Cloud Native Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cloud Native
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 277 183
Rank change year-on-year +74 -94 -30
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 236 378 836
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.58% 1.12% 1.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.03% 3.14% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 179 241 427
10th Percentile £48,869 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,875 £62,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £96,539 £98,125
90th Percentile £140,677 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £82,750
% change year-on-year +3.13% -3.32% +3.44%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,850 12,021 16,469
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.09% 35.52% 38.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,841 9,245 11,863
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cloud Native
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Native as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Native trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cloud Native
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Native.

Cloud Native salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cloud Native over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Cloud Native salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.97%) Apache
3 5 (2.12%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.12%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 125 (52.97%) Azure
2 112 (47.46%) AWS
3 59 (25.00%) GCP
4 50 (21.19%) SaaS
5 40 (16.95%) GitHub
6 34 (14.41%) Serverless
7 29 (12.29%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (10.59%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (9.32%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (6.78%) npm
11 12 (5.08%) IaaS
12 11 (4.66%) PaaS
13 10 (4.24%) Amazon S3
13 10 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (4.24%) Power Platform
14 9 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (3.81%) Power Automate
15 8 (3.39%) OpenShift
15 8 (3.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.66%) Internet
2 9 (3.81%) Firewall
3 8 (3.39%) DKIM
3 8 (3.39%) DMARC
3 8 (3.39%) DNSSEC
3 8 (3.39%) SMTP
3 8 (3.39%) VPN
4 6 (2.54%) Network Security
5 4 (1.69%) DNS
5 4 (1.69%) WAN
6 2 (0.85%) DHCP
6 2 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.42%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.42%) 4G
7 1 (0.42%) 5G
7 1 (0.42%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.42%) HTTP
7 1 (0.42%) MQTT
7 1 (0.42%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.86%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.63%) MySQL
3 16 (6.78%) SQL Server
4 14 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.81%) Power BI
6 8 (3.39%) Big Data
7 7 (2.97%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (2.54%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (2.12%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (1.69%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.69%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.27%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
13 1 (0.42%) Flink
Development Applications
1 31 (13.14%) Git
2 16 (6.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.39%) Cucumber
3 8 (3.39%) Cypress.io
3 8 (3.39%) Sonatype Nexus
3 8 (3.39%) webpack
4 7 (2.97%) JIRA
5 6 (2.54%) Gradle
5 6 (2.54%) Maven
5 6 (2.54%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (2.54%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.27%) GitLab
6 3 (1.27%) MSTest
6 3 (1.27%) NUnit
6 3 (1.27%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.27%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.85%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.42%) Appium
8 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
General
1 87 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 74 (31.36%) Finance
3 46 (19.49%) Banking
4 18 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.51%) Games
6 12 (5.08%) Retail
7 11 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.24%) Marketing
9 8 (3.39%) Law
10 7 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.12%) Front Office
12 5 (2.12%) Military
12 5 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.69%) Electronics
14 3 (1.27%) Back Office
14 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.85%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 59 (25.00%) Architect
2 54 (22.88%) Lead
3 48 (20.34%) Senior
4 43 (18.22%) Software Engineer
5 40 (16.95%) Developer
6 29 (12.29%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (8.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (7.63%) Senior Developer
9 16 (6.78%) Lead Software Engineer
10 15 (6.36%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (5.93%) Security Engineer
11 14 (5.93%) Senior Architect
11 14 (5.93%) Software Developer
12 13 (5.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (5.08%) AWS Architect
13 12 (5.08%) Java Engineer
13 12 (5.08%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 11 (4.66%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 10 (4.24%) Lead Developer
16 9 (3.81%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (22.88%) React
2 50 (21.19%) .NET
3 34 (14.41%) Kafka
4 25 (10.59%) RESTful
5 19 (8.05%) Spring Boot
6 18 (7.63%) Node.js
7 17 (7.20%) Spring
8 16 (6.78%) .NET Core
9 14 (5.93%) HTML
9 14 (5.93%) RabbitMQ
10 13 (5.51%) Web Services
11 12 (5.08%) CSS
12 10 (4.24%) .NET Framework
12 10 (4.24%) AngularJS
12 10 (4.24%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (4.24%) JSON
12 10 (4.24%) REST
12 10 (4.24%) XML
13 9 (3.81%) ASP.NET
13 9 (3.81%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.14%) Public Cloud
2 25 (10.59%) Product Ownership
3 21 (8.90%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (8.05%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (7.63%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.08%) Mobile Games
7 11 (4.66%) Algorithms
8 10 (4.24%) Virtual Team
9 9 (3.81%) Data Structures
9 9 (3.81%) Distributed Applications
9 9 (3.81%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (3.81%) Security Posture
10 8 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (2.54%) Mobile App
12 5 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.69%) IoT
14 3 (1.27%) Data Centre
14 3 (1.27%) Equities
14 3 (1.27%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.47%) Windows
2 18 (7.63%) Linux
3 7 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.42%) Debian
5 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (51.69%) DevOps
2 114 (48.31%) CI/CD
3 95 (40.25%) Agile
4 80 (33.90%) Software Engineering
5 78 (33.05%) Microservices
6 56 (23.73%) Containerisation
7 52 (22.03%) Event-Driven
8 44 (18.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 44 (18.64%) Migration
9 41 (17.37%) Computer Science
10 39 (16.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 38 (16.10%) Roadmaps
12 37 (15.68%) Full-Stack Development
12 37 (15.68%) Test Automation
13 34 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (13.14%) Architectural Design
14 31 (13.14%) Cloud Security
15 29 (12.29%) API Design
15 29 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (12.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.39%) Java
2 64 (27.12%) SQL
3 62 (26.27%) Python
4 50 (21.19%) JavaScript
5 47 (19.92%) C#
6 45 (19.07%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.78%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.24%) Bash
9 8 (3.39%) Go
10 6 (2.54%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.12%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.12%) PHP
12 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.27%) Scala
14 2 (0.85%) Bicep
15 1 (0.42%) C++
Qualifications
1 52 (22.03%) Degree
2 30 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 29 (12.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (12.29%) SC Cleared
4 22 (9.32%) AWS Certification
5 18 (7.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.54%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (1.69%) CISSP
8 4 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.27%) PhD
9 3 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.85%) CCNP
10 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CISM
11 1 (0.42%) GIAC
11 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.63%) GDPR
2 12 (5.08%) HIPAA
3 11 (4.66%) QA
4 9 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.97%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.97%) NIST
6 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.27%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.42%) GMP
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 63 (26.69%) Docker
2 9 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.69%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (27.54%) Kubernetes
2 56 (23.73%) Terraform
3 23 (9.75%) Prometheus
4 12 (5.08%) Ansible
5 9 (3.81%) Grafana
6 6 (2.54%) Argo
7 2 (0.85%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.42%) Consul
8 1 (0.42%) Packer
Vendors
1 42 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.86%) Google
3 17 (7.20%) Oracle
4 14 (5.93%) Databricks
5 8 (3.39%) Cisco
5 8 (3.39%) IBM
5 8 (3.39%) IronPort
5 8 (3.39%) Veritas
6 7 (2.97%) SAP
7 6 (2.54%) New Relic
8 5 (2.12%) Informatica
8 5 (2.12%) VMware
9 4 (1.69%) IBM Sterling
9 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.85%) Talend
11 1 (0.42%) Foundry
11 1 (0.42%) Netskope
11 1 (0.42%) Palantir
11 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow