Cloud Native Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Cloud Native
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 27 35
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Cloud Native 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.76% 0.62% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.06% 2.86% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £565 - -
90th Percentile £578 - -
East of England median daily rate £531 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -7.61% +15.00% -19.60%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

Cloud Native falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 66 35 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 29.07% 21.60% 38.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 12 52
10th Percentile £101 £308 £351
25th Percentile £425 £325 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £566 £550
90th Percentile £648 £650 £559
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 2
10th Percentile £57.00 £30.56 £52.75
25th Percentile £68.25 £37.02 £53.13
Median hourly rate £82.50 £60.95 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.36% +10.82% +214.29%
75th Percentile £88.56 £67.03 £56.88
90th Percentile £91.75 £74.63 £57.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £62.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -31.45% -0.80% +53.45%

Cloud Native
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Native relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Cloud Native job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Cloud Native
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Cloud Native.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Cloud Native

Cloud Native
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. 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
Luton - 3 £553 - 4
Dunstable - 1 £450 - 2
Cloud Native
East of England

Cloud Native
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aviation
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Generative AI
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) API Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational AI
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
4 1 (25.00%) LLM
4 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Understanding
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification