture
16 8 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 88 (16.73%) Linux
2 22 (4.18%) Unix
3 18 (3.42%) Windows
4 9 (1.71%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.33%) CentOS
5 7 (1.33%) Debian
5 7 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (77.95%) Infrastructure as Code
2 359 (68.25%) CI/CD
3 304 (57.79%) DevOps
4 261 (49.62%) Agile
5 173 (32.89%) Containerisation
6 143 (27.19%) Mentoring
6 143 (27.19%) Software Engineering
7 131 (24.90%) Observability
8 130 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (24.71%) Microservices
9 113 (21.48%) Event-Driven
10 110 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
11 109 (20.72%) Test Automation
12 103 (19.58%) Cloud Security
13 91 (17.30%) AI
14 88 (16.73%) Migration
15 85 (16.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 83 (15.78%) Platform Engineering
17 69 (13.12%) Roadmaps
18 66 (12.55%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 238 (45.25%) Python
2 189 (35.93%) Java
3 99 (18.82%) SQL
4 88 (16.73%) Bash
5 72 (13.69%) TypeScript
6 41 (7.79%) Groovy
7 40 (7.60%) PowerShell
8 34 (6.46%) Go
8 34 (6.46%) Kotlin
9 32 (6.08%) JavaScript
10 31 (5.89%) Ruby
11 28 (5.32%) Bicep
12 17 (3.23%) C#
13 15 (2.85%) Perl
13 15 (2.85%) PHP
14 8 (1.52%) C++
15 6 (1.14%) COBOL
16 4 (0.76%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 175 (33.27%) Security Cleared
2 138 (26.24%) AWS Certification
3 109 (20.72%) SC Cleared
4 93 (17.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 42 (7.98%) DV Cleared
6 35 (6.65%) Degree
7 19 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 11 (2.09%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 10 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.52%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (1.14%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.76%) OCP
14 4 (0.76%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.94%) GDPR
2 19 (3.61%) QA
3 14 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.47%) NIST
5 12 (2.28%) PCI DSS
6 11 (2.09%) HIPAA
7 10 (1.90%) NCSC
8 9 (1.71%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.14%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (1.14%) ISO 20022
9 6 (1.14%) WCAG
10 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 215 (40.87%) Docker
2 6 (1.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.95%) KVM
4 3 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 202 (38.40%) Kubernetes
2 104 (19.77%) Ansible
3 65 (12.36%) Grafana
4 59 (11.22%) Prometheus
5 52 (9.89%) Progress Chef
6 37 (7.03%) Puppet
7 19 (3.61%) Argo
8 11 (2.09%) HP Fortify
9 8 (1.52%) Istio
10 6 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (1.14%) linkerd
10 6 (1.14%) Mesos
10 6 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.76%) logstash
11 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.38%) Rancher
13 1 (0.19%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 46 (8.75%) Google
2 25 (4.75%) Splunk
3 21 (3.99%) Microsoft
4 17 (3.23%) Oracle
5 16 (3.04%) Red Hat
6 9 (1.71%) Databricks
6 9 (1.71%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.52%) VMware
8 7 (1.33%) SaltStack
9 6 (1.14%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.14%) Cisco
9 6 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.76%) Avaya
10 4 (0.76%) Genesys
10 4 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.57%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.57%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.57%) YouTube
12 2 (0.38%) Informatica
12 2 (0.38%) Tenable