Cloud Native Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cloud Native
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Native over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 181 148
Rank change year-on-year -106 -33 +117
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Native 367 821 1,864
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.09% 2.00% 2.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.05% 5.21% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 244 420 805
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,919
25th Percentile £62,250 £56,219 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,450 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £96,539 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £116,246
UK median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% +6.67%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Native is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,034 15,760 32,666
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.74% 38.47% 46.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,245 11,514 16,982
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,526 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cloud Native
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Native as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Native trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Cloud Native over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

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 16 (4.36%) Confluence
2 14 (3.81%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.18%) Apache
5 6 (1.63%) IIS
5 6 (1.63%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.82%) CMS
7 3 (0.82%) Drupal
7 3 (0.82%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.27%) nginx
9 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Trello
2 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 180 (49.05%) Azure
2 159 (43.32%) AWS
3 81 (22.07%) GCP
4 64 (17.44%) SaaS
5 33 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (8.99%) Serverless
6 26 (7.08%) PaaS
7 21 (5.72%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (4.63%) Amazon S3
10 16 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.36%) IaaS
10 16 (4.36%) Power Platform
11 13 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (3.27%) GitHub
13 9 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.36%) Firewall
2 9 (2.45%) DNS
3 8 (2.18%) VPN
4 7 (1.91%) Internet
5 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.09%) VLAN
6 4 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.54%) Network Security
7 2 (0.54%) VoIP
8 1 (0.27%) HTTP
8 1 (0.27%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.26%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (8.45%) Relational Database
3 29 (7.90%) MySQL
3 29 (7.90%) SQL Server
4 28 (7.63%) Big Data
5 23 (6.27%) BigQuery
6 22 (5.99%) NoSQL
7 16 (4.36%) Power BI
8 15 (4.09%) Data Lake
9 12 (3.27%) Hadoop
10 9 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (2.45%) Flink
10 9 (2.45%) Tableau
11 8 (2.18%) Redis
12 7 (1.91%) Looker
13 6 (1.63%) Metadata
14 5 (1.36%) Apache Hive
15 4 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
16 3 (0.82%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (9.26%) Git
2 21 (5.72%) TeamCity
3 20 (5.45%) JIRA
4 16 (4.36%) Maven
5 14 (3.81%) GitLab
6 13 (3.54%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.63%) Spinnaker
8 4 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.09%) Postman
9 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.54%) JUnit
9 2 (0.54%) MLflow
10 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.27%) Mockito
General
1 107 (29.16%) Social Skills
2 106 (28.88%) Finance
3 72 (19.62%) Retail
4 63 (17.17%) Banking
5 51 (13.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (9.54%) Law
7 16 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (4.36%) Investment Banking
8 15 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.09%) Publishing
9 13 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.18%) Legal
11 7 (1.91%) Games
12 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.09%) Back Office
13 4 (1.09%) Marketing
13 4 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.82%) German Language
15 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.54%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 119 (32.43%) Architect
2 72 (19.62%) Solutions Architect
3 69 (18.80%) Senior
4 53 (14.44%) Developer
5 48 (13.08%) Software Engineer
6 36 (9.81%) Lead
7 27 (7.36%) Data Engineer
8 24 (6.54%) Presales Solution Architect
9 22 (5.99%) Senior Developer
9 22 (5.99%) Senior Software Engineer
10 21 (5.72%) Technical Architect
11 20 (5.45%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (5.45%) Principal Engineer
12 19 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (3.81%) .NET Developer
14 14 (3.81%) Cloud Architect
15 13 (3.54%) Software Architect
16 11 (3.00%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.63%) React
2 33 (8.99%) .NET
3 27 (7.36%) Spring
4 26 (7.08%) Spring Boot
5 18 (4.90%) CSS
6 17 (4.63%) .NET Core
6 17 (4.63%) HTML
7 15 (4.09%) AngularJS
7 15 (4.09%) REST
7 15 (4.09%) Vue
8 14 (3.81%) .NET Framework
9 11 (3.00%) Entity Framework
9 11 (3.00%) Web Services
10 10 (2.72%) GraphQL
10 10 (2.72%) Kafka
10 10 (2.72%) Node.js
11 9 (2.45%) YAML
12 8 (2.18%) Apache Beam
12 8 (2.18%) jQuery
13 6 (1.63%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.36%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.54%) PMI
3 22 (5.99%) Private Cloud
4 15 (4.09%) Blog
4 15 (4.09%) Distributed Applications
5 14 (3.81%) Data Structures
6 13 (3.54%) Algorithms
6 13 (3.54%) Mobile App
6 13 (3.54%) Virtual Team
7 12 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.18%) Cyberattack
9 8 (2.18%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.18%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.91%) IoT
11 6 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.36%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.36%) NHS
13 4 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.17%) Windows
2 27 (7.36%) Linux
3 14 (3.81%) Mac OS
4 10 (2.72%) Unix
5 9 (2.45%) Android
5 9 (2.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.36%) VMS
7 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (49.86%) Agile
2 135 (36.78%) DevOps
3 110 (29.97%) Software Engineering
4 101 (27.52%) Microservices
5 80 (21.80%) CI/CD
6 75 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (17.44%) Mentoring
8 60 (16.35%) Roadmaps
9 56 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 54 (14.71%) Scrum
11 51 (13.90%) Full Stack Development
12 48 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (13.08%) TDD
13 45 (12.26%) Analytics
14 44 (11.99%) Data Engineering
15 42 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
16 41 (11.17%) Containerisation
17 40 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
18 34 (9.26%) Data Science
18 34 (9.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (28.88%) Python
2 81 (22.07%) SQL
3 78 (21.25%) JavaScript
4 66 (17.98%) Java
5 57 (15.53%) C#
6 29 (7.90%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.36%) Go
7 16 (4.36%) Groovy
7 16 (4.36%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.36%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.27%) PHP
9 10 (2.72%) Bicep
10 8 (2.18%) Scala
11 5 (1.36%) Bash
11 5 (1.36%) Perl
11 5 (1.36%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.82%) R
13 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.54%) Ruby
13 2 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (13.62%) Degree
2 24 (6.54%) PMI Certification
2 24 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 24 (6.54%) TOGAF Certification
3 20 (5.45%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.63%) Azure Certification
5 16 (4.36%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 13 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.54%) CEH
11 2 (0.54%) CISM
11 2 (0.54%) CISSP
11 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.54%) OSCP
11 2 (0.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.18%) QA
2 18 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.54%) EMIR
4 2 (0.54%) GDPR
4 2 (0.54%) MiFID
4 2 (0.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.27%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.27%) SEPA
5 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (12.81%) Docker
2 11 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 79 (21.53%) Terraform
2 75 (20.44%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.36%) Grafana
4 6 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.36%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.09%) Kibana
6 4 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.82%) Ansible
7 3 (0.82%) Puppet
7 3 (0.82%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.54%) Argo
8 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.27%) Cacti
9 1 (0.27%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.27%) Icinga
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.27%) Rancher
Vendors
1 81 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.26%) Google
3 12 (3.27%) Databricks
4 11 (3.00%) Teradata
5 10 (2.72%) Dell
6 6 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.63%) Oracle
6 6 (1.63%) Twitter
6 6 (1.63%) VMware
7 5 (1.36%) Northgate
8 4 (1.09%) Apple
8 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.09%) Splunk
9 3 (0.82%) SAP
9 3 (0.82%) Sparx
10 2 (0.54%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.54%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.54%) Okta
10 2 (0.54%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.54%) YouTube