Cloud Native Jobs

Cloud Native
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in permanent job vacancies. 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 276 162 217
Rank change year-on-year -114 +55 -43
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 613 1,782 1,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.80% 1.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.01% 5.07% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 430 546 897
10th Percentile £54,750 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
75th Percentile £105,000 £96,539 £105,000
90th Percentile £125,250 £115,000 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,685 £75,000 £69,200
% change year-on-year -1.75% +8.38% -1.14%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,334 35,170 43,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.63% 35.46% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 9,874 23,008 23,167
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,321
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Cloud Native
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cloud Native as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Native.

Salary trend for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Native in the UK

Cloud Native
Top 17 Job Locations

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 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
England +49 572 £80,500 +0.63% 1,058
London +118 343 £95,000 +5.56% 612
UK excluding London -217 232 £73,685 -1.75% 643
Work from Home +14 229 £75,000 +2.88% 742
North of England -16 91 £74,870 +3.27% 160
South East +90 61 £62,500 -3.85% 251
North West -44 55 £74,870 -0.17% 88
Yorkshire +53 34 £71,991 -4.01% 60
Midlands +30 30 £70,000 -6.19% 72
West Midlands +30 23 £72,500 -2.84% 40
South West +31 21 £95,000 +18.75% 62
Scotland -127 15 £75,360 +4.68% 52
East Midlands +25 7 £65,000 +0.78% 29
East of England +16 7 - - 29
Wales +31 4 £70,000 -12.50% 7
Northern Ireland +29 3 £110,000 +22.22% 22
North East +37 2 £65,250 +4.40% 12

Cloud Native
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (1.96%) Apache Spark
1 12 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.79%) Apache
2 11 (1.79%) Confluence
3 10 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.47%) CMS
4 9 (1.47%) Headless CMS
4 9 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.65%) Luigi
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.49%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Drupal
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (1.79%) Maya
2 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.65%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.49%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 294 (47.96%) Azure
2 280 (45.68%) AWS
3 138 (22.51%) GCP
4 89 (14.52%) SaaS
4 89 (14.52%) Serverless
5 72 (11.75%) GitHub
6 57 (9.30%) AWS Lambda
7 56 (9.14%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (8.16%) Amazon S3
9 39 (6.36%) GitHub Actions
10 35 (5.71%) Amazon EC2
10 35 (5.71%) Datadog
11 34 (5.55%) Power Platform
12 33 (5.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (4.40%) Snowflake
14 24 (3.92%) PaaS
15 23 (3.75%) Amazon ECS
16 20 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (3.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.08%) Network Security
2 20 (3.26%) Firewall
3 17 (2.77%) VPN
4 12 (1.96%) DNS
4 12 (1.96%) Internet
5 6 (0.98%) DKIM
5 6 (0.98%) DMARC
5 6 (0.98%) DNSSEC
5 6 (0.98%) HTTP
5 6 (0.98%) MQTT
5 6 (0.98%) SMTP
5 6 (0.98%) WAN
6 5 (0.82%) SMS
7 4 (0.65%) 5G
7 4 (0.65%) DHCP
7 4 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.49%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.49%) BGP
8 3 (0.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.93%) NoSQL
2 41 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (5.55%) MySQL
3 34 (5.55%) SQL Server
4 32 (5.22%) DynamoDB
5 31 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (4.89%) MongoDB
7 28 (4.57%) Power BI
8 27 (4.40%) Data Lake
9 20 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.45%) Big Data
10 15 (2.45%) Relational Database
11 13 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (1.79%) Tableau
13 8 (1.31%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.98%) DocumentDB
14 6 (0.98%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
15 5 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (7.83%) Git
2 34 (5.55%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.08%) JIRA
4 19 (3.10%) GitLab
5 9 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.47%) Maven
6 7 (1.14%) CircleCI
6 7 (1.14%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.98%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.98%) webpack
8 5 (0.82%) Gradle
8 5 (0.82%) Storybook
9 4 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.65%) NUnit
9 4 (0.65%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.49%) MSTest
10 3 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 208 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 197 (32.14%) Finance
3 111 (18.11%) Banking
4 55 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (7.01%) Retail
6 39 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 33 (5.38%) Law
8 29 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (4.57%) Marketing
10 25 (4.08%) Games
11 18 (2.94%) Retail Banking
12 15 (2.45%) Investment Banking
12 15 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.79%) Front Office
16 10 (1.63%) Legal
17 9 (1.47%) Electronics
18 8 (1.31%) Telecoms
19 6 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 158 (25.77%) Senior
2 136 (22.19%) Architect
3 117 (19.09%) Lead
4 116 (18.92%) Software Engineer
5 91 (14.85%) Developer
6 83 (13.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 49 (7.99%) Lead Software Engineer
7 49 (7.99%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (6.69%) DevOps Engineer
9 39 (6.36%) Senior Software Engineer
10 37 (6.04%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 37 (6.04%) Senior Architect
10 37 (6.04%) Senior Developer
11 35 (5.71%) Cloud Native Engineer
12 28 (4.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 26 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
14 21 (3.43%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 20 (3.26%) .NET Developer
15 20 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
16 19 (3.10%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (16.48%) React
2 85 (13.87%) .NET
3 74 (12.07%) Kafka
4 61 (9.95%) RESTful
5 39 (6.36%) Node.js
6 35 (5.71%) REST
7 34 (5.55%) GraphQL
7 34 (5.55%) Spring
8 32 (5.22%) HTML
9 31 (5.06%) CSS
10 29 (4.73%) AngularJS
11 27 (4.40%) .NET Core
11 27 (4.40%) Spring Boot
12 25 (4.08%) RabbitMQ
13 19 (3.10%) Vue
14 18 (2.94%) gRPC
15 17 (2.77%) React Native
16 16 (2.61%) Express.js
16 16 (2.61%) Web Services
17 15 (2.45%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.77%) Distributed Systems
2 51 (8.32%) Product Ownership
3 47 (7.67%) Public Cloud
4 38 (6.20%) Legacy Systems
5 36 (5.87%) Legacy Code
6 35 (5.71%) Management Information System
7 30 (4.89%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (3.92%) Security Posture
9 20 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.77%) Mobile App
11 16 (2.61%) Algorithms
12 13 (2.12%) Mobile Games
13 12 (1.96%) Cloud Security Posture
13 12 (1.96%) Distributed Applications
13 12 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.79%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.63%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (12.56%) Linux
2 27 (4.40%) Windows
3 10 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.65%) Android
4 4 (0.65%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.49%) Unix
6 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.33%) VMS
6 2 (0.33%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Debian
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (45.68%) CI/CD
2 243 (39.64%) DevOps
3 211 (34.42%) Agile
4 194 (31.65%) Software Engineering
5 179 (29.20%) Microservices
6 131 (21.37%) Infrastructure as Code
7 115 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
8 108 (17.62%) Containerisation
9 100 (16.31%) Roadmaps
10 99 (16.15%) Mentoring
11 95 (15.50%) Event-Driven
12 90 (14.68%) Analytics
13 80 (13.05%) Technical Leadership
14 77 (12.56%) Artificial Intelligence
15 68 (11.09%) Migration
16 67 (10.93%) Cloud Security
17 65 (10.60%) Observability
18 64 (10.44%) Computer Science
19 63 (10.28%) Full-Stack Development
20 56 (9.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 152 (24.80%) Python
2 121 (19.74%) SQL
3 119 (19.41%) Java
4 98 (15.99%) JavaScript
5 90 (14.68%) C#
6 81 (13.21%) TypeScript
7 60 (9.79%) Go
8 45 (7.34%) Rust
9 44 (7.18%) C++
10 41 (6.69%) PowerShell
11 40 (6.53%) C
12 29 (4.73%) Bash
13 10 (1.63%) Bicep
13 10 (1.63%) PHP
13 10 (1.63%) Scala
14 7 (1.14%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.98%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.98%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (15.66%) Degree
2 53 (8.65%) Security Cleared
3 44 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (7.01%) AWS Certification
5 41 (6.69%) SC Cleared
6 31 (5.06%) Azure Certification
7 27 (4.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (2.61%) CISSP
9 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.47%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.82%) CISM
13 5 (0.82%) PhD
13 5 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.49%) CCNP
14 3 (0.49%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.83%) GDPR
2 29 (4.73%) QA
3 24 (3.92%) NIST
4 21 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.77%) HIPAA
6 13 (2.12%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.96%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.47%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.65%) GMP
13 3 (0.49%) PMBOK
14 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.33%) SLA
15 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
15 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 1 (0.16%) NCSC
15 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 125 (20.39%) Docker
2 16 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.98%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.49%) vSphere
7 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.16%) Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) NFS
7 1 (0.16%) vCloud
7 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 208 (33.93%) Kubernetes
2 140 (22.84%) Terraform
3 54 (8.81%) Prometheus
4 33 (5.38%) Ansible
5 30 (4.89%) Grafana
6 12 (1.96%) Argo
6 12 (1.96%) CASB
7 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.98%) Istio
9 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.65%) Puppet
11 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.33%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.33%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.33%) linkerd
11 2 (0.33%) Packer
11 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
12 1 (0.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 106 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 79 (12.89%) Google
3 38 (6.20%) Databricks
4 33 (5.38%) Oracle
5 21 (3.43%) SAP
6 17 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.96%) Dell
7 12 (1.96%) IBM
8 11 (1.79%) Adobe
8 11 (1.79%) MuleSoft
8 11 (1.79%) VMware
9 10 (1.63%) Rackspace
9 10 (1.63%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.47%) Cisco
11 8 (1.31%) Informatica
12 7 (1.14%) Splunk
13 6 (0.98%) IronPort
13 6 (0.98%) Veritas
14 5 (0.82%) New Relic
14 5 (0.82%) OpenAI