Cloud Native Jobs in England

Cloud Native
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 320 213
Rank change year-on-year +100 -107 -25
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 764 800 1,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.55% 0.82% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.05% 2.50% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 433 514 769
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,080
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% - -
75th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,000 £115,000 £123,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £80,000

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,882 31,942 35,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 38.28% 32.86% 44.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,806 21,379 19,818
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £36,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Native in England

Cloud Native
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Native within the England region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +140 503 £95,000 +5.56% 1,708
North of England +3 99 £74,870 +3.27% 638
South East +94 69 £70,000 +7.69% 686
North West -25 61 £74,870 +6.96% 358
Yorkshire +51 36 £71,991 -8.54% 235
Midlands +56 30 £70,000 -12.50% 321
South West +49 29 £87,500 +9.38% 307
West Midlands +45 21 £72,500 -3.33% 174
East of England +14 11 £71,500 -4.67% 302
East Midlands +50 9 £65,000 -25.71% 144
North East +35 2 £59,500 -4.80% 45
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 28 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 19 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.31%) Apache
5 10 (1.31%) Confluence
6 7 (0.92%) nginx
7 6 (0.79%) CMS
7 6 (0.79%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.65%) Appian
9 4 (0.52%) Traefik
10 1 (0.13%) Camunda
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) JBoss
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (1.44%) Maya
2 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.52%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.39%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 381 (49.87%) AWS
2 331 (43.32%) Azure
3 166 (21.73%) GCP
4 90 (11.78%) GitHub
5 81 (10.60%) Serverless
6 73 (9.55%) SaaS
7 67 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (7.46%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (7.07%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (6.81%) Amazon S3
11 41 (5.37%) Power Platform
12 37 (4.84%) Amazon EKS
12 37 (4.84%) Datadog
13 32 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
14 29 (3.80%) Amazon ECS
15 28 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 23 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
18 19 (2.49%) Entra ID
18 19 (2.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.14%) Firewall
2 17 (2.23%) VPN
3 15 (1.96%) DNS
4 10 (1.31%) Network Security
5 9 (1.18%) DHCP
6 7 (0.92%) SAN
7 6 (0.79%) iSCSI
7 6 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.65%) HTTP
8 5 (0.65%) Internet
8 5 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (0.52%) BGP
9 4 (0.52%) DKIM
9 4 (0.52%) DMARC
9 4 (0.52%) ICMP
9 4 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.52%) MQTT
9 4 (0.52%) SMS
9 4 (0.52%) SMTP
9 4 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (12.70%) NoSQL
2 51 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (5.76%) SQL Server
4 40 (5.24%) MongoDB
5 33 (4.32%) Big Data
5 33 (4.32%) Data Lake
5 33 (4.32%) Relational Database
6 32 (4.19%) DynamoDB
7 31 (4.06%) MySQL
8 28 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (3.27%) Power BI
10 21 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.44%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.31%) Tableau
13 9 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (0.79%) DocumentDB
14 6 (0.79%) Flink
14 6 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (5.89%) Git
2 29 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.01%) GitLab
4 19 (2.49%) JIRA
5 14 (1.83%) CircleCI
6 10 (1.31%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.05%) Selenium
8 8 (1.05%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.79%) webpack
11 5 (0.65%) Maven
11 5 (0.65%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.65%) Snyk
11 5 (0.65%) Storybook
12 4 (0.52%) Gradle
12 4 (0.52%) NUnit
12 4 (0.52%) Terragrunt
General
1 349 (45.68%) Finance
2 223 (29.19%) Social Skills
3 222 (29.06%) Banking
4 189 (24.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 188 (24.61%) Law
6 61 (7.98%) Marketing
7 57 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (5.10%) Public Sector
8 39 (5.10%) Retail
9 37 (4.84%) Legal
10 35 (4.58%) Investment Banking
11 28 (3.66%) Financial Institution
12 22 (2.88%) Games
13 17 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (2.23%) Retail Banking
14 16 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.57%) Front Office
16 10 (1.31%) Electronics
16 10 (1.31%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 250 (32.72%) Software Engineer
2 211 (27.62%) Lead
3 184 (24.08%) Senior
4 136 (17.80%) Lead Software Engineer
5 130 (17.02%) Architect
6 105 (13.74%) Developer
7 77 (10.08%) Cloud Engineer
8 63 (8.25%) Senior Software Engineer
9 58 (7.59%) Java Engineer
10 56 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
11 55 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
12 43 (5.63%) Java Software Engineer
12 43 (5.63%) Python Engineer
12 43 (5.63%) Senior Architect
13 41 (5.37%) Cloud Software Engineer
14 40 (5.24%) Senior Developer
15 39 (5.10%) Python Software Engineer
16 31 (4.06%) Cloud Native Engineer
17 28 (3.66%) Lead Java Engineer
18 25 (3.27%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (17.54%) Kafka
2 120 (15.71%) React
3 114 (14.92%) RESTful
4 93 (12.17%) .NET
5 80 (10.47%) Spring
6 62 (8.12%) Spring Boot
7 51 (6.68%) Node.js
8 36 (4.71%) .NET Core
9 34 (4.45%) GraphQL
10 30 (3.93%) AngularJS
10 30 (3.93%) CSS
10 30 (3.93%) REST
11 28 (3.66%) HTML
12 27 (3.53%) RabbitMQ
13 20 (2.62%) Web Services
14 18 (2.36%) gRPC
15 17 (2.23%) .NET Framework
15 17 (2.23%) ASP.NET
15 17 (2.23%) Vue
16 15 (1.96%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 100 (13.09%) Distributed Systems
2 65 (8.51%) Public Cloud
3 64 (8.38%) Product Ownership
4 60 (7.85%) Management Information System
5 41 (5.37%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (4.19%) Legacy Code
7 29 (3.80%) Mobile App
8 28 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (3.40%) Virtual Team
10 25 (3.27%) Distributed Applications
11 22 (2.88%) Algorithms
12 21 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
12 21 (2.75%) Mobile Banking
13 19 (2.49%) Security Posture
14 18 (2.36%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.96%) Onboarding
16 14 (1.83%) Client/Server
17 13 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 70 (9.16%) Linux
2 24 (3.14%) Windows
3 15 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (0.92%) Unix
5 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.39%) Android
6 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) zOS
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (52.09%) CI/CD
2 345 (45.16%) Software Engineering
3 341 (44.63%) Agile
4 278 (36.39%) DevOps
5 251 (32.85%) Microservices
6 172 (22.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 154 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (20.03%) SDLC
9 146 (19.11%) Artificial Intelligence
10 133 (17.41%) Containerisation
11 127 (16.62%) Mentoring
12 105 (13.74%) Analytics
13 104 (13.61%) Event-Driven
13 104 (13.61%) Roadmaps
14 102 (13.35%) Machine Learning
15 91 (11.91%) Architectural Patterns
15 91 (11.91%) Computer Science
15 91 (11.91%) Fintech
15 91 (11.91%) Test Automation
16 87 (11.39%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 227 (29.71%) Java
2 214 (28.01%) Python
3 148 (19.37%) SQL
4 108 (14.14%) TypeScript
5 105 (13.74%) JavaScript
6 102 (13.35%) C#
6 102 (13.35%) Go
7 49 (6.41%) Kotlin
8 44 (5.76%) C++
9 41 (5.37%) Rust
10 37 (4.84%) Bash
10 37 (4.84%) PowerShell
11 36 (4.71%) C
12 17 (2.23%) Scala
13 9 (1.18%) Bicep
13 9 (1.18%) Lua
14 8 (1.05%) PHP
14 8 (1.05%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.65%) Korn
Qualifications
1 93 (12.17%) Degree
2 65 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 64 (8.38%) AWS Certification
4 46 (6.02%) SC Cleared
5 38 (4.97%) Azure Certification
6 36 (4.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 34 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.09%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.09%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.57%) CISSP
10 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.65%) PhD
13 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.39%) CCSP
14 3 (0.39%) CISM
15 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.26%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.33%) GDPR
2 33 (4.32%) QA
3 28 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (3.01%) NIST
5 19 (2.49%) HIPAA
6 15 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.31%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.92%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.39%) PMBOK
11 3 (0.39%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.13%) GMP
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 151 (19.76%) Docker
2 23 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.31%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (0.39%) vSphere
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) NFS
8 1 (0.13%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 281 (36.78%) Kubernetes
2 174 (22.77%) Terraform
3 59 (7.72%) Prometheus
4 34 (4.45%) Grafana
5 32 (4.19%) Ansible
6 19 (2.49%) Argo
7 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.79%) HAProxy
9 6 (0.79%) Mesos
10 5 (0.65%) CASB
11 4 (0.52%) Istio
11 4 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.52%) Puppet
12 3 (0.39%) SCCM
13 2 (0.26%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.26%) linkerd
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.13%) vRealize
Vendors
1 120 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.60%) Google
3 37 (4.84%) Oracle
4 31 (4.06%) Databricks
5 21 (2.75%) SAP
6 20 (2.62%) MuleSoft
7 19 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.09%) Dell
9 14 (1.83%) VMware
10 13 (1.70%) Splunk
11 11 (1.44%) Adobe
11 11 (1.44%) Rackspace
12 10 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.18%) IBM
13 9 (1.18%) MKS
14 6 (0.79%) Cisco
14 6 (0.79%) Guidewire
14 6 (0.79%) Informatica
14 6 (0.79%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.65%) Black Duck