Cloud Native Job Trends in the North West
Cloud Native
England > North West
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | 144 | 198 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +77 | +54 | -74 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native | 273 | 74 | 38 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 2.11% | 1.57% | 0.54% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 9.27% | 3.74% | 1.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 212 | 61 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £33,125 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,688 | £57,500 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £76,500 | £75,000 | £69,308 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.00% | +8.21% | -0.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £86,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,250 | £96,250 | £92,000 |
| England median annual salary | £82,500 | £82,500 | £87,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.71% | +9.38% |
All Generic Skills
North West
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 the North West.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 2,946 | 1,981 | 2,104 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 22.80% | 41.93% | 29.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,954 | 896 | 890 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,750 | £33,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £48,979 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.29% | -6.71% | -7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £63,750 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,125 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £55,000 | £54,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -10.00% | -4.00% |
Cloud Native Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Native relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Cloud Native Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cloud Native.
Cloud Native Salary Histogram in the North West
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in the North West over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
Cloud Native Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Native within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 October 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | +40 | 235 | £84,250 | +12.33% | 140 |
| Lancashire | +13 | 14 | £56,250 | +40.63% | 10 |
| Merseyside | -5 | 13 | £58,750 | -6.00% | 8 |
| Cheshire | +9 | 9 | £66,250 | -19.70% | 9 |
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Cloud Native Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distributed Systems | 8.4% | 23 |
| 1 | Product Ownership | 8.4% | 23 |
| 3 | Mobile App | 3.7% | 10 |
| 4 | AI Agents | 1.1% | 3 |
| 4 | Cloud Security Posture | 1.1% | 3 |
| 4 | Greenfield Project | 1.1% | 3 |
| 4 | Hybrid Cloud | 1.1% | 3 |
| 4 | IoT | 1.1% | 3 |
| 4 | Security Posture | 1.1% | 3 |
| 10 | Legacy Systems | 0.7% | 2 |
| 10 | Onboarding | 0.7% | 2 |
| 10 | SWIFT Messaging Network | 0.7% | 2 |
| 13 | Analytical Mindset | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Culture of Ownership | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Cyber Threat | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Data Protection Act | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Distributed Applications | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Distributed Architecture | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Enterprise Software | 0.4% | 1 |
| 13 | Life Science | 0.4% | 1 |