Kubernetes Job Trends in Somerset

Kubernetes (k8s)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 55 33
Rank change year-on-year +11 -22 +19
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 4 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 1.12% 0.13% 4.86%
As % of the Systems Management category 13.79% 4.55% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 22
10th Percentile - - £36,042
25th Percentile - £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £67,188
90th Percentile - - £76,625
South West median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.00%

All Systems Management Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 29 22 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 8.12% 2.91% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 53
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,290 £33,000
25th Percentile £34,375 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £64,200 £76,250 £68,750
South West median annual salary £49,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.35% +4.55%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in Somerset

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Kubernetes.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 31 August 2025. 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
Bath - 3 £75,000 - 1
Street - 1 - - 1
Kubernetes
South West

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Debian
2 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Development
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Android Development
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) OWASP
2 1 (25.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Go
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
1 4 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat