Azure AKS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Azure AKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 51 46
Rank change year-on-year - -5 +47
Permanent jobs citing Azure AKS 0 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland - 0.47% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category - 1.65% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -12.50%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northern Ireland

Azure AKS 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 160 121 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 31.75% 28.21% 39.16%
Number of salaries quoted 58 40 102
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £46,713 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.79% +18.86% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,640 £75,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £86,500 £100,000 £78,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.57% -7.31%

Azure AKS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure AKS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Azure AKS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland