Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
UK
The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) salary in the UK is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 801 | 765 | 1029 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | +264 | -383 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer | 95 | 206 | 203 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.097% | 0.20% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.21% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 80 | 175 | 151 |
| 10th Percentile | £64,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £85,625 | £68,750 | £65,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £95,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +18.75% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £119,063 | £138,750 | £98,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £150,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +3.57% | +21.74% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 92,756 | 95,826 | 148,057 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.61% | 91.56% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,592 | 60,202 | 85,221 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,550 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.42% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Kubernetes Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Kubernetes Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Kubernetes Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer.
Kubernetes Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Kubernetes Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +3 | 89 | £100,000 | +5.26% | 10 |
| London | +70 | 70 | £105,000 | -8.70% | 5 |
| Work from Home | -13 | 24 | £95,000 | +11.76% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | -25 | 24 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 4 |
| East of England | +1 | 8 | £77,500 | +10.71% | |
| North of England | +34 | 6 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 2 |
| North West | -4 | 6 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 2 |
| Midlands | 0 | 3 | £57,500 | -22.44% | 2 |
| East Midlands | - | 3 | £57,500 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | - | - | |
| South East | +28 | 1 | £70,000 | +16.67% | |
| South West | -24 | 1 | £65,000 | -10.34% |
Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Kubernetes Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Kubernetes Engineer in the job title.
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Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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