Kubernetes Jobs in Scotland

Kubernetes (k8s)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -16 -7 +10
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 496 369 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.36% 7.82% 8.33%
As % of the Systems Management category 50.46% 61.40% 63.82%
Number of salaries quoted 108 215 283
10th Percentile £50,686 £48,854 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,235 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -3.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £91,934 £77,715 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £77,250
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +10.36%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 983 601 749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 14.59% 12.73% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 253 331 462
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in Scotland

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in Scotland.

Salary trend for Kubernetes in Scotland

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in Scotland

Kubernetes
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow -1 381 £70,000 +7.69% 16
Edinburgh -6 112 £70,576 +1.62% 20
Kubernetes
UK

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 98 (19.76%) FileNet
2 91 (18.35%) Apache Spark
3 49 (9.88%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (3.43%) Cloud Foundry
5 10 (2.02%) Apache
6 7 (1.41%) Confluence
7 4 (0.81%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 217 (43.75%) AWS
2 133 (26.81%) Amazon S3
3 104 (20.97%) Azure
4 84 (16.94%) GCP
5 59 (11.90%) GitHub
6 42 (8.47%) SaaS
7 26 (5.24%) Datadog
8 23 (4.64%) Amazon SQS
8 23 (4.64%) Google Docs
8 23 (4.64%) Lucidchart
8 23 (4.64%) Miro
8 23 (4.64%) Slack
9 18 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.22%) OpenShift
12 10 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.02%) PaaS
13 8 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.41%) Amazon MSK
14 7 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.63%) DSL
2 17 (3.43%) Kerberos
3 15 (3.02%) Firewall
4 13 (2.62%) VPN
5 10 (2.02%) Internet
5 10 (2.02%) IPsec
5 10 (2.02%) SNMP
6 6 (1.21%) Network Security
7 4 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (27.02%) Elasticsearch
2 109 (21.98%) NoSQL
3 100 (20.16%) Apache Cassandra
3 100 (20.16%) Big Data
4 36 (7.26%) Relational Database
5 30 (6.05%) MongoDB
6 24 (4.84%) Hadoop
7 23 (4.64%) Redis
7 23 (4.64%) Scylla
8 18 (3.63%) Data Lake
8 18 (3.63%) DB2
8 18 (3.63%) Tableau
9 17 (3.43%) Amazon Aurora
9 17 (3.43%) CockroachDB
10 15 (3.02%) RDBMS
11 11 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
13 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.60%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 104 (20.97%) JUnit
2 98 (19.76%) Jenkins
3 50 (10.08%) Mockito
4 45 (9.07%) Jasmine
5 21 (4.23%) Git
5 21 (4.23%) JIRA
6 19 (3.83%) GitLab
6 19 (3.83%) Maven
7 7 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.01%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.01%) Selenium
8 5 (1.01%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.81%) Snyk
9 4 (0.81%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.60%) webpack
11 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.40%) Gradle
11 2 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
12 1 (0.20%) GoCD
General
1 406 (81.85%) Finance
2 356 (71.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 334 (67.34%) Law
4 192 (38.71%) Marketing
5 118 (23.79%) Legal
6 70 (14.11%) Banking
7 60 (12.10%) Social Skills
8 25 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (4.64%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.83%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.82%) Retail Banking
12 9 (1.81%) Games
13 4 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Retail
13 4 (0.81%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.20%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 351 (70.77%) Software Engineer
2 146 (29.44%) Lead
3 109 (21.98%) Lead Software Engineer
4 89 (17.94%) Java Engineer
4 89 (17.94%) Java Software Engineer
5 81 (16.33%) Senior
6 76 (15.32%) Full Stack Engineer
6 76 (15.32%) Full Stack Software Engineer
7 58 (11.69%) Data Engineer
8 49 (9.88%) Senior Software Engineer
9 47 (9.48%) Python Engineer
9 47 (9.48%) Python Software Engineer
10 40 (8.06%) Big Data Engineer
10 40 (8.06%) Big Data Software Engineer
11 31 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
12 29 (5.85%) Architect
12 29 (5.85%) Principal Software Engineer
13 24 (4.84%) Developer
14 21 (4.23%) Senior Java Engineer
14 21 (4.23%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (52.22%) Kafka
2 196 (39.52%) Spring
3 149 (30.04%) React
4 138 (27.82%) GraphQL
5 127 (25.60%) AngularJS
6 114 (22.98%) Hibernate
7 104 (20.97%) J2EE
8 100 (20.16%) Spring Integration
9 74 (14.92%) Node.js
10 71 (14.31%) CSS
11 69 (13.91%) JSON
11 69 (13.91%) Spring Boot
12 68 (13.71%) HTML
13 53 (10.69%) JMS
13 53 (10.69%) jQuery
13 53 (10.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 49 (9.88%) PySpark
15 38 (7.66%) REST
16 25 (5.04%) .NET
16 25 (5.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 167 (33.67%) Cloud Native
2 123 (24.80%) Algorithms
3 93 (18.75%) Public Cloud
4 38 (7.66%) Data Structures
5 34 (6.85%) Management Information System
6 30 (6.05%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.82%) Reference Data
8 13 (2.62%) Private Cloud
9 12 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.02%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.81%) Blockchain
11 9 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.81%) Robotics
12 6 (1.21%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.40%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.40%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
13 2 (0.40%) IoT
13 2 (0.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 123 (24.80%) Linux
2 30 (6.05%) Windows
3 10 (2.02%) Data ONTAP
4 5 (1.01%) Unix
4 5 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.81%) Mesosphere
6 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (80.04%) Software Engineering
2 387 (78.02%) Agile
3 344 (69.35%) SDLC
4 316 (63.71%) CI/CD
5 226 (45.56%) Operational Stability
6 222 (44.76%) Community of Practice
7 194 (39.11%) Microservices
8 190 (38.31%) Artificial Intelligence
9 189 (38.10%) Machine Learning
10 117 (23.59%) Decision-Making
11 111 (22.38%) Full Stack Development
12 109 (21.98%) Risk Management
13 108 (21.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 98 (19.76%) AOP
14 98 (19.76%) Document Management
15 97 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
16 95 (19.15%) Visualisation
17 94 (18.95%) Continuous Delivery
18 77 (15.52%) Computer Science
19 66 (13.31%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 349 (70.36%) Java
2 266 (53.63%) SQL
3 234 (47.18%) Python
4 95 (19.15%) JavaScript
5 71 (14.31%) TypeScript
6 57 (11.49%) PL/SQL
7 43 (8.67%) Scala
8 38 (7.66%) Bash
9 30 (6.05%) Go
10 20 (4.03%) PowerShell
11 17 (3.43%) C#
12 5 (1.01%) C++
12 5 (1.01%) Groovy
13 4 (0.81%) Ruby
13 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.60%) PHP
15 1 (0.20%) Elixir
15 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 48 (9.68%) Degree
2 44 (8.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (6.65%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.61%) CISSP
5 7 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.21%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 6 (1.21%) CISM
7 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (0.81%) CCNA
7 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.40%) OCP
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.63%) SLA
2 8 (1.61%) QA
3 6 (1.21%) NIST
3 6 (1.21%) SEPA
4 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 128 (25.81%) Docker
2 10 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.60%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (15.32%) Terraform
2 40 (8.06%) Ansible
3 37 (7.46%) Prometheus
4 27 (5.44%) Grafana
5 10 (2.02%) Istio
5 10 (2.02%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.81%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.41%) Puppet
8 4 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.60%) Rancher
10 2 (0.40%) vRealize
10 2 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.20%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 220 (44.35%) Oracle
2 85 (17.14%) Google
3 36 (7.26%) Databricks
4 26 (5.24%) Dell
4 26 (5.24%) Splunk
5 18 (3.63%) Alteryx
5 18 (3.63%) Cognos
5 18 (3.63%) Sybase
6 16 (3.23%) Dynatrace
7 15 (3.02%) VMware
8 12 (2.42%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.02%) NetApp
9 10 (2.02%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.02%) SolidFire
10 9 (1.81%) Microsoft
11 6 (1.21%) IBM
12 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.81%) Cisco
14 2 (0.40%) Atlassian
15 1 (0.20%) Adobe