Containerisation Job Trends in London

Containerization
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Containerisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 114 116
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 -20
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 405 456 477
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.95% 2.90% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.08% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 268 283 387
10th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £91,625
90th Percentile £131,250 £122,500 £108,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Containerisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,140 14,826 16,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.30% 94.39% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,757 8,241 13,295
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,225 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Containerisation job vacancy trend in London

Containerisation
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Containerisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Containerisation in London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Containerisation in London

Containerisation
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the London region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Central London -16 36 £80,000 - 87
South London +28 4 £55,200 -13.41% 35
West London +1 2 £120,000 +152.63% 54
East London - 1 - - 39
Containerisation
England

Containerisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (6.42%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.95%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.72%) Appian
4 10 (2.47%) Apache
5 5 (1.23%) Apache Pulsar
5 5 (1.23%) IIS
6 4 (0.99%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.99%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.49%) CMS
7 2 (0.49%) Confluence
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (5.19%) Maya
2 2 (0.49%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Shopify
2 4 (0.99%) Endur
3 2 (0.49%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 210 (51.85%) AWS
2 209 (51.60%) Azure
3 128 (31.60%) GCP
4 72 (17.78%) GitHub
5 48 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (10.86%) Serverless
7 41 (10.12%) GitHub Actions
8 37 (9.14%) Cloud Computing
9 27 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (5.19%) SaaS
11 20 (4.94%) Datadog
11 20 (4.94%) OpenShift
12 16 (3.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (3.70%) Amazon S3
13 15 (3.70%) Azure AKS
14 14 (3.46%) Power Automate
15 13 (3.21%) PaaS
16 11 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.43%) Firewall
2 13 (3.21%) Network Security
2 13 (3.21%) WAN
3 9 (2.22%) LAN
4 8 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.98%) VPN
5 6 (1.48%) Broadband
5 6 (1.48%) Fibre Channel
6 5 (1.23%) DNS
7 4 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.74%) DHCP
8 3 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.49%) AMQP
9 2 (0.49%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.49%) Multicast
10 1 (0.25%) HTTP
10 1 (0.25%) NAS
10 1 (0.25%) SNMP
10 1 (0.25%) VLAN
10 1 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.84%) NoSQL
2 46 (11.36%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (8.64%) MongoDB
4 33 (8.15%) Relational Database
5 23 (5.68%) SQL Server
6 18 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (4.20%) MySQL
8 16 (3.95%) Pinecone
9 15 (3.70%) RDBMS
10 14 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (2.22%) Big Data
11 9 (2.22%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.73%) Tick Data
13 6 (1.48%) DynamoDB
14 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.23%) Power BI
14 5 (1.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 67 (16.54%) Git
2 57 (14.07%) Jenkins
3 44 (10.86%) GitLab
4 14 (3.46%) MLflow
5 7 (1.73%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.48%) JMeter
6 6 (1.48%) Storybook
6 6 (1.48%) Vite
7 5 (1.23%) Jaeger
7 5 (1.23%) JIRA
7 5 (1.23%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.99%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.99%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.99%) NeoLoad
8 4 (0.99%) Selenium
9 3 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.74%) JUnit
9 3 (0.74%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.49%) HP UFT
10 2 (0.49%) SpecFlow
General
1 132 (32.59%) Finance
2 123 (30.37%) Social Skills
3 54 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.88%) Banking
5 38 (9.38%) Law
5 38 (9.38%) Telecoms
6 33 (8.15%) Games
7 31 (7.65%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.91%) Front Office
9 17 (4.20%) Marketing
10 15 (3.70%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.46%) Financial Institution
11 14 (3.46%) French Language
11 14 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (3.21%) Dutch Language
12 13 (3.21%) Retail
13 11 (2.72%) Electronics
14 8 (1.98%) Billing
14 8 (1.98%) Local Government
15 6 (1.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 104 (25.68%) Developer
2 88 (21.73%) Senior
3 50 (12.35%) Lead
4 38 (9.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 36 (8.89%) Software Engineer
6 26 (6.42%) Python Developer
7 25 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (5.68%) Architect
9 22 (5.43%) Backend Developer
9 22 (5.43%) Data Engineer
10 21 (5.19%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 21 (5.19%) React Developer
10 21 (5.19%) Senior Developer
11 20 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (4.20%) Lead Developer
13 17 (4.20%) Support Engineer
14 16 (3.95%) Python Engineer
15 15 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 15 (3.70%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (15.80%) React
2 55 (13.58%) REST
3 50 (12.35%) FastAPI
4 49 (12.10%) Kafka
4 49 (12.10%) RESTful
5 42 (10.37%) Node.js
6 35 (8.64%) Spring
7 31 (7.65%) Spring Boot
8 30 (7.41%) WebSockets
9 29 (7.16%) .NET
9 29 (7.16%) FIX Protocol
9 29 (7.16%) Flask
10 28 (6.91%) Django
11 24 (5.93%) PyTorch
12 21 (5.19%) Highcharts JS
12 21 (5.19%) OpenFin
12 21 (5.19%) scikit-learn
13 20 (4.94%) OAuth
13 20 (4.94%) TensorFlow
14 19 (4.69%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 95 (23.46%) Cloud Native
2 51 (12.59%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (8.15%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (6.17%) Blockchain
4 25 (6.17%) Fixed Income
5 19 (4.69%) Algorithms
5 19 (4.69%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.20%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (3.70%) AI Agents
9 13 (3.21%) Low-Code
10 12 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.98%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.98%) NHS
12 6 (1.48%) Equities
12 6 (1.48%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.23%) Hedge funds
14 4 (0.99%) Blog
14 4 (0.99%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 71 (17.53%) Linux
2 34 (8.40%) Windows
3 19 (4.69%) Unix
4 18 (4.44%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (2.96%) Android
7 9 (2.22%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.73%) VMS
9 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.49%) CentOS
10 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.25%) Solaris
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (57.53%) CI/CD
2 194 (47.90%) DevOps
3 152 (37.53%) AI
4 143 (35.31%) Microservices
5 134 (33.09%) Agile
6 124 (30.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 106 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (21.98%) Machine Learning
9 85 (20.99%) Mentoring
10 83 (20.49%) Software Engineering
11 65 (16.05%) Analytics
12 62 (15.31%) Computer Science
13 60 (14.81%) Test Automation
14 58 (14.32%) Low Latency
15 54 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
16 50 (12.35%) Observability
17 48 (11.85%) Performance Optimisation
18 45 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
18 45 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 208 (51.36%) Python
2 86 (21.23%) Java
3 82 (20.25%) SQL
4 74 (18.27%) JavaScript
5 50 (12.35%) Bash
6 48 (11.85%) C#
7 39 (9.63%) Go
8 34 (8.40%) TypeScript
9 33 (8.15%) PowerShell
10 13 (3.21%) C++
11 6 (1.48%) Bicep
11 6 (1.48%) PHP
12 5 (1.23%) Ruby
12 5 (1.23%) Scala
12 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.49%) Groovy
14 2 (0.49%) Perl
15 1 (0.25%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 85 (20.99%) Degree
2 51 (12.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (10.37%) Security Cleared
4 23 (5.68%) AWS Certification
4 23 (5.68%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.69%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.95%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.23%) PhD
10 4 (0.99%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.99%) PMP
11 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.74%) CISSP
12 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.49%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.25%) CISM
13 1 (0.25%) MCP
13 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.93%) QA
2 19 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.44%) GDPR
4 15 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.72%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.47%) SOC 2
7 7 (1.73%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.48%) NIST
9 4 (0.99%) EMIR
9 4 (0.99%) GRC
9 4 (0.99%) SLA
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) PSD2
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.25%) MiFID
11 1 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 244 (60.25%) Docker
2 22 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.70%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.73%) vSphere
5 6 (1.48%) NFS
6 4 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.49%) KVM
7 2 (0.49%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 253 (62.47%) Kubernetes
2 135 (33.33%) Terraform
3 64 (15.80%) Ansible
4 46 (11.36%) Prometheus
5 36 (8.89%) Grafana
6 13 (3.21%) Argo
7 5 (1.23%) Kustomize
8 4 (0.99%) Cilium
8 4 (0.99%) Istio
8 4 (0.99%) linkerd
8 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.99%) Rancher
8 4 (0.99%) vRealize
9 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.74%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.74%) Mesos
9 3 (0.74%) SCCM
9 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (10.12%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.64%) Google
3 26 (6.42%) VMware
4 22 (5.43%) Oracle
5 19 (4.69%) OpenAI
6 16 (3.95%) SAP
7 15 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.70%) Splunk
8 12 (2.96%) Atlassian
9 11 (2.72%) Databricks
10 10 (2.47%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.22%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.98%) Cisco
13 7 (1.73%) Automation Anywhere
13 7 (1.73%) Commvault
13 7 (1.73%) Pure Storage
13 7 (1.73%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.73%) UiPath
13 7 (1.73%) Zscaler
14 6 (1.48%) CrowdStrike