Kubernetes Jobs in Scotland

Kubernetes (k8s)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Kubernetes skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kubernetes over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 35 28
Rank change year-on-year -14 -7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 493 364 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.34% 7.73% 8.36%
As % of the Systems Management category 50.31% 61.28% 63.48%
Number of salaries quoted 110 213 281
10th Percentile £50,686 £48,473 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -3.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £91,934 £77,715 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £76,000
% change year-on-year - -1.32% +8.57%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

Kubernetes is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 980 594 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 14.59% 12.62% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 256 329 461
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in Scotland

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in Scotland.

Salary trend for Kubernetes in Scotland

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in Scotland

Kubernetes
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -4 374 £70,000 +7.69% 17
Edinburgh -5 117 £70,576 +1.62% 23
Kubernetes
UK

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 96 (19.47%) FileNet
2 91 (18.46%) Apache Spark
3 49 (9.94%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (3.45%) Cloud Foundry
5 10 (2.03%) Apache
6 8 (1.62%) Confluence
7 4 (0.81%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 213 (43.20%) AWS
2 131 (26.57%) Amazon S3
3 103 (20.89%) Azure
4 83 (16.84%) GCP
5 57 (11.56%) GitHub
6 43 (8.72%) SaaS
7 25 (5.07%) Datadog
8 23 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
8 23 (4.67%) Google Docs
8 23 (4.67%) Lucidchart
8 23 (4.67%) Miro
8 23 (4.67%) Slack
9 18 (3.65%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.23%) OpenShift
12 10 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.03%) PaaS
13 8 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.42%) Amazon MSK
15 6 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.65%) DSL
2 17 (3.45%) Kerberos
3 15 (3.04%) Firewall
4 13 (2.64%) VPN
5 10 (2.03%) Internet
5 10 (2.03%) IPsec
5 10 (2.03%) SNMP
6 7 (1.42%) Network Security
7 4 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (26.37%) Elasticsearch
2 107 (21.70%) NoSQL
3 101 (20.49%) Big Data
4 98 (19.88%) Apache Cassandra
5 36 (7.30%) Relational Database
6 30 (6.09%) MongoDB
7 24 (4.87%) Hadoop
8 23 (4.67%) Redis
8 23 (4.67%) Scylla
9 18 (3.65%) Data Lake
9 18 (3.65%) DB2
9 18 (3.65%) Tableau
10 17 (3.45%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (3.45%) CockroachDB
11 15 (3.04%) RDBMS
12 11 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
14 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.61%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 102 (20.69%) JUnit
2 98 (19.88%) Jenkins
3 49 (9.94%) Mockito
4 44 (8.92%) Jasmine
5 22 (4.46%) Git
6 21 (4.26%) JIRA
7 19 (3.85%) GitLab
8 18 (3.65%) Maven
9 9 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.01%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.01%) Selenium
10 5 (1.01%) Spinnaker
11 4 (0.81%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.81%) Snyk
11 4 (0.81%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.61%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.61%) webpack
13 2 (0.41%) Gradle
13 2 (0.41%) IBM UrbanCode
14 1 (0.20%) Postman
General
1 404 (81.95%) Finance
2 349 (70.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 328 (66.53%) Law
4 190 (38.54%) Marketing
5 118 (23.94%) Legal
6 72 (14.60%) Banking
7 60 (12.17%) Social Skills
8 26 (5.27%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (4.26%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.85%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.84%) Retail Banking
12 9 (1.83%) Games
13 4 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Retail
13 4 (0.81%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.20%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 345 (69.98%) Software Engineer
2 144 (29.21%) Lead
3 107 (21.70%) Lead Software Engineer
4 84 (17.04%) Java Engineer
4 84 (17.04%) Java Software Engineer
5 80 (16.23%) Senior
6 74 (15.01%) Full Stack Engineer
6 74 (15.01%) Full Stack Software Engineer
7 58 (11.76%) Data Engineer
8 47 (9.53%) Python Engineer
8 47 (9.53%) Python Software Engineer
9 46 (9.33%) Senior Software Engineer
10 40 (8.11%) Big Data Engineer
10 40 (8.11%) Big Data Software Engineer
11 32 (6.49%) Principal Engineer
12 31 (6.29%) Architect
13 29 (5.88%) Principal Software Engineer
14 25 (5.07%) Developer
15 19 (3.85%) Senior Java Engineer
15 19 (3.85%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (51.93%) Kafka
2 193 (39.15%) Spring
3 149 (30.22%) React
4 136 (27.59%) GraphQL
5 125 (25.35%) AngularJS
6 113 (22.92%) Hibernate
7 102 (20.69%) J2EE
8 97 (19.68%) Spring Integration
9 75 (15.21%) Node.js
10 71 (14.40%) Spring Boot
11 70 (14.20%) CSS
12 69 (14.00%) JSON
13 67 (13.59%) HTML
14 52 (10.55%) JMS
14 52 (10.55%) jQuery
14 52 (10.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 49 (9.94%) PySpark
16 39 (7.91%) REST
17 25 (5.07%) RESTful
18 24 (4.87%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 164 (33.27%) Cloud Native
2 121 (24.54%) Algorithms
3 91 (18.46%) Public Cloud
4 38 (7.71%) Data Structures
5 34 (6.90%) Management Information System
6 30 (6.09%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.84%) Reference Data
8 13 (2.64%) Private Cloud
9 12 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.03%) Blockchain
10 10 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 10 (2.03%) Robotics
11 9 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 4 (0.81%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
15 2 (0.41%) Cyber Defence
15 2 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
15 2 (0.41%) Life Science
15 2 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (24.95%) Linux
2 30 (6.09%) Windows
3 10 (2.03%) Data ONTAP
4 5 (1.01%) Unix
4 5 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.81%) Mesosphere
6 3 (0.61%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (79.51%) Software Engineering
2 386 (78.30%) Agile
3 342 (69.37%) SDLC
4 314 (63.69%) CI/CD
5 222 (45.03%) Operational Stability
6 219 (44.42%) Community of Practice
7 195 (39.55%) Microservices
8 188 (38.13%) Artificial Intelligence
9 187 (37.93%) Machine Learning
10 114 (23.12%) Decision-Making
11 109 (22.11%) Full Stack Development
12 107 (21.70%) Risk Management
13 105 (21.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 96 (19.47%) AOP
14 96 (19.47%) Continuous Delivery
14 96 (19.47%) Document Management
14 96 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
15 93 (18.86%) Visualisation
16 77 (15.62%) Computer Science
17 66 (13.39%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 348 (70.59%) Java
2 263 (53.35%) SQL
3 235 (47.67%) Python
4 96 (19.47%) JavaScript
5 71 (14.40%) TypeScript
6 57 (11.56%) PL/SQL
7 43 (8.72%) Scala
8 38 (7.71%) Bash
9 30 (6.09%) Go
10 20 (4.06%) PowerShell
11 16 (3.25%) C#
12 5 (1.01%) C++
12 5 (1.01%) Groovy
13 4 (0.81%) Ruby
13 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.61%) PHP
15 1 (0.20%) Elixir
15 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 49 (9.94%) Degree
2 45 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.90%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.62%) CISSP
5 7 (1.42%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.22%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 6 (1.22%) CISM
7 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (0.81%) CCNA
7 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.61%) OCP
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.65%) SLA
2 8 (1.62%) QA
2 8 (1.62%) SEPA
3 6 (1.22%) NIST
4 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 128 (25.96%) Docker
2 10 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (15.42%) Terraform
2 41 (8.32%) Ansible
3 36 (7.30%) Prometheus
4 26 (5.27%) Grafana
5 10 (2.03%) Istio
5 10 (2.03%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.83%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.42%) Puppet
8 4 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.61%) Rancher
9 3 (0.61%) vRealize
9 3 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.20%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 216 (43.81%) Oracle
2 85 (17.24%) Google
3 36 (7.30%) Databricks
4 27 (5.48%) Dell
5 25 (5.07%) Splunk
6 18 (3.65%) Alteryx
6 18 (3.65%) Cognos
6 18 (3.65%) Sybase
7 16 (3.25%) Dynatrace
8 15 (3.04%) VMware
9 12 (2.43%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.03%) NetApp
10 10 (2.03%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.03%) SolidFire
11 8 (1.62%) Microsoft
12 5 (1.01%) IBM
12 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.81%) Cisco
14 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
15 1 (0.20%) Adobe