Cloud Native Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 148 311
Rank change year-on-year -186 +163 -60
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 268 1,408 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 1.89% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 5.76% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 172 297 277
10th Percentile £47,637 £47,000 £45,910
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £102,250 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £81,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +1.88% - -

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 13,443 24,459 24,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.14% 32.80% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,886 15,283 10,904
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cloud Native as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Native in the UK excluding London

Cloud Native
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Native in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cloud Native in the UK excluding London

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -18 90 £74,935 +3.36% 1,106
South East +82 66 £70,000 +7.69% 1,337
North West -41 56 £74,870 +6.96% 556
Scotland -100 40 £75,360 +3.24% 218
Yorkshire +45 33 £83,876 +8.23% 433
Midlands +45 27 £72,500 -9.38% 865
South West +36 27 £95,000 +18.75% 553
West Midlands +28 21 £72,500 -9.38% 463
East of England +24 10 £71,500 -4.67% 673
East Midlands +35 6 £65,000 -25.71% 344
Wales +39 4 £70,000 -12.50% 133
Northern Ireland +31 4 £120,000 +33.33% 75
North East +36 1 £75,500 +20.80% 118
Cloud Native
UK

Cloud Native
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (5.97%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.48%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.36%) Apache
4 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.87%) Appian
5 5 (1.87%) CMS
5 5 (1.87%) Confluence
5 5 (1.87%) Headless CMS
6 3 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.75%) Luigi
8 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 142 (52.99%) AWS
2 129 (48.13%) Azure
3 65 (24.25%) GCP
4 43 (16.04%) SaaS
5 40 (14.93%) Serverless
6 29 (10.82%) AWS Lambda
7 28 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (9.33%) GitHub
9 22 (8.21%) Amazon S3
10 14 (5.22%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (5.22%) Snowflake
11 12 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (4.10%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (4.10%) Power Platform
13 10 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (3.36%) Datadog
15 8 (2.99%) IaaS
15 8 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (2.61%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.99%) Internet
2 6 (2.24%) DNS
2 6 (2.24%) Firewall
3 5 (1.87%) Network Security
3 5 (1.87%) VPN
4 4 (1.49%) DKIM
4 4 (1.49%) DMARC
4 4 (1.49%) DNSSEC
4 4 (1.49%) SMTP
5 3 (1.12%) DHCP
5 3 (1.12%) HTTP
5 3 (1.12%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.75%) SAN
6 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.37%) MQTT
7 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.37%) VLAN
7 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.69%) NoSQL
2 28 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.97%) MySQL
4 15 (5.60%) Big Data
4 15 (5.60%) SQL Server
5 13 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (4.48%) MongoDB
6 12 (4.48%) Relational Database
7 10 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (3.73%) Data Lake
7 10 (3.73%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.73%) Hadoop
8 8 (2.99%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.87%) Power BI
10 4 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.49%) InterSystems Cache
10 4 (1.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (10.82%) Git
2 21 (7.84%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.22%) JIRA
4 6 (2.24%) Cucumber
4 6 (2.24%) Cypress.io
4 6 (2.24%) GitLab
4 6 (2.24%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (2.24%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (2.24%) Visual Studio
4 6 (2.24%) webpack
5 5 (1.87%) Robot Framework
5 5 (1.87%) Selenium
5 5 (1.87%) Snyk
6 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.12%) MSTest
6 3 (1.12%) NUnit
6 3 (1.12%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.12%) Subversion
6 3 (1.12%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.75%) Storybook
General
1 111 (41.42%) Finance
2 76 (28.36%) Social Skills
3 62 (23.13%) Banking
4 48 (17.91%) Law
5 35 (13.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (9.70%) Retail
7 24 (8.96%) Marketing
8 15 (5.60%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.85%) Manufacturing
10 12 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (3.73%) Electronics
11 10 (3.73%) Retail Banking
12 9 (3.36%) Investment Banking
13 8 (2.99%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.49%) Front Office
16 4 (1.49%) Military
16 4 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 72 (26.87%) Lead
2 70 (26.12%) Software Engineer
3 51 (19.03%) Senior
4 44 (16.42%) Architect
5 41 (15.30%) Developer
6 38 (14.18%) Lead Software Engineer
7 32 (11.94%) Java Engineer
8 21 (7.84%) Java Software Engineer
9 19 (7.09%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (6.34%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (6.34%) Lead Java Engineer
10 17 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (5.60%) .NET Developer
12 12 (4.48%) AWS Architect
12 12 (4.48%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.48%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (4.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 11 (4.10%) Senior Developer
14 10 (3.73%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 10 (3.73%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.64%) Kafka
2 53 (19.78%) React
3 48 (17.91%) .NET
4 34 (12.69%) RESTful
5 31 (11.57%) Spring
6 28 (10.45%) AngularJS
7 27 (10.07%) Spring Boot
8 22 (8.21%) Node.js
9 21 (7.84%) REST
10 18 (6.72%) Vue
10 18 (6.72%) Web Services
11 17 (6.34%) CSS
11 17 (6.34%) HTML
12 16 (5.97%) .NET Core
13 11 (4.10%) Express.js
13 11 (4.10%) GraphQL
14 9 (3.36%) CSS3
14 9 (3.36%) HTML5
14 9 (3.36%) SOAP
15 7 (2.61%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.06%) Public Cloud
2 29 (10.82%) Product Ownership
3 26 (9.70%) Management Information System
4 16 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (4.85%) Security Posture
7 12 (4.48%) Algorithms
7 12 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (4.10%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (3.36%) Distributed Applications
10 8 (2.99%) Data Structures
10 8 (2.99%) IoT
10 8 (2.99%) Private Cloud
11 7 (2.61%) Smartphone
12 6 (2.24%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.87%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (1.87%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.87%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.49%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.45%) Linux
2 16 (5.97%) Windows
3 10 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.75%) Unix
5 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (52.61%) Agile
2 131 (48.88%) CI/CD
3 104 (38.81%) DevOps
3 104 (38.81%) Software Engineering
4 70 (26.12%) Microservices
5 61 (22.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (21.27%) Technical Leadership
7 52 (19.40%) Artificial Intelligence
8 51 (19.03%) Mentoring
9 50 (18.66%) Roadmaps
10 45 (16.79%) Containerisation
11 44 (16.42%) Event-Driven
12 43 (16.04%) Analytics
13 40 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
14 39 (14.55%) Machine Learning
15 37 (13.81%) Computer Science
16 35 (13.06%) SDLC
17 34 (12.69%) Operational Stability
18 33 (12.31%) Architectural Design
19 32 (11.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 77 (28.73%) Java
2 75 (27.99%) SQL
3 70 (26.12%) Python
4 57 (21.27%) JavaScript
5 55 (20.52%) C#
6 35 (13.06%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.73%) Go
8 8 (2.99%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.24%) Bash
9 6 (2.24%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.87%) PHP
11 4 (1.49%) Rust
12 3 (1.12%) Scala
12 3 (1.12%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.75%) Korn
13 2 (0.75%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.37%) Bicep
14 1 (0.37%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (12.69%) Degree
2 30 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 28 (10.45%) AWS Certification
4 18 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (6.34%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.97%) SC Cleared
7 13 (4.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.10%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.10%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.61%) CISSP
10 6 (2.24%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.75%) CISM
13 1 (0.37%) CCNA
13 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.37%) MCITP
13 1 (0.37%) MCSE
13 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.37%) PhD
13 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.84%) GDPR
2 9 (3.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 9 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.36%) HIPAA
3 8 (2.99%) NIST
4 5 (1.87%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.87%) QA
5 4 (1.49%) GMP
6 3 (1.12%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (26.87%) Docker
2 10 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.12%) vSphere
5 2 (0.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) NFS
6 1 (0.37%) vCloud
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (33.96%) Kubernetes
2 62 (23.13%) Terraform
3 17 (6.34%) Ansible
4 16 (5.97%) Prometheus
5 15 (5.60%) Grafana
6 8 (2.99%) CASB
7 2 (0.75%) Netcool
7 2 (0.75%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.37%) Argo
8 1 (0.37%) Consul
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.37%) Packer
8 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.37%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (16.04%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.06%) Google
3 26 (9.70%) Oracle
4 15 (5.60%) Databricks
5 9 (3.36%) Rackspace
5 9 (3.36%) VMware
6 8 (2.99%) SAP
7 7 (2.61%) IBM
8 6 (2.24%) Splunk
9 5 (1.87%) BiZZdesign
9 5 (1.87%) Black Duck
9 5 (1.87%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.87%) UiPath
10 4 (1.49%) Cisco
10 4 (1.49%) IBM Sterling
10 4 (1.49%) IronPort
10 4 (1.49%) Veritas
11 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.12%) Informatica
11 3 (1.12%) Salesforce