AWS CloudFormation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, AWS CloudFormation appears in 366 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning AWS CloudFormation, with demand share down 0.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
366
Demand vs prior month
down 0.6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 21.3% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Pune

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+Is AWS CloudFormation in demand in 2026?

Yes. AWS CloudFormation appears in 366 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning AWS CloudFormation (21.3% of all postings mentioning AWS CloudFormation).

+What jobs require AWS CloudFormation?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning AWS CloudFormation are AWS Cloud Engineer (10.3% of that role’s postings mention AWS CloudFormation), Cloud Solutions Architect (10.0% of that role’s postings mention AWS CloudFormation), Solution Consultant (9.1% of that role’s postings mention AWS CloudFormation).

+What skills are commonly paired with AWS CloudFormation?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), AWS CloudFormation most often appears alongside Terraform, AWS, Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes.

+Where is AWS CloudFormation most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AWS CloudFormation are Pune, Bengaluru, Washington, Hyderabad, Novi Sad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after AWS CloudFormation?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring AWS CloudFormation — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around AWS CloudFormation

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before AWS CloudFormation

Before AWS CloudFormationJenkins → AWS CloudFormation: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → AWS CloudFormation: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → AWS CloudFormation: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → AWS CloudFormation: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → AWS CloudFormation: 29 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → AWS CloudFormation: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → AWS CloudFormation: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairS3 → AWS CloudFormation: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWSCloudFormati…Jenkins: 34 movesJenkins34 movespython: 31 movespython31 movesdocker: 31 movesdocker31 moveskubernetes: 31 moveskubernetes31 movesterraform: 29 movesterraform29 movesAWS: 23 movesAWS23 movesAnsible: 23 movesAnsible23 movesS3: 19 movesS319 moves

Skills after AWS CloudFormation

After AWS CloudFormationAWS CloudFormation → kubernetes: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → terraform: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → CloudFormation: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → Jenkins: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → AWS: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → docker: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → Azure DevOps: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS CloudFormation → GitHub Actions: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWSCloudFormati…kubernetes: 13 moveskubernetes13 movesterraform: 11 movesterraform11 movesCloudFormation: 10 movesCloudFormation10 movesJenkins: 10 movesJenkins10 movesAWS: 10 movesAWS10 movesdocker: 10 movesdocker10 movesAzure DevOps: 9 movesAzure DevOps9 movesGitHub Actions: 9 movesGitHub Actions9 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Jenkins34
Before: python31
Before: docker31
Before: kubernetes31
Before: terraform29
Before: AWS23
Before: Ansible23
Before: S319
After: kubernetes13
After: terraform11
After: CloudFormation10
After: Jenkins10
After: AWS10
After: docker10
After: Azure DevOps9
After: GitHub Actions9

Roles most likely to require AWS CloudFormation

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AWS Cloud Engineer310.3%
Cloud Solutions Architect810.0%
Solution Consultant29.1%
Cloud Data Engineer35.4%
Cloud DevOps Engineer44.8%
Delivery Manager14.5%
Vulnerability Management Engineer13.8%
Observability Engineer13.4%
Python Developer22.9%
Cloud Platform Engineer42.7%

Roles with the most AWS CloudFormation postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer7821.3%
DevOps Engineer4311.7%
Site Reliability Engineer215.7%
Cloud Engineer184.9%
Data Engineer154.1%
Systems Engineer92.5%
Cloud Solutions Architect82.2%
Platform Engineer71.9%
Software Architect71.9%
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer51.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring AWS CloudFormation

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring AWS CloudFormation
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Barclays15
Grab12
CHAOS Industries10
NiCE7
Sprinter Health7
Fivetran6
General Dynamics Information Technology6
Accenture Federal Services5
NetLimiter5
Encora5

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for AWS CloudFormation

NamePostingsShare
Pune133.6%
Bengaluru123.3%
Washington82.2%
Hyderabad71.9%
Novi Sad71.9%
Austin61.6%
Bangkok51.4%
El Segundo51.4%
San Francisco51.4%

Skills commonly paired with AWS CloudFormation

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning AWS CloudFormation by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s AWS CloudFormation postings by all AWS CloudFormation postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index