Kubernetes Jobs in the North of England

Kubernetes (k8s)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Kubernetes skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kubernetes over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 58 29
Rank change year-on-year -29 -29 -3
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 486 932 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.69% 5.60% 7.94%
As % of the Systems Management category 35.22% 45.07% 50.97%
Number of salaries quoted 340 573 971
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £69,447 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% +6.84% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,919 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +10.71%

All Systems Management Skills
North of England

Kubernetes is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,380 2,068 2,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.65% 12.42% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 1,328 1,925
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +5.21%
75th Percentile £69,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,419 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in the North of England

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in the North of England.

Salary trend for Kubernetes in the North of England

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in the North of England

Kubernetes
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 May 2024. 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 West -18 283 £62,500 -10.71% 74
Yorkshire -17 171 £60,000 -12.43% 37
North East -30 32 £68,500 +3.40% 12
Kubernetes
England

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 32 (6.58%) Apache
2 20 (4.12%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.82%) CMS
5 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.62%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.41%) Confluence
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.21%) Drupal
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Jetty
8 1 (0.21%) Moodle
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 266 (54.73%) Azure
2 257 (52.88%) AWS
3 87 (17.90%) GCP
4 78 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
5 69 (14.20%) GitHub
6 60 (12.35%) Amazon S3
7 57 (11.73%) Amazon EKS
8 43 (8.85%) GitHub Actions
9 40 (8.23%) OCI
10 36 (7.41%) Amazon ECR
10 36 (7.41%) IBM Cloud
10 36 (7.41%) Route 53
11 35 (7.20%) Serverless
12 30 (6.17%) SaaS
13 29 (5.97%) Azure AKS
14 28 (5.76%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
17 19 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
18 17 (3.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.02%) Firewall
2 32 (6.58%) WAN
3 31 (6.38%) SD-WAN
4 24 (4.94%) VPN
5 17 (3.50%) Network Security
6 16 (3.29%) Internet
7 15 (3.09%) IPsec
7 15 (3.09%) SNMP
8 12 (2.47%) DNS
9 11 (2.26%) AMQP
9 11 (2.26%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.44%) HTTP
11 5 (1.03%) DHCP
11 5 (1.03%) MQTT
12 4 (0.82%) BGP
12 4 (0.82%) MPLS
12 4 (0.82%) OSPF
13 1 (0.21%) SAN
13 1 (0.21%) SMTP
13 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.64%) Amazon RDS
2 37 (7.61%) MySQL
3 32 (6.58%) SQL Server
4 31 (6.38%) Elasticsearch
5 29 (5.97%) MongoDB
5 29 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (3.91%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.50%) Big Data
8 15 (3.09%) Redis
9 13 (2.67%) BigQuery
9 13 (2.67%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.47%) Hadoop
11 11 (2.26%) Cloudera CDH
12 7 (1.44%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.23%) MariaDB
14 5 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.82%) Flink
16 3 (0.62%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 69 (14.20%) Jenkins
2 53 (10.91%) Git
3 36 (7.41%) JIRA
4 33 (6.79%) CircleCI
5 32 (6.58%) GitLab
6 10 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (1.85%) Gradle
8 8 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (1.03%) Spinnaker
10 4 (0.82%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.62%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.62%) git-flow
11 3 (0.62%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.62%) Subversion
11 3 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.62%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio Team System
11 3 (0.62%) webpack
General
1 88 (18.11%) Public Sector
2 71 (14.61%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.49%) Finance
4 42 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (7.61%) Retail
6 31 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (5.76%) Aerospace
8 26 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (4.73%) Banking
10 8 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.44%) Games
11 7 (1.44%) Marketing
12 5 (1.03%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.82%) Publishing
13 4 (0.82%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.62%) Law
15 2 (0.41%) Automotive
15 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.41%) Legal
16 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (27.57%) Senior
2 128 (26.34%) DevOps Engineer
3 113 (23.25%) Developer
4 69 (14.20%) Lead
5 60 (12.35%) Software Engineer
6 56 (11.52%) Architect
7 50 (10.29%) Senior DevOps
7 50 (10.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 42 (8.64%) Software Developer
9 34 (7.00%) Senior Developer
10 29 (5.97%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (5.56%) C# Developer
12 26 (5.35%) Security Architect
13 25 (5.14%) Consultant
14 24 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
14 24 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
15 22 (4.53%) C# Software Developer
16 20 (4.12%) .NET Developer
16 20 (4.12%) Full Stack Developer
16 20 (4.12%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (19.96%) React
2 95 (19.55%) .NET
3 65 (13.37%) AngularJS
3 65 (13.37%) Node.js
4 51 (10.49%) .NET Core
5 49 (10.08%) RESTful
6 43 (8.85%) RabbitMQ
6 43 (8.85%) Spring
7 33 (6.79%) REST
7 33 (6.79%) Spring Boot
8 29 (5.97%) .NET Framework
9 28 (5.76%) CSS
10 27 (5.56%) ASP.NET
11 26 (5.35%) YAML
12 25 (5.14%) Kafka
13 24 (4.94%) Entity Framework
13 24 (4.94%) HTML
14 20 (4.12%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (3.29%) Razor View Engine
15 16 (3.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.49%) Public Cloud
2 42 (8.64%) Blockchain
3 38 (7.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 36 (7.41%) e-Learning
5 35 (7.20%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (7.20%) Management Information System
6 28 (5.76%) Cloud Native
7 27 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
7 27 (5.56%) Product Ownership
8 26 (5.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 22 (4.53%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.47%) Private Cloud
11 10 (2.06%) Podcast
12 8 (1.65%) IoT
12 8 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.44%) NHS
14 6 (1.23%) Client/Server
14 6 (1.23%) NFT
14 6 (1.23%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 102 (20.99%) Linux
2 43 (8.85%) Windows
3 17 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.09%) Data ONTAP
5 13 (2.67%) CentOS
5 13 (2.67%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.47%) Debian
7 11 (2.26%) Unix
8 8 (1.65%) Android
9 6 (1.23%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.41%) VMS
12 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (53.09%) DevOps
2 235 (48.35%) CI/CD
3 223 (45.88%) Agile
4 145 (29.84%) Containerisation
5 115 (23.66%) Infrastructure as Code
6 113 (23.25%) Mentoring
7 110 (22.63%) Microservices
7 110 (22.63%) Software Engineering
8 71 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (12.35%) Coaching
10 59 (12.14%) Full Stack Development
11 57 (11.73%) TDD
12 56 (11.52%) Scrum
13 53 (10.91%) Continuous Integration
13 53 (10.91%) Test Automation
14 49 (10.08%) Artificial Intelligence
15 45 (9.26%) Observability
15 45 (9.26%) Secrets Management
16 41 (8.44%) Actionable Insight
17 40 (8.23%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 110 (22.63%) Python
2 101 (20.78%) C#
3 93 (19.14%) JavaScript
4 88 (18.11%) Java
5 55 (11.32%) PowerShell
6 53 (10.91%) SQL
7 47 (9.67%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.97%) Go
9 27 (5.56%) Bash
10 19 (3.91%) PHP
10 19 (3.91%) Ruby
11 9 (1.85%) Perl
11 9 (1.85%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.44%) Bicep
13 5 (1.03%) C++
13 5 (1.03%) Groovy
14 4 (0.82%) C
15 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.21%) XAML
Qualifications
1 47 (9.67%) Azure Certification
2 44 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 39 (8.02%) AWS Certification
4 34 (7.00%) Degree
5 33 (6.79%) DV Cleared
6 31 (6.38%) CISSP
7 27 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (5.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 26 (5.35%) CCSK
8 26 (5.35%) CCSP
8 26 (5.35%) CISM
9 24 (4.94%) SC Cleared
10 22 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.62%) PhD
14 1 (0.21%) CCNA
14 1 (0.21%) CCNP
14 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.97%) NIST
2 11 (2.26%) QA
3 7 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.21%) GDPR
6 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 302 (62.14%) Docker
2 17 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.67%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.26%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.62%) Firmware
5 3 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.21%) KVM
6 1 (0.21%) Lustre
6 1 (0.21%) Postfix
6 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 213 (43.83%) Terraform
2 85 (17.49%) Ansible
3 70 (14.40%) Prometheus
4 29 (5.97%) Puppet
5 27 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (4.32%) Grafana
7 17 (3.50%) Progress Chef
8 15 (3.09%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.03%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.03%) SCOM
11 4 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.82%) Kibana
11 4 (0.82%) Podman
11 4 (0.82%) WSUS
12 2 (0.41%) Istio
13 1 (0.21%) Icinga
13 1 (0.21%) Kiali
13 1 (0.21%) Oracle ZFS
13 1 (0.21%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 70 (14.40%) Microsoft
2 67 (13.79%) Red Hat
3 38 (7.82%) Google
4 37 (7.61%) IBM
5 36 (7.41%) Dynatrace
6 23 (4.73%) Oracle
6 23 (4.73%) VMware
7 16 (3.29%) SaltStack
8 15 (3.09%) NetApp
8 15 (3.09%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.09%) SolidFire
9 8 (1.65%) Facebook
10 7 (1.44%) SAP
11 5 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.03%) Confluent
11 5 (1.03%) New Relic
11 5 (1.03%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.82%) Remedy
12 4 (0.82%) Splunk
13 3 (0.62%) Veeam