Kubernetes Jobs in the South East

Kubernetes (k8s)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Kubernetes skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kubernetes over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 55 50
Rank change year-on-year -12 -5 -11
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 513 572 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.40% 4.94% 5.73%
As % of the Systems Management category 36.83% 37.26% 44.95%
Number of salaries quoted 391 454 784
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,638 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +1.75% +9.62%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +10.71%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,393 1,535 2,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.23% 13.25% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 947 1,135 1,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,928 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,783 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.99% -3.57% +7.69%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in the South East

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in the South East.

Salary trend for Kubernetes in the South East

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in the South East

Kubernetes
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Thames Valley +9 252 £72,500 -3.33% 25
Berkshire +13 205 £75,000 -9.09% 14
Hampshire -4 148 £65,000 -3.70% 11
Surrey -43 41 £73,750 -7.81% 2
Kent -7 29 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Oxfordshire -18 29 £65,000 -3.70% 6
West Sussex +15 22 £65,000 -3.70% 2
Buckinghamshire -18 18 £58,750 -16.07% 5
East Sussex -14 14 £75,000 - 3
Middlesex -27 1 £57,500 +15.00%
Kubernetes
England

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (5.85%) OpenStack
2 26 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (4.87%) Apache
4 8 (1.56%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.36%) Confluence
5 7 (1.36%) Red Hat Fuse
6 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.97%) IIS
7 5 (0.97%) JBoss
7 5 (0.97%) nginx
8 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 200 (38.99%) Azure
2 171 (33.33%) AWS
3 86 (16.76%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (9.36%) Serverless
5 44 (8.58%) Amazon EKS
6 41 (7.99%) SaaS
7 40 (7.80%) Amazon EC2
7 40 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (7.60%) Azure AI
8 39 (7.60%) IBM Cloud
9 38 (7.41%) Amazon ECS
10 33 (6.43%) Amazon S3
11 28 (5.46%) Entra ID
12 24 (4.68%) GCP
13 23 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (3.90%) CloudFront
15 19 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (3.31%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.36%) Firewall
2 19 (3.70%) DNS
3 16 (3.12%) DHCP
4 11 (2.14%) Network Security
5 9 (1.75%) HTTP
6 8 (1.56%) Internet
7 5 (0.97%) IPsec
7 5 (0.97%) SNMP
7 5 (0.97%) VPN
8 4 (0.78%) BGP
8 4 (0.78%) iSCSI
8 4 (0.78%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.78%) OSPF
8 4 (0.78%) RIP
9 3 (0.58%) WAN
9 3 (0.58%) WLAN
10 2 (0.39%) 5G
10 2 (0.39%) LAN
10 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (19.88%) NoSQL
2 61 (11.89%) SQL Server
3 39 (7.60%) Amazon RDS
4 33 (6.43%) Relational Database
5 32 (6.24%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (5.85%) MySQL
7 29 (5.65%) MongoDB
8 17 (3.31%) Redis
9 14 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (2.14%) Big Data
11 8 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.56%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.36%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.78%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.39%) CouchDB
14 2 (0.39%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.39%) GIS
14 2 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 157 (30.60%) Git
2 93 (18.13%) Jenkins
3 86 (16.76%) Selenium
4 53 (10.33%) Cypress.io
5 39 (7.60%) JUnit
6 24 (4.68%) SoapUI
7 23 (4.48%) GitLab
7 23 (4.48%) JIRA
8 20 (3.90%) Octopus Deploy
9 17 (3.31%) Cucumber
10 13 (2.53%) Robot Framework
11 12 (2.34%) REST Assured
11 12 (2.34%) TestNG
11 12 (2.34%) WebDriver
12 10 (1.95%) PHPUnit
12 10 (1.95%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.75%) JMeter
13 9 (1.75%) Mockito
14 8 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (1.36%) SonarQube
General
1 99 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 55 (10.72%) Public Sector
3 43 (8.38%) Finance
4 15 (2.92%) Aerospace
5 10 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (1.36%) Banking
7 6 (1.17%) Automotive
7 6 (1.17%) Legal
8 4 (0.78%) Marketing
9 3 (0.58%) Games
9 3 (0.58%) Health Technology
9 3 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.58%) Publishing
10 2 (0.39%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.39%) Retail
10 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.19%) Advertising
11 1 (0.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.19%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 163 (31.77%) Developer
2 105 (20.47%) Senior
3 69 (13.45%) Lead
4 66 (12.87%) DevOps Engineer
5 54 (10.53%) Senior Developer
6 48 (9.36%) Software Developer
7 42 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (8.19%) Java Developer
8 32 (6.24%) Azure Engineer
9 31 (6.04%) Team Leader
10 28 (5.46%) .NET Developer
11 27 (5.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 25 (4.87%) AWS Engineer
12 25 (4.87%) C# Developer
13 24 (4.68%) C# .NET Developer
14 23 (4.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 21 (4.09%) Development Team Leader
15 21 (4.09%) Lead Developer
15 21 (4.09%) Software Development Team Leader
15 21 (4.09%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (22.22%) .NET
2 106 (20.66%) React
3 63 (12.28%) HTML
4 56 (10.92%) REST
5 49 (9.55%) Spring
6 48 (9.36%) Jest
7 44 (8.58%) CSS
8 37 (7.21%) HTML5
9 35 (6.82%) RabbitMQ
9 35 (6.82%) Web Services
10 33 (6.43%) Spring Boot
11 31 (6.04%) XML
12 30 (5.85%) CSS3
13 28 (5.46%) ARM Templates
14 26 (5.07%) AngularJS
14 26 (5.07%) RESTful
15 23 (4.48%) Kafka
15 23 (4.48%) Node.js
16 21 (4.09%) WireMock
17 20 (3.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 58 (11.31%) Distributed Systems
2 41 (7.99%) Data Centre
2 41 (7.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 39 (7.60%) Blockchain
4 19 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.12%) PKI
6 15 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.73%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (2.53%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.56%) NHS
12 7 (1.36%) Cybercrime
13 6 (1.17%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.78%) Replication
15 3 (0.58%) CUDA
15 3 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
15 3 (0.58%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 179 (34.89%) Linux
2 79 (15.40%) Windows
3 58 (11.31%) CentOS
4 45 (8.77%) Debian
5 39 (7.60%) Alpine Linux
6 38 (7.41%) Windows Server
7 31 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (4.87%) Ubuntu
9 16 (3.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.56%) VMS
12 5 (0.97%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.58%) Rocky
13 3 (0.58%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (51.07%) Agile
2 249 (48.54%) DevOps
3 225 (43.86%) CI/CD
4 161 (31.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 114 (22.22%) Containerisation
6 105 (20.47%) Computer Science
7 99 (19.30%) Propensity Modelling
8 97 (18.91%) Microservices
9 96 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (17.15%) Software Engineering
11 70 (13.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 66 (12.87%) TDD
13 49 (9.55%) Machine Learning
14 48 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 46 (8.97%) Data Science
16 43 (8.38%) Task Automation
17 42 (8.19%) Test Automation
18 41 (7.99%) Scrum
19 40 (7.80%) BDD
20 39 (7.60%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 156 (30.41%) C#
2 144 (28.07%) JavaScript
3 110 (21.44%) Java
4 108 (21.05%) Python
5 101 (19.69%) TypeScript
6 83 (16.18%) SQL
7 49 (9.55%) PowerShell
8 42 (8.19%) Bash
9 41 (7.99%) PHP
10 35 (6.82%) Bicep
11 16 (3.12%) VB
11 16 (3.12%) VBScript
12 15 (2.92%) C++
13 11 (2.14%) Go
14 10 (1.95%) Groovy
15 9 (1.75%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.17%) C
17 3 (0.58%) Fortran
17 3 (0.58%) R
17 3 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 159 (30.99%) Degree
2 89 (17.35%) Security Cleared
3 77 (15.01%) SC Cleared
4 73 (14.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (9.36%) Azure Certification
6 40 (7.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (7.60%) MCSA
7 39 (7.60%) MCSE
8 35 (6.82%) DV Cleared
9 26 (5.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 20 (3.90%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.56%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.58%) PhD
15 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.26%) WCAG
2 11 (2.14%) QA
3 7 (1.36%) GDPR
4 3 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.58%) HIPAA
4 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 378 (73.68%) Docker
2 33 (6.43%) Active Directory
3 29 (5.65%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (3.51%) vSphere
7 6 (1.17%) Firmware
8 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.78%) NFS
9 4 (0.78%) pfSense
9 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.58%) Ceph
10 3 (0.58%) GPFS
10 3 (0.58%) Lustre
10 3 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.39%) KVM
11 2 (0.39%) QEMU
11 2 (0.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 126 (24.56%) Terraform
2 63 (12.28%) Ansible
3 32 (6.24%) Puppet
4 23 (4.48%) SCCM
5 22 (4.29%) vCenter Server
6 16 (3.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 16 (3.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (3.12%) SCOM
6 16 (3.12%) WSUS
7 15 (2.92%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.14%) Grafana
9 10 (1.95%) ZABBIX
10 8 (1.56%) Kibana
11 7 (1.36%) MIIS
12 6 (1.17%) Docker Swarm
12 6 (1.17%) Podman
13 3 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.58%) Nagios
13 3 (0.58%) Nessus
14 2 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 61 (11.89%) Microsoft
1 61 (11.89%) Red Hat
2 40 (7.80%) VMware
3 39 (7.60%) IBM
4 14 (2.73%) ServiceNow
5 10 (1.95%) Citrix
5 10 (1.95%) Oracle
5 10 (1.95%) Splunk
5 10 (1.95%) WSO2
6 9 (1.75%) NetApp
7 8 (1.56%) Cisco
7 8 (1.56%) Google
8 7 (1.36%) Aruba
8 7 (1.36%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.36%) Xamarin
9 6 (1.17%) ForgeRock
9 6 (1.17%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.97%) SolidFire
11 4 (0.78%) Ubiquiti