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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 457 442
Rank change year-on-year +70 -15 -134
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 292 257 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.49% 0.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.36% 1.35% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 187 193 300
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,450
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £79,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +5.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £122,500 £116,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% - -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 21,404 19,035 27,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.56% 36.63% 39.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,606 11,163 22,602
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -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 31 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 31 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 +45 240 £75,000 -6.25% 104
UK excluding London +59 142 £72,500 +7.41% 71
Work from Home +50 116 £72,500 -8.23% 57
London +28 114 £85,000 -12.82% 52
North of England +33 86 £72,500 +7.41% 21
Yorkshire +45 59 £72,500 - 13
North West +6 24 £73,801 +18.08% 8
Midlands +15 16 £50,000 -27.86% 9
West Midlands +31 14 £50,000 -27.86% 8
South East +17 14 £71,250 +18.75% 24
South West +5 9 £71,250 +29.55% 11
Wales +4 7 £68,958 +2.69% 3
Scotland -7 6 £73,801 +6.48% 3
Northern Ireland -15 6 £95,000 +37.07%
North East -6 3 £73,801 +6.48%
East Midlands -11 2 - - 1

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 (5.48%) Apache
2 9 (3.08%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.05%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.05%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.05%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 276 (94.52%) AWS
2 150 (51.37%) Serverless
3 139 (47.60%) Azure
4 138 (47.26%) AWS Lambda
5 98 (33.56%) Amazon S3
6 81 (27.74%) Amazon ECS
7 79 (27.05%) GCP
7 79 (27.05%) GitHub
8 75 (25.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 66 (22.60%) Amazon EKS
10 62 (21.23%) GitHub Actions
11 56 (19.18%) AWS Step Functions
12 49 (16.78%) Amazon ECR
13 44 (15.07%) Amazon EC2
14 36 (12.33%) Azure DevOps
15 33 (11.30%) Amazon SQS
16 32 (10.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 27 (9.25%) OpenShift
18 26 (8.90%) Datadog
18 26 (8.90%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.85%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.79%) Firewall
3 11 (3.77%) VPN
4 7 (2.40%) Network Security
5 6 (2.05%) DSL
5 6 (2.05%) SSL
6 5 (1.71%) AMQP
6 5 (1.71%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (1.03%) SCCP
8 2 (0.68%) DHCP
8 2 (0.68%) DNS
8 2 (0.68%) LAN
8 2 (0.68%) WAN
9 1 (0.34%) HTTP
9 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (22.95%) DynamoDB
2 59 (20.21%) Amazon RDS
3 51 (17.47%) NoSQL
4 45 (15.41%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (8.22%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (6.85%) Redis
7 17 (5.82%) SQL Server
8 15 (5.14%) Amazon Athena
9 14 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (4.11%) MySQL
11 10 (3.42%) Data Lake
12 7 (2.40%) Big Data
13 6 (2.05%) DB2
13 6 (2.05%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.71%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (1.71%) Hadoop
15 2 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
15 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
15 2 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 103 (35.27%) Jenkins
2 92 (31.51%) GitLab
3 53 (18.15%) Git
4 31 (10.62%) SonarQube
5 24 (8.22%) Maven
6 23 (7.88%) Cypress.io
7 12 (4.11%) CircleCI
8 11 (3.77%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.05%) Cucumber
9 6 (2.05%) TeamCity
10 5 (1.71%) git-flow
10 5 (1.71%) Robot Framework
11 3 (1.03%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.03%) JIRA
11 3 (1.03%) JMeter
12 2 (0.68%) Selenium
12 2 (0.68%) TestRail
13 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.34%) Gradle
13 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 82 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.84%) Finance
3 21 (7.19%) Banking
4 16 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.77%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.74%) Law
6 8 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.74%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.71%) Advertising
9 4 (1.37%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Retail
10 3 (1.03%) Aviation
10 3 (1.03%) Billing
10 3 (1.03%) Electronics
10 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.03%) Marketing
11 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (23.29%) Senior
2 67 (22.95%) Cloud Engineer
3 51 (17.47%) Developer
4 50 (17.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 35 (11.99%) AWS Engineer
6 30 (10.27%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (9.59%) Lead
8 22 (7.53%) Java Developer
9 18 (6.16%) AWS Developer
10 17 (5.82%) Architect
11 16 (5.48%) AWS DevOps
12 15 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (5.14%) Senior Developer
13 14 (4.79%) Security Engineer
13 14 (4.79%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 14 (4.79%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 13 (4.45%) AWS Architect
14 13 (4.45%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.45%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 12 (4.11%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (15.41%) AWS CDK
2 41 (14.04%) AngularJS
3 36 (12.33%) Node.js
4 35 (11.99%) Spring Boot
5 29 (9.93%) React
6 28 (9.59%) RESTful
7 26 (8.90%) Elastic Stack
8 23 (7.88%) Gherkin
8 23 (7.88%) Jest
9 22 (7.53%) Kafka
10 20 (6.85%) Django
10 20 (6.85%) Spring
11 18 (6.16%) .NET
12 17 (5.82%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (4.45%) .NET Core
13 13 (4.45%) ASP.NET
13 13 (4.45%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (4.45%) Blazor
13 13 (4.45%) REST
14 12 (4.11%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 84 (28.77%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.22%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.16%) Linux Command Line
4 16 (5.48%) Security Posture
5 15 (5.14%) Public Cloud
6 14 (4.79%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.08%) PKI
8 8 (2.74%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (2.40%) Blockchain
9 7 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.40%) Web3
10 6 (2.05%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.37%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 97 (33.22%) Linux
2 43 (14.73%) Windows
3 38 (13.01%) Unix
4 15 (5.14%) Ubuntu
5 14 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.74%) CentOS
7 7 (2.40%) Debian
8 5 (1.71%) VMS
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (77.74%) Infrastructure as Code
2 220 (75.34%) CI/CD
3 213 (72.95%) DevOps
4 117 (40.07%) Agile
5 89 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (28.77%) Containerisation
7 66 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (20.55%) Microservices
9 59 (20.21%) Cloud Security
10 58 (19.86%) Observability
11 42 (14.38%) Platform Engineering
12 38 (13.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 38 (13.01%) Mentoring
13 37 (12.67%) DevSecOps
13 37 (12.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 35 (11.99%) Continuous Integration
15 34 (11.64%) Incident Response
16 33 (11.30%) Software Engineering
17 32 (10.96%) Root Cause Analysis
18 31 (10.62%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 153 (52.40%) Python
2 88 (30.14%) Bash
3 68 (23.29%) Java
4 55 (18.84%) TypeScript
5 50 (17.12%) SQL
6 40 (13.70%) PowerShell
7 30 (10.27%) JavaScript
8 28 (9.59%) Go
9 23 (7.88%) Groovy
10 20 (6.85%) C#
11 19 (6.51%) Bicep
12 15 (5.14%) Kotlin
13 7 (2.40%) C++
14 6 (2.05%) Google Apps Script
14 6 (2.05%) Rust
15 1 (0.34%) PHP
15 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 94 (32.19%) Security Cleared
2 91 (31.16%) AWS Certification
3 55 (18.84%) SC Cleared
4 32 (10.96%) DV Cleared
5 26 (8.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 23 (7.88%) Degree
7 20 (6.85%) AWS Certified Developer
8 17 (5.82%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (5.48%) Azure Certification
10 15 (5.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.05%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 6 (2.05%) OSCP
13 4 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.03%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.68%) CISA
15 2 (0.68%) CISM
15 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.45%) NIST
2 11 (3.77%) QA
3 9 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.08%) GDPR
4 8 (2.74%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.40%) SLA
6 6 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.03%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) Basel III
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
System Software
1 154 (52.74%) Docker
2 7 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.40%) KVM
3 6 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.34%) QEMU
5 1 (0.34%) vCloud
5 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 218 (74.66%) Terraform
2 128 (43.84%) Kubernetes
3 70 (23.97%) Ansible
4 55 (18.84%) Grafana
5 42 (14.38%) Prometheus
6 23 (7.88%) HP Fortify
7 15 (5.14%) Argo
8 12 (4.11%) AWS Copilot
9 8 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
10 7 (2.40%) Istio
10 7 (2.40%) linkerd
10 7 (2.40%) Mesos
10 7 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (2.40%) Puppet
11 5 (1.71%) Kubeflow
12 4 (1.37%) Rancher
13 2 (0.68%) Nessus
14 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 39 (13.36%) Google
2 18 (6.16%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.48%) Splunk
4 11 (3.77%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.40%) VMware
6 6 (2.05%) IBM
6 6 (2.05%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.37%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.37%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.03%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.03%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle
8 3 (1.03%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.03%) SAP
9 2 (0.68%) Databricks
9 2 (0.68%) Foundry
9 2 (0.68%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.34%) Qualys