Kubernetes Job Trends in the Midlands

Kubernetes (k8s)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 103 152
Rank change year-on-year -52 +49 -42
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 116 157 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.84% 2.75% 1.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 28.36% 34.51% 24.07%
Number of salaries quoted 83 73 138
10th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £38,925
25th Percentile £54,375 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £76,837 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.23% -

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 409 455 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.97% 7.97% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 328 289 510
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £79,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +3.53% -6.99%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Kubernetes.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in the Midlands

Kubernetes
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
West Midlands -45 77 £69,305 +2.67% 57
East Midlands -44 38 £60,000 -4.00% 11
Kubernetes
England

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (6.03%) IIS
2 5 (4.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.86%) Confluence
4 1 (0.86%) Mendix
4 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 90 (77.59%) Azure
2 59 (50.86%) AWS
3 21 (18.10%) GitHub
4 20 (17.24%) Azure AKS
5 16 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (12.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 13 (11.21%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (10.34%) GCP
9 11 (9.48%) IaaS
10 9 (7.76%) Entra ID
11 8 (6.90%) Azure AI
11 8 (6.90%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (6.90%) Azure Storage
12 7 (6.03%) SaaS
13 6 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (5.17%) npm
13 6 (5.17%) NuGet
13 6 (5.17%) SonarCloud
14 5 (4.31%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (4.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.48%) DNS
1 11 (9.48%) VPN
2 9 (7.76%) Network Security
3 8 (6.90%) Firewall
4 5 (4.31%) VLAN
5 2 (1.72%) DHCP
6 1 (0.86%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.86%) HTTP
6 1 (0.86%) SAN
6 1 (0.86%) WAN
6 1 (0.86%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.93%) MongoDB
2 14 (12.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (6.03%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.17%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.72%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.72%) KNIME
7 2 (1.72%) MySQL
7 2 (1.72%) Redis
8 1 (0.86%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.86%) Power BI
8 1 (0.86%) Power Query
8 1 (0.86%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 21 (18.10%) Git
2 18 (15.52%) JUnit
3 15 (12.93%) Maven
4 12 (10.34%) Mockito
5 8 (6.90%) Cucumber
5 8 (6.90%) GitLab
6 6 (5.17%) Postman
6 6 (5.17%) Selenium
7 5 (4.31%) Gatling
7 5 (4.31%) Jenkins
8 3 (2.59%) JMeter
8 3 (2.59%) Subversion
9 2 (1.72%) Locust
10 1 (0.86%) Ant
10 1 (0.86%) Apache Ivy
10 1 (0.86%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.86%) Gradle
10 1 (0.86%) IBM UrbanCode
10 1 (0.86%) JIRA
10 1 (0.86%) REST Assured
General
1 22 (18.97%) Finance
2 13 (11.21%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.34%) Law
4 6 (5.17%) Advertising
5 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.31%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.31%) Marketing
5 5 (4.31%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.59%) Retail
8 2 (1.72%) Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Automotive
9 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (26.72%) Developer
2 25 (21.55%) Senior
3 20 (17.24%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (15.52%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (14.66%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (12.07%) Architect
7 13 (11.21%) .NET Developer
7 13 (11.21%) Lead
8 10 (8.62%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (8.62%) Senior Developer
9 9 (7.76%) Technical Architect
10 8 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (6.90%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 8 (6.90%) Java Developer
11 7 (6.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Azure Architect
12 6 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Senior DevOps
12 6 (5.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (25.00%) .NET
2 24 (20.69%) React
3 21 (18.10%) ASP.NET
3 21 (18.10%) ASP.NET Core
4 16 (13.79%) .NET Core
4 16 (13.79%) Node.js
5 15 (12.93%) REST
6 14 (12.07%) Spring
7 10 (8.62%) .NET Framework
8 8 (6.90%) CSS
8 8 (6.90%) HTML
8 8 (6.90%) ML.NET
9 6 (5.17%) Blazor
9 6 (5.17%) Kafka
9 6 (5.17%) Playwright
9 6 (5.17%) RESTful
9 6 (5.17%) YAML
10 5 (4.31%) AngularJS
10 5 (4.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (4.31%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.59%) Digital TV
7 2 (1.72%) Clustering
7 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.72%) SCADA
8 1 (0.86%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (29.31%) Linux
2 14 (12.07%) Windows
3 5 (4.31%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.59%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.72%) CentOS
5 2 (1.72%) Debian
6 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.86%) Solaris
6 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (66.38%) CI/CD
2 53 (45.69%) Agile
3 52 (44.83%) Containerisation
4 46 (39.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (35.34%) DevOps
6 40 (34.48%) Microservices
7 33 (28.45%) Mentoring
8 27 (23.28%) AI
8 27 (23.28%) Full-Stack Development
9 26 (22.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (19.83%) Observability
11 22 (18.97%) DevSecOps
11 22 (18.97%) Scrum
11 22 (18.97%) TDD
12 21 (18.10%) Test Automation
13 20 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (16.38%) High Availability
15 14 (12.07%) Roadmaps
16 13 (11.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (29.31%) C#
2 33 (28.45%) SQL
3 25 (21.55%) Java
4 24 (20.69%) JavaScript
5 23 (19.83%) PowerShell
6 19 (16.38%) Bash
7 17 (14.66%) Python
8 16 (13.79%) TypeScript
9 12 (10.34%) PL/SQL
10 11 (9.48%) Bicep
11 4 (3.45%) Go
12 2 (1.72%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.86%) C
13 1 (0.86%) C++
13 1 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.86%) PHP
13 1 (0.86%) Rust
13 1 (0.86%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (26.72%) Security Cleared
2 27 (23.28%) SC Cleared
3 19 (16.38%) Azure Certification
4 10 (8.62%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.59%) Degree
6 2 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.72%) CISSP
6 2 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.86%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.86%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.86%) IISP
7 1 (0.86%) ISACA
7 1 (0.86%) OSCP
7 1 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.76%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.03%) WCAG
3 6 (5.17%) QA
4 4 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.86%) GxP
7 1 (0.86%) SLA
7 1 (0.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 77 (66.38%) Docker
2 10 (8.62%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (42.24%) Terraform
2 11 (9.48%) Ansible
3 8 (6.90%) Grafana
4 6 (5.17%) Prometheus
5 5 (4.31%) Argo
6 3 (2.59%) Istio
6 3 (2.59%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.59%) Puppet
7 1 (0.86%) Nagios
7 1 (0.86%) Podman
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.34%) Oracle
3 8 (6.90%) VMware
4 6 (5.17%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (4.31%) Facebook
6 3 (2.59%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.86%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.86%) F5
7 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.86%) Workday