Cloud Native Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Native
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 162 313
Rank change year-on-year +98 +151 -83
Contract jobs citing Cloud Native 1,651 477 246
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 1.74% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.07% 5.01% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 326 154
10th Percentile £413 £393 £444
25th Percentile £463 £413 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -15.63% -7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £522 £588
% change year-on-year +5.45% -11.22% -8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 4 2
10th Percentile £65.00 £37.38 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £39.06 £77.50
Median hourly rate £77.25 £51.25 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.73% -39.71% +8.97%
75th Percentile £86.88 £68.94 £92.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £78.28 -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £51.25 £85.00
% change year-on-year +50.24% -39.71% +8.97%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,917 9,520 10,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.24% 34.81% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 6,021 7,099
10th Percentile £316 £306 £300
25th Percentile £420 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 799 476 667
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.28
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.95 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.43% -20.61% +5.29%
75th Percentile £72.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.59 £80.00 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +14.29%

Cloud Native
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cloud Native job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Native
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Native
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Native.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Native

Cloud Native
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Native in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 July 2026. 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
London +81 913 £575 +5.50% 526
North of England +57 308 £547 +9.35% 162
North West +43 158 £559 +11.75% 98
Yorkshire +22 135 £538 +10.26% 50
Midlands +31 119 £545 +9.00% 46
South West +40 107 £555 +15.32% 81
South East -1 106 £505 +14.77% 132
West Midlands +23 100 £575 +15.00% 32
East of England +23 56 £550 +22.22% 15
North East -16 23 £400 - 14
East Midlands -6 17 £425 -15.00% 14
Cloud Native
UK

Cloud Native
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 67 (4.06%) Apache Spark
2 54 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (2.85%) Apache
3 47 (2.85%) Confluence
4 18 (1.09%) SAS
5 17 (1.03%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.55%) Camunda
8 8 (0.48%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.36%) Apache Superset
10 5 (0.30%) CMS
10 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.30%) nginx
11 4 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.24%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.24%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 9 (0.55%) CPLEX
2 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.061%) Maya
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.42%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.24%) Quorum
4 4 (0.24%) R3 Corda
5 3 (0.18%) Ripple
5 3 (0.18%) Workfront
6 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.12%) Endur
6 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.061%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.061%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.061%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 898 (54.39%) AWS
2 736 (44.58%) Azure
3 342 (20.71%) GCP
4 273 (16.54%) GitHub
5 255 (15.45%) Serverless
6 168 (10.18%) GitHub Actions
7 166 (10.05%) Azure DevOps
8 145 (8.78%) Amazon S3
9 142 (8.60%) AWS Lambda
10 107 (6.48%) Amazon EKS
11 98 (5.94%) AWS CloudFormation
12 88 (5.33%) Power Platform
13 86 (5.21%) Azure AKS
14 85 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
15 84 (5.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 76 (4.60%) SaaS
17 69 (4.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 66 (4.00%) Snowflake
19 63 (3.82%) OpenShift
20 59 (3.57%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (5.69%) Firewall
2 56 (3.39%) DNS
3 44 (2.67%) Network Security
4 36 (2.18%) VPN
5 26 (1.57%) WAN
6 22 (1.33%) 5G
6 22 (1.33%) BGP
7 19 (1.15%) BIG-IP
7 19 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 18 (1.09%) 4G
9 17 (1.03%) OSPF
10 15 (0.91%) SD-WAN
11 13 (0.79%) 3GPP
11 13 (0.79%) LAN
12 12 (0.73%) MPLS
12 12 (0.73%) VXLAN
13 11 (0.67%) TCP/IP
13 11 (0.67%) VLAN
13 11 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.57%) PostgreSQL
2 100 (6.06%) NoSQL
3 72 (4.36%) Data Lake
4 70 (4.24%) Power BI
5 59 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 57 (3.45%) DynamoDB
7 54 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
8 50 (3.03%) SQL Server
9 49 (2.97%) MongoDB
10 48 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
11 47 (2.85%) Metadata
12 37 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
13 36 (2.18%) Big Data
14 34 (2.06%) Redis
15 28 (1.70%) Delta Lake
16 26 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
16 26 (1.57%) BigQuery
17 25 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
18 23 (1.39%) MySQL
19 19 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 178 (10.78%) Jenkins
2 173 (10.48%) Git
3 153 (9.27%) GitLab
4 90 (5.45%) JIRA
5 23 (1.39%) JUnit
6 18 (1.09%) MLflow
6 18 (1.09%) SonarQube
7 14 (0.85%) Selenium
8 13 (0.79%) Claude Code
8 13 (0.79%) Postman
9 11 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.67%) JMeter
10 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.55%) Gradle
10 9 (0.55%) MSI
11 8 (0.48%) Mockito
12 7 (0.42%) IntelliJ
12 7 (0.42%) Maven
13 6 (0.36%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 393 (23.80%) Social Skills
2 361 (21.87%) Finance
3 224 (13.57%) Public Sector
4 142 (8.60%) Banking
5 108 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
7 42 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (2.42%) Retail
9 34 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 23 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 21 (1.27%) Legal
13 17 (1.03%) Front Office
14 16 (0.97%) Law
15 13 (0.79%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.73%) Military
17 10 (0.61%) Billing
18 9 (0.55%) Local Government
18 9 (0.55%) Marketing
19 8 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 410 (24.83%) Architect
2 267 (16.17%) Senior
3 227 (13.75%) Developer
4 176 (10.66%) Lead
5 155 (9.39%) DevOps Engineer
6 126 (7.63%) Data Engineer
7 122 (7.39%) Solutions Architect
8 113 (6.84%) Software Engineer
9 103 (6.24%) Cloud Engineer
10 82 (4.97%) AWS Engineer
11 68 (4.12%) Technical Architect
12 59 (3.57%) Java Developer
13 57 (3.45%) Java Engineer
14 55 (3.33%) Security Engineer
15 54 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
15 54 (3.27%) Senior Developer
16 53 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
16 53 (3.21%) Full-Stack Developer
17 52 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
18 48 (2.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (11.87%) REST
2 169 (10.24%) Kafka
3 149 (9.02%) React
4 143 (8.66%) Spring
5 130 (7.87%) .NET
6 129 (7.81%) Spring Boot
7 120 (7.27%) Node.js
8 119 (7.21%) RESTful
9 67 (4.06%) OAuth
10 61 (3.69%) AngularJS
11 60 (3.63%) OpenTelemetry
12 57 (3.45%) PySpark
13 51 (3.09%) OpenID
14 46 (2.79%) OAuth2
15 45 (2.73%) GraphQL
16 43 (2.60%) .NET Framework
17 41 (2.48%) .NET Core
18 39 (2.36%) FastAPI
19 36 (2.18%) LangChain
20 34 (2.06%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 245 (14.84%) Distributed Systems
2 101 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
3 89 (5.39%) Product Ownership
4 67 (4.06%) Security Posture
5 63 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 58 (3.51%) Onboarding
7 57 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (2.36%) AI Agents
9 35 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
9 35 (2.12%) Virtual Team
10 34 (2.06%) Data Centre
10 34 (2.06%) Public Cloud
11 27 (1.64%) Management Information System
12 26 (1.57%) NHS
13 25 (1.51%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
15 17 (1.03%) Algorithms
15 17 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (0.91%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.42%) Linux
2 67 (4.06%) Windows
3 43 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.15%) Unix
5 13 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.48%) VMS
8 7 (0.42%) Android
9 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Solaris
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.061%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 983 (59.54%) CI/CD
2 839 (50.82%) DevOps
3 588 (35.61%) Infrastructure as Code
4 496 (30.04%) Agile
5 427 (25.86%) Microservices
6 415 (25.14%) Containerisation
7 383 (23.20%) AI
8 363 (21.99%) Observability
9 312 (18.90%) Software Engineering
10 307 (18.59%) Event-Driven
11 274 (16.60%) Migration
12 263 (15.93%) Test Automation
13 236 (14.29%) Analytics
14 228 (13.81%) Roadmaps
15 218 (13.20%) Platform Engineering
16 203 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
17 199 (12.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 196 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
19 195 (11.81%) Data Modelling
20 193 (11.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 638 (38.64%) Python
2 372 (22.53%) Java
3 288 (17.44%) SQL
4 159 (9.63%) TypeScript
5 115 (6.97%) Bash
6 114 (6.90%) C#
7 102 (6.18%) JavaScript
8 89 (5.39%) PowerShell
9 75 (4.54%) Bicep
10 67 (4.06%) Go
11 23 (1.39%) Kotlin
12 17 (1.03%) Rust
13 16 (0.97%) Ruby
14 13 (0.79%) C++
14 13 (0.79%) Scala
15 10 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
17 6 (0.36%) R
18 5 (0.30%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 390 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 332 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 89 (5.39%) Degree
4 85 (5.15%) AWS Certification
5 73 (4.42%) DV Cleared
6 66 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 46 (2.79%) CISSP
8 43 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.79%) CISM
15 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.55%) CCIE
17 7 (0.42%) CCNP
17 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
17 7 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 90 (5.45%) QA
3 65 (3.94%) GDPR
4 54 (3.27%) NIST
5 52 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.42%) Accessibility
7 33 (2.00%) NCSC
8 22 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.09%) WCAG
10 11 (0.67%) GRC
10 11 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.55%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.42%) HL7
13 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.30%) SEPA
16 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 375 (22.71%) Docker
2 23 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.21%) VMware NSX
4 19 (1.15%) vSphere
5 9 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.42%) IAG
7 4 (0.24%) Snort
8 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.12%) NFS
9 2 (0.12%) SRDF
10 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.061%) Firmware
10 1 (0.061%) KVM
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 571 (34.59%) Kubernetes
2 544 (32.95%) Terraform
3 139 (8.42%) Ansible
4 123 (7.45%) Grafana
5 96 (5.81%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.73%) Argo
7 24 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 21 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (1.15%) Istio
10 18 (1.09%) vCenter Server
11 15 (0.91%) Kustomize
12 14 (0.85%) Puppet
13 9 (0.55%) linkerd
14 4 (0.24%) Cilium
14 4 (0.24%) CSIRT
14 4 (0.24%) Kubeflow
15 3 (0.18%) Bosun
15 3 (0.18%) Kibana
15 3 (0.18%) Nagios
15 3 (0.18%) Packer
Vendors
1 265 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 145 (8.78%) Google
3 104 (6.30%) Databricks
4 67 (4.06%) Oracle
5 66 (4.00%) Splunk
6 47 (2.85%) Dynatrace
6 47 (2.85%) Red Hat
7 40 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 35 (2.12%) VMware
9 32 (1.94%) OpenAI
10 25 (1.51%) SAP
11 21 (1.27%) F5
12 20 (1.21%) Informatica
12 20 (1.21%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.15%) Cisco
14 18 (1.09%) Pure Storage
15 17 (1.03%) IBM
16 16 (0.97%) Salesforce
17 15 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
18 14 (0.85%) CyberArk