Cloud Native Contracts

Cloud Native
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Native over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 261 221
Rank change year-on-year -62 -40 +7
Contract jobs citing Cloud Native 277 592 1,161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 1.02% 1.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% 3.06% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 394 831
10th Percentile £416 £479 £485
25th Percentile £499 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £675 £710 £750
90th Percentile £744 £800 £840
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -14.79% - +18.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £73.50 -
25th Percentile - - £61.81
Median hourly rate - £78.00 £63.62
Median % change year-on-year - +22.61% +31.84%
75th Percentile - - £65.42
90th Percentile - £85.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £78.00 £63.62
% change year-on-year - +22.61% +14.11%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cloud Native is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,985 19,334 29,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.28% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,344 13,272 20,329
10th Percentile £270 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £659
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 639 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.10 £65.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

Cloud Native
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cloud Native as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Native.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Native.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Native within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -74 226 £575 -11.54% 239
London -65 136 £600 -7.69% 132
UK excluding London +24 108 £511 -14.79% 125
Work from Home -10 100 £600 -4.00% 148
South East +30 31 £498 -28.93% 34
Scotland +39 23 £472 -3.43% 16
South West +1 20 £600 - 13
Midlands +32 14 £650 - 13
West Midlands +25 14 £650 - 9
North of England -13 12 £480 -26.15% 38
East of England +3 8 £575 +9.94% 4
North West -10 6 £523 -22.59% 27
Yorkshire +6 3 - - 8
North East +5 3 £370 -47.14% 3

Cloud Native
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.25%) BizTalk Server
3 7 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.17%) Apache Solr
5 5 (1.81%) Cloud Foundry
5 5 (1.81%) IBM Notes
6 4 (1.44%) nginx
7 3 (1.08%) Apache
7 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (1.08%) CMS
7 3 (1.08%) Drupal
7 3 (1.08%) IIS
7 3 (1.08%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.72%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Shopify
1 2 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 136 (49.10%) Azure
2 134 (48.38%) AWS
3 56 (20.22%) GCP
4 54 (19.49%) Serverless
5 33 (11.91%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (11.55%) OpenShift
7 27 (9.75%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (8.66%) SaaS
9 21 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (7.22%) GitHub
11 19 (6.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 19 (6.86%) Azure Functions
12 16 (5.78%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (5.78%) Entra ID
12 16 (5.78%) PaaS
13 15 (5.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (5.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (4.33%) Amazon S3
15 12 (4.33%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (3.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.30%) DNS
2 15 (5.42%) Firewall
3 11 (3.97%) VPN
4 9 (3.25%) Network Security
5 7 (2.53%) HTTPS
5 7 (2.53%) IPsec
6 5 (1.81%) HTTP
6 5 (1.81%) Internet
7 4 (1.44%) FTP
7 4 (1.44%) LAN
7 4 (1.44%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (1.44%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.44%) WAN
8 3 (1.08%) SSL
8 3 (1.08%) WLAN
9 2 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.72%) DHCP
9 2 (0.72%) SSH
10 1 (0.36%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.47%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (8.66%) NoSQL
2 24 (8.66%) SQL Server
3 18 (6.50%) MongoDB
4 15 (5.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (3.97%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (3.97%) Big Data
6 10 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (3.61%) MySQL
6 10 (3.61%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.25%) Hadoop
8 7 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.44%) Couchbase
11 4 (1.44%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.44%) Informix
11 4 (1.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (10.83%) Git
2 26 (9.39%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.97%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.89%) Selenium
5 5 (1.81%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.81%) GitLab
5 5 (1.81%) Gradle
5 5 (1.81%) Maven
5 5 (1.81%) Spinnaker
6 4 (1.44%) JIRA
6 4 (1.44%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.08%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.08%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.08%) Subversion
8 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.36%) ESLint
9 1 (0.36%) Lerna
9 1 (0.36%) Storybook
9 1 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 58 (20.94%) Social Skills
2 45 (16.25%) Finance
3 31 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.69%) Banking
5 12 (4.33%) Retail
6 11 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.53%) Marketing
8 6 (2.17%) Legal
9 5 (1.81%) German Language
9 5 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.44%) Front Office
11 3 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.72%) Electronics
12 2 (0.72%) Games
12 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.72%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 72 (25.99%) Architect
2 60 (21.66%) Developer
3 42 (15.16%) Senior
4 25 (9.03%) Technical Architect
5 18 (6.50%) Security Engineer
6 17 (6.14%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (6.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (6.14%) Site Engineer
6 17 (6.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 15 (5.42%) Cloud Architect
8 13 (4.69%) Analyst
8 13 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (4.33%) SharePoint Architect
10 11 (3.97%) Senior Developer
11 10 (3.61%) Full Stack Developer
11 10 (3.61%) Lead
12 9 (3.25%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.25%) Java Developer
13 8 (2.89%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.89%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.83%) .NET
2 26 (9.39%) Kafka
3 18 (6.50%) Node.js
3 18 (6.50%) React
3 18 (6.50%) RESTful
4 17 (6.14%) .NET Core
5 16 (5.78%) HTML
6 14 (5.05%) JSON
6 14 (5.05%) YAML
7 13 (4.69%) OAuth
7 13 (4.69%) Spring Boot
8 12 (4.33%) Spring
9 11 (3.97%) Elastic Stack
9 11 (3.97%) REST
10 10 (3.61%) .NET Framework
10 10 (3.61%) CSS
10 10 (3.61%) OpenID
10 10 (3.61%) SAML
11 9 (3.25%) AWS CDK
11 9 (3.25%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.03%) Data Structures
2 19 (6.86%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (6.14%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (4.33%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.25%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.89%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.89%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.53%) Mobile App
10 6 (2.17%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (2.17%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.17%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.81%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.81%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.27%) Linux
2 29 (10.47%) Windows
3 18 (6.50%) Unix
4 4 (1.44%) CentOS
5 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (37.55%) DevOps
2 96 (34.66%) Agile
3 88 (31.77%) CI/CD
4 77 (27.80%) Microservices
5 57 (20.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 51 (18.41%) Migration
7 40 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (13.36%) Software Engineering
9 35 (12.64%) Cloud Security
10 34 (12.27%) Change Management
10 34 (12.27%) SDLC
11 32 (11.55%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 29 (10.47%) Containerisation
13 25 (9.03%) Analytics
14 22 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (7.94%) Data Security
14 22 (7.94%) Test Automation
15 21 (7.58%) Data Migration
15 21 (7.58%) Full Stack Development
16 20 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 73 (26.35%) Python
2 65 (23.47%) SQL
3 42 (15.16%) Java
4 35 (12.64%) JavaScript
5 30 (10.83%) Go
6 22 (7.94%) C#
6 22 (7.94%) TypeScript
7 18 (6.50%) Bash
8 15 (5.42%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.61%) C++
9 10 (3.61%) Ruby
10 9 (3.25%) PL/SQL
10 9 (3.25%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.17%) Groovy
11 6 (2.17%) PHP
11 6 (2.17%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.81%) Scala
13 3 (1.08%) Perl
14 2 (0.72%) ABAP
15 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (18.77%) Security Cleared
2 49 (17.69%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.86%) Degree
4 9 (3.25%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.08%) CCIE
8 3 (1.08%) CCNP
8 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.72%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.72%) CASP
9 2 (0.72%) CCNA
9 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.72%) GCED
9 2 (0.72%) GIAC
9 2 (0.72%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.69%) QA
3 12 (4.33%) NIST
4 8 (2.89%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.53%) GDPR
6 4 (1.44%) GRC
6 4 (1.44%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.44%) NCSC
7 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (16.25%) Docker
2 15 (5.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 83 (29.96%) Kubernetes
2 65 (23.47%) Terraform
3 34 (12.27%) Ansible
4 20 (7.22%) Istio
5 13 (4.69%) Grafana
6 10 (3.61%) Argo
6 10 (3.61%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.25%) Puppet
8 7 (2.53%) Kibana
8 7 (2.53%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.53%) Rancher
9 6 (2.17%) Opsgenie
10 4 (1.44%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.08%) Netcool
11 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.36%) CASB
12 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.39%) Google
3 20 (7.22%) Splunk
4 19 (6.86%) SAP
5 17 (6.14%) NetApp
5 17 (6.14%) Oracle
6 15 (5.42%) New Relic
7 12 (4.33%) Salesforce
8 11 (3.97%) Dynatrace
9 9 (3.25%) Adobe
9 9 (3.25%) MuleSoft
9 9 (3.25%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.89%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.53%) PagerDuty
12 6 (2.17%) Cisco
12 6 (2.17%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.81%) Lotus
14 4 (1.44%) Black Duck
14 4 (1.44%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.44%) Red Hat