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

As of 2026-11-04, CloudFormation appears in 2,485 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning CloudFormation, with demand share up 7.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-04

Postings · last 90 days
2,485
Demand vs prior month
up 7.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 15.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about CloudFormation

+Is CloudFormation in demand in 2026?

Yes. CloudFormation appears in 2,485 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning CloudFormation (15.1% of all postings mentioning CloudFormation).

+What jobs require CloudFormation?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning CloudFormation are AWS Cloud Engineer (29.2% of that role’s postings mention CloudFormation), Delivery Consultant (26.7% of that role’s postings mention CloudFormation), Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (22.7% of that role’s postings mention CloudFormation).

+What skills are commonly paired with CloudFormation?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-04), CloudFormation most often appears alongside Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Python, Kubernetes.

+Where is CloudFormation most in demand?

As of 2026-11-04, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring CloudFormation are Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New York City, Pune, Reston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new CloudFormation content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning CloudFormation alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new CloudFormation content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after 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 CloudFormation — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around CloudFormation

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before CloudFormation

Before CloudFormationJenkins → CloudFormation: 113 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → CloudFormation: 94 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → CloudFormation: 91 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → CloudFormation: 90 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → CloudFormation: 83 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → CloudFormation: 67 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → CloudFormation: 56 observed employer moves with this skill pairS3 → CloudFormation: 55 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormati…Jenkins: 113 movesJenkins113 movespython: 94 movespython94 movesAWS: 91 movesAWS91 movesterraform: 90 movesterraform90 movesdocker: 83 movesdocker83 moveskubernetes: 67 moveskubernetes67 movesAnsible: 56 movesAnsible56 movesS3: 55 movesS355 moves

Skills after CloudFormation

After CloudFormationCloudFormation → kubernetes: 58 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → python: 56 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → docker: 56 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → Jenkins: 51 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → terraform: 49 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → Ansible: 49 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → Grafana: 44 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormation → Prometheus: 42 observed employer moves with this skill pairCloudFormati…kubernetes: 58 moveskubernetes58 movespython: 56 movespython56 movesdocker: 56 movesdocker56 movesJenkins: 51 movesJenkins51 movesterraform: 49 movesterraform49 movesAnsible: 49 movesAnsible49 movesGrafana: 44 movesGrafana44 movesPrometheus: 42 movesPrometheus42 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: Jenkins113
Before: python94
Before: AWS91
Before: terraform90
Before: docker83
Before: kubernetes67
Before: Ansible56
Before: S355
After: kubernetes58
After: python56
After: docker56
After: Jenkins51
After: terraform49
After: Ansible49
After: Grafana44
After: Prometheus42

Roles most likely to require CloudFormation

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AWS Cloud Engineer729.2%
Delivery Consultant1226.7%
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer4222.7%
Cloud DevOps Engineer1821.2%
DevSecOps Engineer8020.6%
DevOps Engineering Manager419.0%
DevOps Software Engineer418.2%
Cloud Solutions Architect1417.7%
Infrastructure Security Engineer1017.5%
Cloud Software Engineer1216.0%

Roles with the most CloudFormation postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer37515.1%
DevOps Engineer34914.0%
Cloud Engineer1726.9%
Site Reliability Engineer1174.7%
Platform Engineer1084.3%
Data Engineer1004.0%
DevSecOps Engineer803.2%
Security Engineer542.2%
Cloud Architect481.9%
Cloud Security Engineer471.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring CloudFormation

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring CloudFormation
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Bah42
Barclays36
Devoteam32
CBA29
Illumio27
Vanguard27
Amazon Web Services (AWS)25
Mastercard23
Peraton22
General Dynamics Information Technology21

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 CloudFormation

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru823.3%
Hyderabad492.0%
New York City401.6%
Pune401.6%
Reston381.5%
London341.4%
San Francisco291.2%
Sunnyvale291.2%
Singapore251.0%

Skills commonly paired with CloudFormation

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. 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 CloudFormation by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s CloudFormation postings by all 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: 0.9% to 1.0%. 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 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
2026-11-04
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index