Cloud Native Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cloud Native
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Native over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 176 149
Rank change year-on-year -99 -27 +112
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 388 828 1,816
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 1.99% 2.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.22% 5.17% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 241 424 802
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,219 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £96,539 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £116,121
UK median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% +6.67%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,055 16,013 32,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.60% 38.51% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,252 11,630 16,857
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cloud Native
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Native as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Native trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Native.

Cloud Native salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Native over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Cloud Native salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (4.12%) Confluence
2 14 (3.61%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.84%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.06%) Apache
5 6 (1.55%) IIS
6 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.03%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.77%) CMS
7 3 (0.77%) Drupal
7 3 (0.77%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.26%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Trello
2 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 201 (51.80%) Azure
2 184 (47.42%) AWS
3 81 (20.88%) GCP
4 63 (16.24%) SaaS
5 34 (8.76%) Serverless
6 32 (8.25%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (6.44%) PaaS
8 21 (5.41%) Snowflake
9 18 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (4.38%) Amazon S3
11 16 (4.12%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.87%) IaaS
13 14 (3.61%) Power Platform
14 12 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (3.09%) GitHub
15 11 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.12%) Firewall
2 9 (2.32%) DNS
3 8 (2.06%) VPN
4 7 (1.80%) Internet
5 5 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.03%) VLAN
6 4 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.52%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) VoIP
8 1 (0.26%) HTTP
8 1 (0.26%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (17.78%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (7.99%) Relational Database
3 29 (7.47%) MySQL
3 29 (7.47%) SQL Server
4 28 (7.22%) Big Data
5 23 (5.93%) BigQuery
6 21 (5.41%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.87%) Data Lake
8 14 (3.61%) Power BI
9 12 (3.09%) Hadoop
10 9 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (2.32%) Flink
10 9 (2.32%) Tableau
11 8 (2.06%) Redis
12 7 (1.80%) Looker
13 6 (1.55%) Metadata
14 5 (1.29%) Apache Hive
15 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
16 3 (0.77%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (8.76%) Git
2 21 (5.41%) TeamCity
3 20 (5.15%) JIRA
4 16 (4.12%) Maven
5 14 (3.61%) GitLab
6 13 (3.35%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.55%) Spinnaker
8 4 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.03%) Postman
9 2 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.52%) JUnit
9 2 (0.52%) MLflow
10 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.26%) Mockito
General
1 107 (27.58%) Finance
2 105 (27.06%) Social Skills
3 72 (18.56%) Retail
4 63 (16.24%) Banking
5 48 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (9.02%) Law
7 16 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (4.12%) Investment Banking
8 15 (3.87%) Publishing
9 13 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.09%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.06%) Legal
12 6 (1.55%) Games
13 5 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.03%) Marketing
15 3 (0.77%) Back Office
15 3 (0.77%) German Language
15 3 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.52%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 142 (36.60%) Architect
2 95 (24.48%) Solutions Architect
3 93 (23.97%) Senior
4 50 (12.89%) Developer
5 47 (12.11%) Software Engineer
6 36 (9.28%) Lead
7 28 (7.22%) Senior Architect
7 28 (7.22%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 27 (6.96%) Data Engineer
9 24 (6.19%) Presales Solution Architect
10 22 (5.67%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (5.41%) Principal Engineer
11 21 (5.41%) Senior Developer
11 21 (5.41%) Technical Architect
12 20 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
15 14 (3.61%) .NET Developer
16 13 (3.35%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.79%) React
2 32 (8.25%) .NET
3 26 (6.70%) Spring
4 25 (6.44%) Spring Boot
5 18 (4.64%) CSS
6 17 (4.38%) .NET Core
7 16 (4.12%) HTML
8 15 (3.87%) AngularJS
8 15 (3.87%) Vue
9 14 (3.61%) REST
10 13 (3.35%) .NET Framework
11 11 (2.84%) Entity Framework
12 10 (2.58%) GraphQL
12 10 (2.58%) Kafka
12 10 (2.58%) Node.js
12 10 (2.58%) Web Services
13 9 (2.32%) YAML
14 8 (2.06%) Apache Beam
15 7 (1.80%) jQuery
16 6 (1.55%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.79%) Data Structures
2 27 (6.96%) Product Ownership
3 24 (6.19%) PMI
4 22 (5.67%) Private Cloud
5 15 (3.87%) Blog
5 15 (3.87%) Distributed Applications
6 14 (3.61%) Virtual Team
7 13 (3.35%) Algorithms
7 13 (3.35%) Mobile App
8 12 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.32%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.06%) Cyberattack
10 8 (2.06%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.06%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.80%) IoT
12 5 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.29%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.29%) NHS
13 4 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.82%) Windows
2 29 (7.47%) Linux
3 15 (3.87%) Mac OS
4 10 (2.58%) Unix
5 9 (2.32%) Android
5 9 (2.32%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.29%) VMS
7 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.26%) CentOS
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (52.84%) Agile
2 134 (34.54%) DevOps
3 107 (27.58%) Software Engineering
4 100 (25.77%) Microservices
5 80 (20.62%) CI/CD
6 77 (19.85%) Scrum
7 76 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (15.98%) Mentoring
9 60 (15.46%) Roadmaps
10 57 (14.69%) Infrastructure as Code
11 56 (14.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 55 (14.18%) Enterprise Architecture
13 53 (13.66%) Software Delivery
14 51 (13.14%) Full Stack Development
14 51 (13.14%) TOGAF
15 48 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (12.37%) Presales
15 48 (12.37%) TDD
16 46 (11.86%) Analytics
17 44 (11.34%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 107 (27.58%) Python
2 79 (20.36%) SQL
3 75 (19.33%) JavaScript
4 65 (16.75%) Java
5 54 (13.92%) C#
6 29 (7.47%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.12%) Go
7 16 (4.12%) Groovy
7 16 (4.12%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.12%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.09%) PHP
9 10 (2.58%) Bicep
10 8 (2.06%) Scala
11 5 (1.29%) Bash
11 5 (1.29%) Perl
11 5 (1.29%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.77%) R
13 2 (0.52%) Ruby
13 2 (0.52%) Rust
14 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 48 (12.37%) Degree
1 48 (12.37%) TOGAF Certification
2 24 (6.19%) PMI Certification
3 23 (5.93%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.12%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.12%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 13 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.52%) CEH
11 2 (0.52%) CISM
11 2 (0.52%) CISSP
11 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.52%) OSCP
11 2 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.90%) QA
2 18 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.52%) GDPR
4 2 (0.52%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) EMIR
5 1 (0.26%) MiFID
5 1 (0.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.26%) SEPA
5 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (12.11%) Docker
2 11 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 79 (20.36%) Terraform
2 75 (19.33%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.87%) Grafana
4 6 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.29%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.03%) Kibana
6 4 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.77%) Ansible
7 3 (0.77%) Puppet
7 3 (0.77%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
9 1 (0.26%) Cacti
9 1 (0.26%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.26%) Icinga
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.26%) Rancher
Vendors
1 78 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.60%) Google
3 12 (3.09%) Databricks
4 11 (2.84%) Dell
4 11 (2.84%) Teradata
5 6 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (1.55%) Oracle
5 6 (1.55%) Twitter
5 6 (1.55%) VMware
6 5 (1.29%) Northgate
7 4 (1.03%) Apple
7 4 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.03%) Splunk
8 3 (0.77%) SAP
8 3 (0.77%) Sparx
9 2 (0.52%) Ab Initio
9 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.52%) Okta
9 2 (0.52%) OneLogin
9 2 (0.52%) YouTube