Kubernetes Job Trends in the South West

Kubernetes (k8s)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 66 68
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 -39
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 259 111 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.82% 3.21% 3.03%
As % of the Systems Management category 49.62% 37.88% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 163 81 176
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,410 £91,875
England median annual salary £70,079 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -12.40% +3.23% +2.42%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 522 293 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.68% 8.48% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 351 229 447
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £33,100
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% -11.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £84,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in the South West

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Kubernetes.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in the South West over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in the South West

Kubernetes
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Gloucestershire +10 141 £75,000 +3.45% 51
Somerset +4 43 £45,000 -40.00% 7
Bristol -52 25 £62,500 -18.73% 26
Wiltshire -6 22 £60,000 +17.51% 4
Devon -12 20 £55,000 - 3
Dorset -21 3 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Kubernetes
England

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (5.79%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.63%) Apache
3 11 (4.25%) Confluence
4 9 (3.47%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.39%) JBoss
5 1 (0.39%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 123 (47.49%) Azure
2 111 (42.86%) AWS
3 49 (18.92%) GCP
3 49 (18.92%) GitHub
4 41 (15.83%) OpenShift
5 28 (10.81%) GitHub Copilot
6 27 (10.42%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (8.11%) Azure AI
7 21 (8.11%) Serverless
8 19 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (6.56%) Azure AKS
10 16 (6.18%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (6.18%) Amazon S3
11 13 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (4.25%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 9 (3.47%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.70%) SaaS
15 6 (2.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.63%) Network Security
1 12 (4.63%) VPN
2 9 (3.47%) Firewall
3 7 (2.70%) Internet
3 7 (2.70%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (1.93%) WAN
5 4 (1.54%) IPv4
6 3 (1.16%) AMQP
6 3 (1.16%) BGP
6 3 (1.16%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (1.16%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.16%) SNMP
6 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.16%) VLAN
7 2 (0.77%) LAN
8 1 (0.39%) DHCP
8 1 (0.39%) DNS
8 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.13%) MongoDB
2 28 (10.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.25%) Hadoop
6 10 (3.86%) Big Data
7 8 (3.09%) InfluxDB
8 7 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (2.70%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.32%) MySQL
9 6 (2.32%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.93%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.54%) Flink
12 3 (1.16%) Cloudera CDH
12 3 (1.16%) ZAP BI
13 2 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
14 1 (0.39%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 59 (22.78%) Git
2 42 (16.22%) GitLab
3 32 (12.36%) Jenkins
4 14 (5.41%) Subversion
5 13 (5.02%) JIRA
6 10 (3.86%) Cypress.io
6 10 (3.86%) Selenium
7 9 (3.47%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.47%) Eclipse
8 8 (3.09%) Robot Framework
9 7 (2.70%) MSI
9 7 (2.70%) TestRail
10 6 (2.32%) JUnit
11 3 (1.16%) NUnit
11 3 (1.16%) Postman
11 3 (1.16%) Snyk
11 3 (1.16%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.39%) Mocha
12 1 (0.39%) Mockito
12 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (19.31%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.53%) Finance
3 27 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.88%) Aerospace
5 18 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.63%) Marketing
8 10 (3.86%) Advertising
9 9 (3.47%) Retail
10 7 (2.70%) Games
11 4 (1.54%) Military
12 3 (1.16%) Automotive
12 3 (1.16%) Electronics
12 3 (1.16%) Legal
12 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.77%) Law
14 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (26.64%) Developer
2 44 (16.99%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (15.44%) .NET Developer
4 29 (11.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (11.20%) Software Engineer
5 20 (7.72%) Senior
6 17 (6.56%) Architect
6 17 (6.56%) Lead
7 16 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (5.02%) Data Engineer
9 13 (5.02%) Java Developer
9 13 (5.02%) Principal Engineer
9 13 (5.02%) Software Developer
10 10 (3.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 10 (3.86%) Lead DevOps
10 10 (3.86%) Lead DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (3.47%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 9 (3.47%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (47.49%) Terraform
2 58 (22.39%) .NET
3 53 (20.46%) .NET Core
4 45 (17.37%) RESTful
5 36 (13.90%) Spring
5 36 (13.90%) Spring Boot
6 31 (11.97%) CSS
7 29 (11.20%) HTML
8 28 (10.81%) ASP.NET
8 28 (10.81%) ASP.NET Core
9 26 (10.04%) Node.js
10 25 (9.65%) React
11 21 (8.11%) ML.NET
12 20 (7.72%) AngularJS
13 19 (7.34%) REST
14 18 (6.95%) Elastic Stack
15 14 (5.41%) Vue
16 10 (3.86%) Blazor
17 9 (3.47%) Jakarta EE
17 9 (3.47%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 63 (24.32%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.09%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.32%) Social Media
7 5 (1.93%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.93%) Digital TV
7 5 (1.93%) PKI
8 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.54%) CUDA
9 3 (1.16%) Blog
9 3 (1.16%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.16%) IoT
9 3 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.77%) Insider Threat
10 2 (0.77%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (29.34%) Linux
2 31 (11.97%) Windows
3 11 (4.25%) CentOS
3 11 (4.25%) Unix
4 8 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.16%) Debian
7 1 (0.39%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (72.20%) CI/CD
2 140 (54.05%) Containerisation
3 129 (49.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 115 (44.40%) DevOps
5 103 (39.77%) Agile
6 72 (27.80%) Full-Stack Development
7 69 (26.64%) Software Engineering
8 55 (21.24%) AI
9 51 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 44 (16.99%) Test Automation
11 43 (16.60%) Microservices
12 42 (16.22%) DevSecOps
13 40 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (14.29%) Machine Learning
15 33 (12.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 29 (11.20%) Platform Engineering
17 28 (10.81%) Analytics
18 26 (10.04%) Computer Science
19 23 (8.88%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 116 (44.79%) Python
2 79 (30.50%) Java
3 57 (22.01%) C#
3 57 (22.01%) JavaScript
4 43 (16.60%) SQL
5 41 (15.83%) Bash
6 19 (7.34%) TypeScript
7 18 (6.95%) Bicep
8 16 (6.18%) C++
9 15 (5.79%) Go
10 13 (5.02%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.47%) Scala
12 7 (2.70%) Perl
13 6 (2.32%) Rust
14 3 (1.16%) C
14 3 (1.16%) PHP
15 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.39%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 142 (54.83%) Security Cleared
2 76 (29.34%) DV Cleared
3 59 (22.78%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.58%) Degree
5 24 (9.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.25%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (2.32%) RHCSA
9 5 (1.93%) RHCE
10 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.54%) CCNA
10 4 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.54%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.54%) OCP
10 4 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.54%) OSCP
11 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.11%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.25%) QA
2 11 (4.25%) WCAG
3 10 (3.86%) NCSC
4 5 (1.93%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.16%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.16%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.39%) GDPR
6 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
System Software
1 172 (66.41%) Docker
2 27 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.41%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.32%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.93%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.54%) Ceph
6 4 (1.54%) Firmware
6 4 (1.54%) Squid
6 4 (1.54%) vSphere
7 1 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.39%) KVM
7 1 (0.39%) QEMU
7 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (31.27%) Ansible
2 18 (6.95%) Grafana
2 18 (6.95%) Puppet
3 15 (5.79%) Prometheus
4 11 (4.25%) Argo
5 7 (2.70%) Check_MK
5 7 (2.70%) Rancher
5 7 (2.70%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.32%) Istio
6 6 (2.32%) Kibana
6 6 (2.32%) logstash
7 5 (1.93%) yum
8 4 (1.54%) Nagios
8 4 (1.54%) Packer
8 4 (1.54%) Podman
8 4 (1.54%) VxRail
8 4 (1.54%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.77%) linkerd
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 54 (20.85%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.13%) VMware
3 27 (10.42%) Red Hat
4 12 (4.63%) Splunk
5 11 (4.25%) Google
6 10 (3.86%) Atlassian
6 10 (3.86%) Facebook
7 7 (2.70%) Oracle
8 5 (1.93%) Databricks
8 5 (1.93%) Dell
9 4 (1.54%) OneLogin
10 3 (1.16%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.16%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.77%) Apple
11 2 (0.77%) Cisco
11 2 (0.77%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.39%) Juniper
12 1 (0.39%) New Relic
12 1 (0.39%) Sparx