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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 143 310
Rank change year-on-year -217 +167 -51
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 232 1,430 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 2.02% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% 5.94% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 176 303 273
10th Percentile £47,365 £50,000 £42,855
25th Percentile £57,188 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,685 £75,000 £69,200
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +8.38% -1.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £80,000

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 13,266 24,085 25,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.63% 33.95% 42.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,113 15,187 11,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,124
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 £78,750 £80,000 £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 16 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 16 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 -16 91 £74,870 +3.27% 129
South East +90 61 £62,500 -3.85% 220
North West -44 55 £74,870 -0.17% 76
Yorkshire +53 34 £71,991 -4.01% 45
Midlands +30 30 £70,000 -6.19% 49
West Midlands +30 23 £72,500 -2.84% 27
South West +31 21 £95,000 +18.75% 51
Scotland -127 15 £75,360 +4.68% 43
East Midlands +25 7 £65,000 +0.78% 20
East of England +16 7 - - 15
Wales +31 4 £70,000 -12.50% 5
Northern Ireland +29 3 £110,000 +22.22% 20
North East +37 2 £65,250 +4.40% 8
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 8 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.59%) Apache
4 5 (2.16%) CMS
4 5 (2.16%) Confluence
4 5 (2.16%) Headless CMS
5 4 (1.72%) Luigi
6 3 (1.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 111 (47.84%) Azure
2 106 (45.69%) AWS
3 52 (22.41%) GCP
4 48 (20.69%) SaaS
5 34 (14.66%) Serverless
6 25 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (9.91%) AWS Lambda
7 23 (9.91%) GitHub
8 16 (6.90%) Snowflake
9 15 (6.47%) Amazon S3
10 13 (5.60%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (4.74%) IaaS
12 9 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.88%) Datadog
12 9 (3.88%) PaaS
13 8 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
13 8 (3.45%) Entra ID
13 8 (3.45%) OpenShift
14 7 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.31%) Internet
2 8 (3.45%) DNS
2 8 (3.45%) Network Security
3 7 (3.02%) Firewall
4 6 (2.59%) DKIM
4 6 (2.59%) DMARC
4 6 (2.59%) DNSSEC
4 6 (2.59%) SMTP
5 5 (2.16%) VPN
6 3 (1.29%) DHCP
6 3 (1.29%) HTTP
7 2 (0.86%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.43%) MQTT
8 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) SAN
8 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.43%) VLAN
8 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.62%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.19%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (6.03%) MySQL
3 14 (6.03%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.31%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (4.31%) DynamoDB
5 7 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.02%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.59%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.16%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.16%) Power BI
8 4 (1.72%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.29%) Big Data
9 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.29%) Flink
10 2 (0.86%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.86%) Oracle Exadata
10 2 (0.86%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 28 (12.07%) Git
2 18 (7.76%) Jenkins
3 15 (6.47%) JIRA
4 7 (3.02%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (2.59%) Cucumber
5 6 (2.59%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.59%) GitLab
5 6 (2.59%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (2.59%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.59%) webpack
6 3 (1.29%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.29%) MSTest
6 3 (1.29%) NUnit
6 3 (1.29%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.29%) Subversion
6 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.86%) Storybook
8 1 (0.43%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.43%) Maven
8 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 80 (34.48%) Finance
2 67 (28.88%) Social Skills
3 52 (22.41%) Banking
4 26 (11.21%) Retail
5 13 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.17%) Law
6 12 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.31%) Marketing
8 10 (4.31%) Retail Banking
9 8 (3.45%) Electronics
10 7 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.59%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.16%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.72%) Military
13 4 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.29%) Front Office
15 1 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 54 (23.28%) Lead
2 44 (18.97%) Senior
3 40 (17.24%) Software Engineer
4 38 (16.38%) Architect
5 36 (15.52%) Developer
6 22 (9.48%) Cloud Engineer
7 19 (8.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (8.19%) Lead Software Engineer
8 16 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (5.60%) .NET Developer
10 12 (5.17%) Java Engineer
11 11 (4.74%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 11 (4.74%) Security Engineer
12 10 (4.31%) Data Engineer
12 10 (4.31%) Lead Developer
13 8 (3.45%) AWS Architect
14 7 (3.02%) Cloud Architect
14 7 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
14 7 (3.02%) Senior Data Engineer
14 7 (3.02%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (21.12%) React
2 45 (19.40%) .NET
3 28 (12.07%) Kafka
4 22 (9.48%) AngularJS
5 20 (8.62%) RESTful
6 19 (8.19%) Node.js
7 18 (7.76%) CSS
7 18 (7.76%) HTML
8 17 (7.33%) REST
9 15 (6.47%) Vue
10 13 (5.60%) .NET Core
10 13 (5.60%) Web Services
11 12 (5.17%) Spring
11 12 (5.17%) Spring Boot
12 11 (4.74%) Express.js
12 11 (4.74%) GraphQL
13 9 (3.88%) CSS3
13 9 (3.88%) HTML5
14 7 (3.02%) ASP.NET MVC
14 7 (3.02%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.93%) Public Cloud
2 29 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 16 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 14 (6.03%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (6.03%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (6.03%) Security Posture
5 13 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.45%) Algorithms
7 8 (3.45%) IoT
7 8 (3.45%) Private Cloud
8 7 (3.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (3.02%) Distributed Applications
8 7 (3.02%) Smartphone
9 6 (2.59%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.16%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.72%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.07%) Linux
2 19 (8.19%) Windows
3 9 (3.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.86%) Unix
5 2 (0.86%) VMS
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (43.97%) CI/CD
2 94 (40.52%) Agile
3 91 (39.22%) DevOps
4 70 (30.17%) Software Engineering
5 57 (24.57%) Microservices
6 53 (22.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 48 (20.69%) Roadmaps
8 43 (18.53%) Technical Leadership
9 42 (18.10%) Mentoring
10 41 (17.67%) Containerisation
10 41 (17.67%) Event-Driven
11 34 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
12 32 (13.79%) Analytics
12 32 (13.79%) Cloud Security
13 30 (12.93%) Artificial Intelligence
14 27 (11.64%) Test Automation
15 25 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (10.34%) Data Engineering
17 23 (9.91%) Computer Science
18 22 (9.48%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.84%) SQL
2 50 (21.55%) C#
2 50 (21.55%) Java
2 50 (21.55%) JavaScript
2 50 (21.55%) Python
3 34 (14.66%) TypeScript
4 12 (5.17%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.31%) Go
6 6 (2.59%) PL/SQL
7 5 (2.16%) Bash
7 5 (2.16%) PHP
8 4 (1.72%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.72%) Rust
9 2 (0.86%) Bicep
9 2 (0.86%) Scala
10 1 (0.43%) C++
10 1 (0.43%) Korn
10 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (12.50%) Degree
2 27 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.19%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.90%) AWS Certification
5 13 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (3.88%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.02%) CISSP
8 6 (2.59%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.86%) CISM
13 1 (0.43%) CCNA
13 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.43%) MCITP
13 1 (0.43%) MCSE
13 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.43%) PhD
13 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.74%) GDPR
2 8 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.02%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.59%) HIPAA
4 6 (2.59%) NIST
5 4 (1.72%) GMP
5 4 (1.72%) QA
6 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.29%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (25.00%) Docker
2 10 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (3.45%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.43%) NFS
7 1 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 77 (33.19%) Kubernetes
2 60 (25.86%) Terraform
3 15 (6.47%) Prometheus
4 12 (5.17%) Ansible
4 12 (5.17%) Grafana
5 8 (3.45%) CASB
6 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.43%) Argo
7 1 (0.43%) Consul
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.43%) Packer
7 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.43%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.34%) Google
3 15 (6.47%) Databricks
3 15 (6.47%) Oracle
4 10 (4.31%) Rackspace
5 6 (2.59%) Cisco
5 6 (2.59%) IronPort
5 6 (2.59%) SAP
5 6 (2.59%) Veritas
6 5 (2.16%) IBM
6 5 (2.16%) VMware
7 4 (1.72%) IBM Sterling
8 3 (1.29%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.29%) Informatica
8 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.29%) Splunk
9 2 (0.86%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.43%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.43%) Palantir