Cloud Native Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Native
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 304 140
Rank change year-on-year +120 -164 +190
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 619 236 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 0.83% 2.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.81% 2.07% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 460 176 305
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,365 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,870 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -0.17% +7.91%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,813 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £78,125 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +3.13% -3.03%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,227 11,388 23,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.75% 39.94% 34.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8,465 5,464 15,192
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,207 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,651 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Cloud Native
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Native relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cloud Native job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Native
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cloud Native.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cloud Native

Cloud Native
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Native in the UK excluding London

Cloud Native
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Native within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
North of England +39 220 £75,000 +0.17% 87
North West +58 142 £80,000 +6.85% 58
South East +23 102 £70,000 +12.00% 83
South West +26 101 £75,000 -20.75% 38
Yorkshire -26 63 £70,000 -10.97% 18
Scotland +33 60 £67,500 -10.43% 24
Midlands -12 57 £75,000 +11.11% 32
East of England +38 52 £60,100 - 11
West Midlands -17 41 £75,000 +3.45% 17
Northern Ireland -16 20 £70,000 -36.36% 4
East Midlands -16 15 £75,000 +15.38% 15
North East -32 15 £77,500 +18.77% 11
Wales -28 6 £69,973 -0.04% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
Cloud Native
UK

Cloud Native
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.26%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.78%) Apache
4 8 (1.29%) CMS
5 7 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.65%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.65%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.32%) IIS
9 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.32%) nginx
9 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.16%) Camunda
10 1 (0.16%) Confluence
10 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (2.26%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.65%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 295 (47.66%) AWS
2 290 (46.85%) Azure
3 103 (16.64%) GCP
4 83 (13.41%) Serverless
5 69 (11.15%) GitHub
6 65 (10.50%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (6.30%) SaaS
8 36 (5.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 36 (5.82%) AWS Lambda
9 35 (5.65%) Amazon S3
10 34 (5.49%) Power Platform
11 29 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (4.36%) PaaS
13 26 (4.20%) IaaS
13 26 (4.20%) Snowflake
14 23 (3.72%) Azure AKS
14 23 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.55%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.39%) dbt
17 20 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.72%) Firewall
2 15 (2.42%) Network Security
3 8 (1.29%) DNS
4 6 (0.97%) DMZ
4 6 (0.97%) iSCSI
4 6 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (0.97%) SAN
4 6 (0.97%) VPN
5 5 (0.81%) AMQP
5 5 (0.81%) Broadband
6 2 (0.32%) HTTP
6 2 (0.32%) LAN
6 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.32%) WAN
6 2 (0.32%) WLAN
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) MQTT
7 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (10.18%) NoSQL
2 55 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (7.43%) SQL Server
4 30 (4.85%) MongoDB
5 29 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.72%) Data Lake
7 21 (3.39%) DynamoDB
7 21 (3.39%) MySQL
8 20 (3.23%) Metadata
9 19 (3.07%) Power BI
10 15 (2.42%) Relational Database
10 15 (2.42%) Tableau
11 12 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.78%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
14 9 (1.45%) Big Data
14 9 (1.45%) Looker
15 6 (0.97%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 41 (6.62%) Git
2 36 (5.82%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.23%) GitLab
4 18 (2.91%) JIRA
5 14 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (1.29%) MLflow
7 7 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.81%) Maven
8 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.81%) Yeoman
9 3 (0.48%) Storybook
10 2 (0.32%) Selenium
10 2 (0.32%) Vagrant
11 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.16%) git-flow
11 1 (0.16%) JUnit
11 1 (0.16%) Mockito
11 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 132 (21.32%) Social Skills
2 122 (19.71%) Finance
3 46 (7.43%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (3.72%) Retail
7 17 (2.75%) Banking
7 17 (2.75%) Legal
8 10 (1.62%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.45%) Automotive
9 9 (1.45%) Law
10 8 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.13%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.97%) Local Government
13 5 (0.81%) Agriculture
13 5 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.81%) Marketing
13 5 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 144 (23.26%) Senior
2 109 (17.61%) Software Engineer
3 100 (16.16%) Lead
4 80 (12.92%) Architect
4 80 (12.92%) Developer
5 75 (12.12%) Cloud Engineer
6 53 (8.56%) Solutions Architect
7 44 (7.11%) AWS Engineer
8 43 (6.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 26 (4.20%) Senior Developer
10 25 (4.04%) Data Engineer
10 25 (4.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 24 (3.88%) Azure Engineer
11 24 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
11 24 (3.88%) Python Engineer
12 23 (3.72%) Lead Software Engineer
12 23 (3.72%) Principal Engineer
13 19 (3.07%) .NET Developer
13 19 (3.07%) Applications Engineer
13 19 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (13.09%) .NET
2 75 (12.12%) React
3 61 (9.85%) RESTful
4 48 (7.75%) Node.js
5 32 (5.17%) REST
6 29 (4.68%) AngularJS
7 26 (4.20%) AWS CDK
8 25 (4.04%) Spring
9 24 (3.88%) Spring Boot
10 23 (3.72%) Kafka
11 21 (3.39%) .NET Core
12 20 (3.23%) ASP.NET
13 19 (3.07%) .NET Framework
13 19 (3.07%) OAuth
14 17 (2.75%) ASP.NET Core
15 16 (2.58%) JSON
15 16 (2.58%) OAuth2
16 15 (2.42%) Next.js
16 15 (2.42%) SOAP
17 14 (2.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.05%) Product Ownership
2 49 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.58%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.26%) Legacy Applications
7 13 (2.10%) Cloud Security Posture
8 12 (1.94%) IoT
9 11 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.29%) Educational Technology
13 7 (1.13%) Clustering
13 7 (1.13%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.13%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.97%) Blog
14 6 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
14 6 (0.97%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.97%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.20%) Linux
2 20 (3.23%) Windows
3 13 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.65%) CentOS
4 4 (0.65%) Debian
4 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.65%) Unix
5 3 (0.48%) Android
5 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (49.43%) CI/CD
2 274 (44.26%) DevOps
3 226 (36.51%) Agile
4 183 (29.56%) Software Engineering
5 164 (26.49%) Microservices
6 142 (22.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 138 (22.29%) Mentoring
8 133 (21.49%) AI
9 132 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 115 (18.58%) Containerisation
11 111 (17.93%) Event-Driven
12 107 (17.29%) Observability
13 104 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
14 100 (16.16%) Test Automation
15 84 (13.57%) Analytics
16 82 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
17 79 (12.76%) Full-Stack Development
18 69 (11.15%) Coaching
19 63 (10.18%) Roadmaps
20 59 (9.53%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 177 (28.59%) Python
2 123 (19.87%) SQL
3 75 (12.12%) C#
4 73 (11.79%) Java
5 71 (11.47%) TypeScript
6 65 (10.50%) JavaScript
7 33 (5.33%) PowerShell
8 29 (4.68%) Bash
9 18 (2.91%) Bicep
10 15 (2.42%) Shell Script
11 14 (2.26%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.97%) Korn
12 6 (0.97%) PHP
12 6 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.81%) Go
13 5 (0.81%) Groovy
13 5 (0.81%) Ruby
14 3 (0.48%) C++
15 2 (0.32%) R
15 2 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (9.37%) Degree
2 54 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (3.07%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.91%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.75%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.58%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.94%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.81%) CISSP
11 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.65%) CISM
13 3 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.48%) CCSP
13 3 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.48%) ICAEW
14 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.68%) QA
2 23 (3.72%) GDPR
3 22 (3.55%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.58%) NIST
6 15 (2.42%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.62%) GRC
7 10 (1.62%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.45%) NCSC
9 7 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (1.13%) WCAG
10 6 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 6 (0.97%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.32%) SEPA
12 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 107 (17.29%) Docker
2 28 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.97%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 131 (21.16%) Kubernetes
2 122 (19.71%) Terraform
3 25 (4.04%) Grafana
4 22 (3.55%) Ansible
5 17 (2.75%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.13%) Puppet
8 4 (0.65%) Argo
8 4 (0.65%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.65%) Istio
8 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.32%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.32%) Packer
11 1 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.16%) Kibana
11 1 (0.16%) linkerd
11 1 (0.16%) Mesos
11 1 (0.16%) Netcool
Vendors
1 97 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.65%) Databricks
3 24 (3.88%) Google
4 23 (3.72%) Oracle
5 16 (2.58%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.10%) Dell
7 7 (1.13%) Cloudera
7 7 (1.13%) Okta
8 6 (0.97%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.81%) IBM
10 4 (0.65%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.65%) Adobe
10 4 (0.65%) Pega
10 4 (0.65%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.65%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.48%) Foundry
11 3 (0.48%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.48%) Talend
11 3 (0.48%) UiPath
12 2 (0.32%) CrowdStrike