Cloud Native Contracts 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 323 247
Rank change year-on-year +115 -76 -26
Contract jobs citing Cloud Native 291 226 508
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.21% 0.62% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.55% 2.03% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 146 347
10th Percentile £398 £436 £492
25th Percentile £413 £500 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £718
90th Percentile £759 £725 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -8.70% -11.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £37.00 - £73.50
25th Percentile £38.13 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £62.25 - -
90th Percentile £75.60 - £85.20
UK median hourly rate £40.00 - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +22.61%

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 8,195 11,160 16,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.16% 30.70% 33.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,356 7,317 11,230
10th Percentile £300 £268 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £571
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% -3.64% +3.77%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £698
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 818 572
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £34.11 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% +51.68% -15.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.19
90th Percentile £83.88 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year +0.83% +41.54% -19.07%

Cloud Native
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Native in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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
London +84 189 £525 -12.50% 826
North of England +39 33 £500 +4.17% 1,014
North West +31 25 £450 -13.88% 491
South East +34 23 £450 -9.55% 1,167
Midlands +17 17 £500 -23.08% 748
East of England +29 11 £408 -29.13% 574
South West +26 9 £425 -29.17% 504
East Midlands - 9 £500 - 301
Yorkshire +14 8 £570 - 407
West Midlands +7 8 £556 -14.46% 399
Cloud Native
UK

Cloud Native
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (4.12%) Apache
1 12 (4.12%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.06%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (1.37%) Confluence
5 3 (1.03%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.69%) Camunda
6 2 (0.69%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.03%) Shopify
2 2 (0.69%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 136 (46.74%) AWS
2 103 (35.40%) Azure
3 71 (24.40%) Serverless
4 65 (22.34%) GCP
5 35 (12.03%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (11.00%) AWS Lambda
6 32 (11.00%) GitHub
7 25 (8.59%) Azure AKS
8 23 (7.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (7.22%) PaaS
10 19 (6.53%) Azure Monitor
11 18 (6.19%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (5.84%) SaaS
13 16 (5.50%) Amazon S3
13 16 (5.50%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (5.50%) IaaS
14 13 (4.47%) Apigee
15 11 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (3.78%) Datadog
15 11 (3.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.62%) Firewall
2 16 (5.50%) VPN
3 13 (4.47%) 5G
4 11 (3.78%) MPLS
5 8 (2.75%) DNS
6 6 (2.06%) 4G
6 6 (2.06%) BGP
6 6 (2.06%) LTE
6 6 (2.06%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (2.06%) WAN
7 5 (1.72%) Network Security
7 5 (1.72%) NX-OS
8 4 (1.37%) LAN
8 4 (1.37%) OSPF
8 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.37%) VLAN
8 4 (1.37%) VoIP
9 3 (1.03%) DOCSIS
9 3 (1.03%) GPON
9 3 (1.03%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.43%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (4.12%) BigQuery
3 11 (3.78%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.78%) Power BI
4 10 (3.44%) Big Data
5 9 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.75%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.41%) Looker
8 6 (2.06%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.06%) Delta Lake
8 6 (2.06%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.72%) MySQL
10 4 (1.37%) Tableau
11 3 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.03%) Metadata
11 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (13.06%) Jenkins
2 17 (5.84%) Git
2 17 (5.84%) GitLab
3 11 (3.78%) JIRA
4 9 (3.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (2.75%) CircleCI
6 6 (2.06%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.72%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.72%) Selenium
8 4 (1.37%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.37%) git-flow
8 4 (1.37%) Gradle
8 4 (1.37%) Terragrunt
9 3 (1.03%) Jaeger
9 3 (1.03%) JMeter
9 3 (1.03%) MSI
10 2 (0.69%) Postman
10 2 (0.69%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 91 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 68 (23.37%) Finance
3 32 (11.00%) Banking
4 22 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.19%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (4.12%) Retail
7 8 (2.75%) Billing
8 7 (2.41%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.37%) Legal
9 4 (1.37%) Marketing
10 3 (1.03%) Aviation
10 3 (1.03%) Front Office
11 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.34%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.34%) French Language
12 1 (0.34%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (30.93%) Architect
2 38 (13.06%) Senior
3 34 (11.68%) Developer
4 32 (11.00%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (7.56%) Cloud Architect
6 21 (7.22%) Lead
6 21 (7.22%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.19%) Data Engineer
8 17 (5.84%) AWS Engineer
8 17 (5.84%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.50%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (5.15%) GCP Architect
11 14 (4.81%) Azure Architect
12 13 (4.47%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (4.12%) Kubernetes Engineer
14 11 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (3.78%) Data Architect
14 11 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (3.44%) GCP Engineer
16 9 (3.09%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.62%) React
2 27 (9.28%) Kafka
3 24 (8.25%) .NET
4 19 (6.53%) RESTful
5 18 (6.19%) Node.js
6 16 (5.50%) GraphQL
7 15 (5.15%) Spring
8 14 (4.81%) AngularJS
8 14 (4.81%) Spring Boot
9 13 (4.47%) AWS CDK
10 10 (3.44%) REST
11 9 (3.09%) OAuth
12 8 (2.75%) .NET Core
12 8 (2.75%) OpenTelemetry
12 8 (2.75%) PySpark
13 6 (2.06%) ARM Templates
13 6 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
14 5 (1.72%) Puppeteer
14 5 (1.72%) Vue
15 4 (1.37%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.87%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.47%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.12%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.75%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (2.06%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.72%) Distributed Applications
8 5 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.37%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.37%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.37%) TWAP
9 4 (1.37%) VWAP
10 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.03%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.37%) Linux
2 13 (4.47%) Windows
3 9 (3.09%) Unix
4 4 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.69%) SUSE
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (47.08%) DevOps
2 130 (44.67%) CI/CD
3 107 (36.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 91 (31.27%) Agile
5 76 (26.12%) Microservices
6 71 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (23.02%) Containerisation
8 49 (16.84%) Migration
9 45 (15.46%) Analytics
10 44 (15.12%) Observability
11 36 (12.37%) High Availability
12 35 (12.03%) Event-Driven
13 34 (11.68%) Software Engineering
14 33 (11.34%) Test Automation
15 30 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (9.97%) Artificial Intelligence
16 29 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (9.97%) Scrum
17 26 (8.93%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 25 (8.59%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 113 (38.83%) Python
2 59 (20.27%) Java
3 53 (18.21%) SQL
4 28 (9.62%) TypeScript
5 27 (9.28%) JavaScript
6 25 (8.59%) Bash
6 25 (8.59%) PowerShell
7 24 (8.25%) Bicep
8 18 (6.19%) Go
9 17 (5.84%) C#
10 8 (2.75%) Scala
11 7 (2.41%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.06%) C++
12 6 (2.06%) Groovy
12 6 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.37%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.34%) JCL
14 1 (0.34%) Perl
14 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (10.65%) Security Cleared
2 27 (9.28%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.25%) Degree
4 20 (6.87%) AWS Certification
5 14 (4.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.09%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 8 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.06%) PMI Certification
9 6 (2.06%) PMP
10 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.03%) CCNP
12 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.69%) CCIE
12 2 (0.69%) CISSP
12 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.15%) QA
2 14 (4.81%) GDPR
3 11 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.75%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.37%) NIST
6 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.03%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.69%) OASIS TOSCA
7 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.34%) COBIT
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (20.27%) Docker
2 7 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.69%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (39.52%) Kubernetes
2 114 (39.18%) Terraform
3 50 (17.18%) Ansible
4 21 (7.22%) Prometheus
5 20 (6.87%) Grafana
6 11 (3.78%) Progress Chef
6 11 (3.78%) Puppet
6 11 (3.78%) Rancher
7 8 (2.75%) Amdocs OSS
8 4 (1.37%) Argo
8 4 (1.37%) Istio
8 4 (1.37%) Kibana
9 3 (1.03%) Control-M
9 3 (1.03%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.03%) Kiali
9 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.69%) CASB
10 2 (0.69%) Cilium
10 2 (0.69%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.69%) Salt
Vendors
1 58 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.65%) Google
3 14 (4.81%) Splunk
4 12 (4.12%) Databricks
5 11 (3.78%) Ericsson
6 9 (3.09%) Cisco
6 9 (3.09%) Nokia
6 9 (3.09%) Oracle
7 8 (2.75%) Amdocs
7 8 (2.75%) NetCracker
7 8 (2.75%) SAP
8 6 (2.06%) Ciena
9 5 (1.72%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.72%) VMware
10 4 (1.37%) Adobe
10 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.03%) PagerDuty
11 3 (1.03%) Red Hat