OpenShift Job Trends in Berkshire

Red Hat OpenShift
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring OpenShift skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 115 157
Rank change year-on-year +4 +42 +20
Permanent jobs citing OpenShift 5 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.24% 0.070% 0.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.91% 0.24% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £47,750 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £78,750 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £82,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +37.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £86,250 £115,000
90th Percentile £62,250 - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £73,750 £93,750
% change year-on-year -32.20% -21.33% +25.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Berkshire

OpenShift falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 549 412 747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 26.41% 28.79% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 271 213 596
10th Percentile £31,375 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +16.50% -6.36%

OpenShift
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenShift relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

OpenShift job vacancy trend in Berkshire

OpenShift
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OpenShift.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OpenShift

OpenShift
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenShift in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for OpenShift in Berkshire

OpenShift
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenShift within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. 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
Reading +12 4 £55,000 -33.33% 2
Wokingham - 1 - - 4
OpenShift
South East

OpenShift
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Apigee
2 2 (40.00%) Kong
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) GitLab
2 2 (40.00%) Git
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Automation Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Network Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Jinja
1 4 (80.00%) JSON
1 4 (80.00%) YAML
2 2 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) API Management
2 4 (80.00%) Task Automation
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) API Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (40.00%) Microservices
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Secrets Management
4 2 (40.00%) Webhook
5 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (20.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Argo
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
1 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) F5
3 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Pure Storage
4 1 (20.00%) VMware