Cloud Native Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cloud Native
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 225 204
Rank change year-on-year -13 -21 +31
Contract jobs citing Cloud Native 104 254 602
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.70% 1.06% 1.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 3.37% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 183 443
10th Percentile £494 £465 £463
25th Percentile £513 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £750
90th Percentile - £788 £838
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £644
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.01% +17.00%

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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,304 7,539 13,934
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.17% 31.58% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 5,349 10,060
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £435 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £835 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 147 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.36 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +27.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.38 £62.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Native.

Cloud Native daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Native
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Native over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Cloud Native daily rate 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 19 (18.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.85%) Apache Solr
2 4 (3.85%) nginx
3 3 (2.88%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (2.88%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.92%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.96%) CMS
5 1 (0.96%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.96%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.96%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (55.77%) Azure
2 51 (49.04%) AWS
3 23 (22.12%) GCP
4 19 (18.27%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (12.50%) Serverless
6 12 (11.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (9.62%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (8.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (8.65%) SaaS
9 8 (7.69%) Amazon S3
9 8 (7.69%) OpenShift
10 7 (6.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (5.77%) Entra ID
11 6 (5.77%) IaaS
12 5 (4.81%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (4.81%) AWS CloudTrail
12 5 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (4.81%) CloudFront
12 5 (4.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.58%) DNS
2 7 (6.73%) Network Security
3 5 (4.81%) SD-WAN
3 5 (4.81%) VPN
4 4 (3.85%) HTTPS
4 4 (3.85%) IPsec
4 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.88%) Firewall
5 3 (2.88%) NX-OS
6 2 (1.92%) HTTP
6 2 (1.92%) Internet
6 2 (1.92%) LAN
6 2 (1.92%) MPLS
6 2 (1.92%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.92%) SSH
6 2 (1.92%) WAN
6 2 (1.92%) Wireless
7 1 (0.96%) FTP
7 1 (0.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.46%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.73%) MySQL
2 7 (6.73%) NoSQL
2 7 (6.73%) Relational Database
2 7 (6.73%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.77%) RDBMS
4 5 (4.81%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.81%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.85%) Couchbase
6 3 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.88%) InfluxDB
6 3 (2.88%) Informix
7 2 (1.92%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.92%) Redis
8 1 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.96%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Git
2 4 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.92%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.92%) GitLab
4 1 (0.96%) Appium
4 1 (0.96%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.96%) ESLint
4 1 (0.96%) JIRA
4 1 (0.96%) JUnit
4 1 (0.96%) Lerna
4 1 (0.96%) Selenium
4 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.96%) Storybook
4 1 (0.96%) TestNG
4 1 (0.96%) Vite
General
1 27 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.19%) Public Sector
3 12 (11.54%) Finance
4 10 (9.62%) Retail
5 4 (3.85%) Banking
5 4 (3.85%) Legal
6 3 (2.88%) Marketing
6 3 (2.88%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.92%) Front Office
7 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Back Office
8 1 (0.96%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (40.38%) Architect
2 23 (22.12%) Technical Architect
3 16 (15.38%) Developer
3 16 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 16 (15.38%) SharePoint Architect
4 13 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (11.54%) Senior
6 10 (9.62%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (5.77%) Cloud Developer
7 6 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (4.81%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Senior Security Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Site Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) SOC Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) Database Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.65%) Kafka
1 9 (8.65%) Node.js
2 8 (7.69%) OAuth
2 8 (7.69%) OAuth2
2 8 (7.69%) YAML
3 7 (6.73%) .NET
3 7 (6.73%) SAML
4 6 (5.77%) JSON
5 5 (4.81%) ASP.NET
5 5 (4.81%) AWS CDK
5 5 (4.81%) OpenID
5 5 (4.81%) React
5 5 (4.81%) RESTful
6 4 (3.85%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.85%) CSS
6 4 (3.85%) LEMP Stack
6 4 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (3.85%) REST
7 3 (2.88%) HTML
7 3 (2.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.23%) Data Structures
2 9 (8.65%) Public Cloud
3 7 (6.73%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.88%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.88%) Replication
8 2 (1.92%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.92%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.96%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.96%) CMDB
9 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.19%) Linux
2 10 (9.62%) Windows
3 6 (5.77%) Unix
4 4 (3.85%) CentOS
4 4 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.96%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.88%) Microservices
1 29 (27.88%) Migration
2 24 (23.08%) Data Security
3 23 (22.12%) Agile
3 23 (22.12%) Change Management
3 23 (22.12%) DevOps
4 22 (21.15%) CI/CD
5 21 (20.19%) Data Migration
6 18 (17.31%) Cloud Security
7 16 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (14.42%) Incident Response
9 14 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (10.58%) Software Engineering
12 10 (9.62%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (8.65%) Containerisation
13 9 (8.65%) Task Automation
14 8 (7.69%) Computer Science
14 8 (7.69%) Information Security
14 8 (7.69%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.15%) Python
2 13 (12.50%) Go
3 11 (10.58%) Java
4 10 (9.62%) SQL
4 10 (9.62%) TypeScript
5 9 (8.65%) JavaScript
6 7 (6.73%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.77%) Bash
7 6 (5.77%) C#
8 5 (4.81%) PHP
9 4 (3.85%) Scala
10 3 (2.88%) C++
11 2 (1.92%) ABAP
11 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.96%) Bicep
12 1 (0.96%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 39 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 39 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.65%) AWS Certification
3 7 (6.73%) Degree
4 6 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.92%) CISM
6 2 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.92%) GCIH
6 2 (1.92%) GIAC
6 2 (1.92%) GSEC
6 2 (1.92%) Linux+ Certification
6 2 (1.92%) Server+ Certification
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.96%) CCIE
7 1 (0.96%) CCNP
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.96%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.96%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (9.62%) NIST
2 7 (6.73%) QA
3 6 (5.77%) GDPR
4 4 (3.85%) HIPAA
4 4 (3.85%) NCSC
5 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.92%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (13.46%) Docker
2 6 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.88%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.88%) vSphere
4 2 (1.92%) Snort
Systems Management
1 32 (30.77%) Kubernetes
2 23 (22.12%) Terraform
3 10 (9.62%) Ansible
4 7 (6.73%) Grafana
5 6 (5.77%) Argo
6 5 (4.81%) Prometheus
7 4 (3.85%) Istio
7 4 (3.85%) Kibana
7 4 (3.85%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (2.88%) CSIRT
9 2 (1.92%) logstash
9 2 (1.92%) Puppet
9 2 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.96%) CASB
10 1 (0.96%) Cilium
10 1 (0.96%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.96%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 28 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.27%) NetApp
3 11 (10.58%) Google
4 8 (7.69%) Oracle
5 6 (5.77%) Splunk
6 4 (3.85%) Cisco
6 4 (3.85%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.85%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.85%) SAP
6 4 (3.85%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.88%) Commvault
7 3 (2.88%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.88%) VMware
8 2 (1.92%) Adobe
8 2 (1.92%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (1.92%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.92%) Cybereason
8 2 (1.92%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.92%) Genesys
8 2 (1.92%) Guidewire