Kubernetes Jobs in the South East

Kubernetes (k8s)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 59 40
Rank change year-on-year -13 -19 -3
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 583 710 1,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.51% 4.71% 6.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 34.11% 34.12% 48.49%
Number of salaries quoted 467 477 835
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £86,000 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -1.94% - +10.71%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,709 2,081 2,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.29% 13.80% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,252 1,722
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,525
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,725 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,677 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -12.81% +13.04%
75th Percentile £72,125 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +7.69%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in the South East

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in the South East.

Salary trend for Kubernetes in the South East

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in the South East

Kubernetes
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley +6 308 £75,000 -6.25% 44
Berkshire +23 263 £75,000 -16.67% 27
Hampshire -16 129 £70,000 +3.70% 26
Surrey -39 49 £80,000 +3.23% 14
Kent +16 32 £55,000 -4.35% 2
West Sussex +40 29 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Buckinghamshire -40 25 £65,000 - 13
East Sussex -19 21 £80,000 +33.33% 3
Oxfordshire -34 20 £72,500 +7.41% 4
Sussex - 2 £67,500 -
Kubernetes
England

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 52 (8.92%) OpenStack
2 20 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (3.26%) Apache
4 10 (1.72%) JBoss
4 10 (1.72%) Red Hat Fuse
5 9 (1.54%) Confluence
6 7 (1.20%) nginx
7 6 (1.03%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 226 (38.77%) Azure
2 222 (38.08%) AWS
3 95 (16.30%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (13.04%) Serverless
5 70 (12.01%) Amazon ECS
6 64 (10.98%) Amazon EKS
7 58 (9.95%) SaaS
8 43 (7.38%) Amazon S3
9 40 (6.86%) IBM Cloud
10 37 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
12 31 (5.32%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (5.15%) CloudFront
14 27 (4.63%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (4.12%) GCP
16 23 (3.95%) Entra ID
17 17 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (2.92%) GitHub
18 16 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.52%) Firewall
2 17 (2.92%) DNS
3 14 (2.40%) DHCP
4 11 (1.89%) Network Security
5 10 (1.72%) VPN
6 8 (1.37%) Internet
7 7 (1.20%) IPsec
8 5 (0.86%) BGP
8 5 (0.86%) SNMP
9 3 (0.51%) HTTP
10 2 (0.34%) LAN
10 2 (0.34%) OSPF
10 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.34%) WAN
10 2 (0.34%) WLAN
11 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (22.13%) NoSQL
2 60 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (10.12%) SQL Server
4 43 (7.38%) Relational Database
5 31 (5.32%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (5.15%) MongoDB
7 26 (4.46%) MySQL
8 22 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (2.40%) Redis
10 9 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.37%) CouchDB
12 5 (0.86%) Big Data
13 4 (0.69%) Power BI
13 4 (0.69%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.34%) Hadoop
15 1 (0.17%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 202 (34.65%) Git
2 143 (24.53%) Jenkins
3 86 (14.75%) Selenium
4 60 (10.29%) Cypress.io
5 50 (8.58%) GitLab
6 43 (7.38%) JUnit
7 26 (4.46%) SoapUI
8 25 (4.29%) JIRA
9 17 (2.92%) Cucumber
10 14 (2.40%) TeamCity
11 13 (2.23%) TestNG
11 13 (2.23%) WebDriver
12 12 (2.06%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (1.89%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
15 9 (1.54%) Robot Framework
16 8 (1.37%) Gradle
17 7 (1.20%) Jasmine
17 7 (1.20%) Mockito
17 7 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (16.30%) Social Skills
2 73 (12.52%) Public Sector
3 22 (3.77%) Finance
4 10 (1.72%) Aerospace
4 10 (1.72%) Publishing
5 6 (1.03%) Automotive
5 6 (1.03%) Legal
6 5 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (0.69%) Banking
7 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.51%) Games
8 3 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.34%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.34%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.17%) Aviation
10 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.17%) Retail
10 1 (0.17%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 217 (37.22%) Developer
2 119 (20.41%) Senior
3 100 (17.15%) Lead
4 87 (14.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 78 (13.38%) Senior Developer
6 70 (12.01%) Java Developer
7 67 (11.49%) Software Developer
8 38 (6.52%) Architect
8 38 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (5.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 33 (5.66%) Lead Developer
11 31 (5.32%) Senior Java Developer
12 30 (5.15%) Team Leader
13 29 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
14 28 (4.80%) Lead Software Developer
15 27 (4.63%) .NET Developer
16 26 (4.46%) AWS Engineer
16 26 (4.46%) Lead DevOps
17 24 (4.12%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 23 (3.95%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (24.19%) .NET
1 141 (24.19%) React
2 78 (13.38%) Spring
3 71 (12.18%) REST
4 61 (10.46%) Spring Boot
5 60 (10.29%) HTML
6 57 (9.78%) Jest
7 54 (9.26%) AngularJS
7 54 (9.26%) Node.js
8 46 (7.89%) Elastic Stack
9 45 (7.72%) CSS
10 44 (7.55%) HTML5
10 44 (7.55%) Web Services
11 40 (6.86%) Apache Camel
12 39 (6.69%) XML
13 37 (6.35%) CSS3
13 37 (6.35%) Kafka
14 32 (5.49%) JSON
15 27 (4.63%) RabbitMQ
16 26 (4.46%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
2 46 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 40 (6.86%) Blockchain
3 40 (6.86%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
5 16 (2.74%) PKI
6 15 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.40%) Private Cloud
8 13 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.89%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.72%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.54%) Cloud Native
12 8 (1.37%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.37%) PropTech
13 6 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
15 3 (0.51%) Clustering
16 2 (0.34%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 169 (28.99%) Linux
2 67 (11.49%) Windows
3 58 (9.95%) CentOS
4 41 (7.03%) Debian
5 40 (6.86%) Alpine Linux
6 35 (6.00%) Windows Server
7 28 (4.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.92%) Ubuntu
9 14 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (1.37%) VMS
11 5 (0.86%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.51%) Unix
13 2 (0.34%) Rocky
13 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (54.89%) Agile
2 301 (51.63%) DevOps
3 250 (42.88%) CI/CD
4 190 (32.59%) Artificial Intelligence
5 167 (28.64%) Computer Science
6 136 (23.33%) Microservices
6 136 (23.33%) Propensity Modelling
7 127 (21.78%) Containerisation
8 113 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (14.24%) Software Engineering
10 73 (12.52%) Infrastructure as Code
10 73 (12.52%) TDD
11 68 (11.66%) Scrum
12 57 (9.78%) BDD
13 53 (9.09%) Test Automation
14 51 (8.75%) Data Science
15 50 (8.58%) Machine Learning
16 44 (7.55%) Continuous Integration
16 44 (7.55%) Task Automation
17 43 (7.38%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 185 (31.73%) JavaScript
2 184 (31.56%) C#
3 137 (23.50%) Java
4 123 (21.10%) TypeScript
5 118 (20.24%) Python
6 101 (17.32%) SQL
7 46 (7.89%) PowerShell
8 43 (7.38%) PHP
9 38 (6.52%) Bash
10 28 (4.80%) Bicep
11 24 (4.12%) Go
12 16 (2.74%) Groovy
13 14 (2.40%) VB
13 14 (2.40%) VBScript
14 13 (2.23%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.72%) R
16 8 (1.37%) C
17 6 (1.03%) Ruby
18 5 (0.86%) C++
19 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 207 (35.51%) Degree
2 128 (21.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (21.27%) Security Cleared
4 108 (18.52%) SC Cleared
5 57 (9.78%) Azure Certification
6 46 (7.89%) AWS Certification
7 43 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (6.86%) MCSA
8 40 (6.86%) MCSE
9 29 (4.97%) DV Cleared
10 24 (4.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 24 (4.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 19 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.40%) Master's Degree
13 10 (1.72%) PhD
14 7 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.83%) WCAG
2 12 (2.06%) QA
3 3 (0.51%) GDPR
3 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
3 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 475 (81.48%) Docker
2 33 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 27 (4.63%) Hyper-V
4 24 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (2.57%) vSphere
7 14 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.51%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.34%) Firmware
10 2 (0.34%) KVM
10 2 (0.34%) QEMU
10 2 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 185 (31.73%) Terraform
2 97 (16.64%) Ansible
3 31 (5.32%) Puppet
4 21 (3.60%) vCenter Server
5 16 (2.74%) Rancher
5 16 (2.74%) SCCM
5 16 (2.74%) WSUS
6 14 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (2.40%) SCOM
7 13 (2.23%) Consul
8 12 (2.06%) Kibana
8 12 (2.06%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.89%) Grafana
10 10 (1.72%) ZABBIX
11 7 (1.20%) MIIS
12 6 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
12 6 (1.03%) Nessus
13 2 (0.34%) Argo
13 2 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 75 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.63%) Red Hat
3 46 (7.89%) VMware
4 41 (7.03%) IBM
5 35 (6.00%) WSO2
6 22 (3.77%) Google
7 12 (2.06%) Xamarin
8 11 (1.89%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.72%) Apple
10 9 (1.54%) Juniper
11 8 (1.37%) Oracle
12 7 (1.20%) Splunk
13 6 (1.03%) Cisco
13 6 (1.03%) Citrix
13 6 (1.03%) ForgeRock
13 6 (1.03%) Sitecore
14 5 (0.86%) NetApp
14 5 (0.86%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.86%) SolidFire
15 4 (0.69%) Dynatrace