Natural Job Trends in England

Software AG Natural
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Natural skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 611 720 -
Rank change year-on-year +109 - -
Permanent jobs citing Natural 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.002% 0.003% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.009% 0.010% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £66,199 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% - -
UK median annual salary £54,000 £66,199 -
% change year-on-year -18.43% - -

All Programming Languages
England

Natural falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,599 19,371 19,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.06% 32.23% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,842 11,499 15,779
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,574 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

Natural
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Natural relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Natural job vacancy trend in England

Natural
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Natural.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Natural

Natural
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Natural within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 1 £54,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £54,000 - 1
Natural
UK

Natural
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 1 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM