Kubernetes (k8s)
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to 31 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | 42 | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -33 | +17 | -20 |
| Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes | 111 | 157 | 195 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester | 1.86% | 7.13% | 3.69% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 34.37% | 42.55% | 42.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 89 | 94 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £50,750 | £45,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £62,500 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £78,810 | £64,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.18% | +22.66% | -8.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £94,694 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £112,500 | £92,500 |
| North West median annual salary | £72,500 | £75,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.33% | +20.00% | -10.71% |
All Systems Management Skills
Manchester
Kubernetes falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 323 | 369 | 454 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 5.41% | 16.76% | 8.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 250 | 209 | 342 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £32,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £47,231 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £69,384 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.32% | +15.64% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,875 | £96,506 | £81,250 |
| North West median annual salary | £60,000 | £67,269 | £57,004 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.81% | +18.01% | -4.99% |
Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kubernetes relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Kubernetes
Salary Trend in Manchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Kubernetes.
Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in Manchester
Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.
Kubernetes
Job Locations in Manchester
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | +6 | 10 | £65,000 | - | |
| Salford | -18 | 2 | £90,000 | +20.00% | 2 |
| Kubernetes North West |
|||||
Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||