Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) salary in Birmingham is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 November 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
21 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
98 |
- |
107 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+36 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham |
0.14% |
- |
0.083% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.15% |
- |
0.087% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£62,500 |
- |
£45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£65,000 |
- |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
-11.47% |
| 75th Percentile |
£67,500 |
- |
£55,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| West Midlands median annual salary |
£65,000 |
- |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
-11.47% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title |
1,349 |
2,087 |
1,148 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
94.34% |
95.08% |
95.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
960 |
1,111 |
952 |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£35,000 |
£31,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£41,250 |
£43,750 |
£41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
- |
-4.35% |
| 75th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£70,000 |
£68,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,813 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| West Midlands median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
+5.00% |
- |
