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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 48 45
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 153 153 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.38% 5.35% 4.77%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.74% 47.66% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 109 101 289
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £44,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,991 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +2.01% +8.58%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £102,410 £91,934
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -3.23%

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 342 321 951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.33% 11.22% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 256 225 756
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,267 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -11.11%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -1 55 £67,500 +3.85% 27
Devon +15 25 £57,500 - 8
Bristol -52 19 £75,000 -0.99% 23
Somerset - 15 £45,000 - 7
Dorset -13 12 £75,000 +36.36% 1
Wiltshire +4 10 £75,000 +50.00% 3
Cornwall - 3 - -
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 5 (3.27%) Apache
2 4 (2.61%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.65%) JBoss
4 1 (0.65%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (50.98%) AWS
2 63 (41.18%) Azure
3 31 (20.26%) GCP
4 25 (16.34%) GitHub
5 20 (13.07%) Amazon S3
5 20 (13.07%) Serverless
6 18 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (9.80%) Azure AKS
9 14 (9.15%) SaaS
10 12 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (7.84%) OpenShift
11 11 (7.19%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.92%) Datadog
13 5 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.96%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 2 (1.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.27%) Firewall
2 4 (2.61%) Broadband
3 2 (1.31%) AMQP
3 2 (1.31%) VPN
4 1 (0.65%) DNS
4 1 (0.65%) Network Security
4 1 (0.65%) VLAN
4 1 (0.65%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.46%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (8.50%) NoSQL
3 12 (7.84%) SQL Server
4 11 (7.19%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.23%) Neo4j
6 6 (3.92%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.92%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.27%) InfluxDB
8 4 (2.61%) Big Data
8 4 (2.61%) MySQL
9 3 (1.96%) CockroachDB
10 2 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.65%) Airbyte
11 1 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.65%) Cloudera CDH
11 1 (0.65%) DB2
11 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (18.95%) Jenkins
2 18 (11.76%) Git
2 18 (11.76%) GitLab
3 8 (5.23%) Cypress.io
4 6 (3.92%) CircleCI
4 6 (3.92%) Subversion
5 5 (3.27%) Cucumber
5 5 (3.27%) JUnit
5 5 (3.27%) Selenium
6 4 (2.61%) Maven
6 4 (2.61%) Robot Framework
6 4 (2.61%) TestRail
7 3 (1.96%) Gradle
7 3 (1.96%) JIRA
7 3 (1.96%) Mockito
7 3 (1.96%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.96%) TestNG
8 2 (1.31%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.31%) ESLint
8 2 (1.31%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (20.26%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.42%) Finance
3 9 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 9 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.96%) Electronics
5 3 (1.96%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.96%) Marketing
6 2 (1.31%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.65%) Advertising
7 1 (0.65%) Automotive
7 1 (0.65%) Banking
7 1 (0.65%) Games
7 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.65%) Military
7 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (26.14%) Software Engineer
2 33 (21.57%) Senior
3 23 (15.03%) Developer
4 18 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (10.46%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (7.19%) .NET Software Engineer
6 11 (7.19%) Lead
6 11 (7.19%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 10 (6.54%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 10 (6.54%) Java Developer
7 10 (6.54%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) Test Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) Software Developer
10 7 (4.58%) Software Manager
11 6 (3.92%) Architect
12 5 (3.27%) Python Engineer
13 4 (2.61%) Azure Engineer
13 4 (2.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 4 (2.61%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (17.65%) .NET
1 27 (17.65%) .NET Core
1 27 (17.65%) React
2 26 (16.99%) Spring
3 21 (13.73%) Spring Boot
4 18 (11.76%) REST
5 17 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 13 (8.50%) Node.js
7 11 (7.19%) .NET Framework
7 11 (7.19%) Dapper ORM
7 11 (7.19%) Entity Framework
8 10 (6.54%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (6.54%) RESTful
9 9 (5.88%) YAML
10 8 (5.23%) MERN Stack
11 7 (4.58%) OAuth
12 5 (3.27%) FastAPI
12 5 (3.27%) OpenAPI
13 4 (2.61%) Playwright
13 4 (2.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.88%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.27%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.96%) IoT
3 3 (1.96%) Over-the-Top Content
3 3 (1.96%) Private Cloud
3 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (1.31%) Blockchain
4 2 (1.31%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.31%) Insider Threat
4 2 (1.31%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.57%) Linux
2 12 (7.84%) Windows
3 6 (3.92%) CentOS
4 5 (3.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.65%) Debian
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (58.82%) Containerisation
2 83 (54.25%) CI/CD
3 73 (47.71%) DevOps
4 61 (39.87%) Software Engineering
5 56 (36.60%) Agile
6 46 (30.07%) Infrastructure as Code
7 44 (28.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (18.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (16.99%) Test Automation
10 22 (14.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 22 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (12.42%) Full-Stack Development
11 19 (12.42%) Mentoring
11 19 (12.42%) Microservices
11 19 (12.42%) SDLC
12 18 (11.76%) AI
13 17 (11.11%) Analytics
14 14 (9.15%) Platform Engineering
14 14 (9.15%) Scrum
15 13 (8.50%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 80 (52.29%) Python
2 59 (38.56%) Java
3 33 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 31 (20.26%) Bash
4 31 (20.26%) SQL
5 24 (15.69%) C#
6 22 (14.38%) TypeScript
7 16 (10.46%) PowerShell
8 11 (7.19%) Bicep
8 11 (7.19%) Go
9 9 (5.88%) C
10 6 (3.92%) Kotlin
10 6 (3.92%) Scala
11 4 (2.61%) C++
11 4 (2.61%) PHP
12 3 (1.96%) Elixir
12 3 (1.96%) Erlang
13 1 (0.65%) Delphi
13 1 (0.65%) Ruby
13 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (33.99%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.14%) DV Cleared
3 12 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.88%) Degree
5 7 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.31%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.31%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (1.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.07%) QA
2 4 (2.61%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.96%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 105 (68.63%) Docker
2 6 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.96%) Firmware
4 3 (1.96%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.31%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (27.45%) Terraform
2 24 (15.69%) Ansible
3 23 (15.03%) Grafana
4 13 (8.50%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.23%) Argo
6 6 (3.92%) Rancher
6 6 (3.92%) yum
7 3 (1.96%) Kibana
7 3 (1.96%) Puppet
7 3 (1.96%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.96%) VxRail
8 2 (1.31%) Istio
8 2 (1.31%) logstash
8 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.65%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.65%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.65%) Mesos
9 1 (0.65%) Nagios
9 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 12 (7.84%) Google
2 11 (7.19%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.23%) Splunk
4 7 (4.58%) Red Hat
4 7 (4.58%) VMware
5 5 (3.27%) Oracle
6 3 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.31%) Apple
7 2 (1.31%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.31%) Dell
7 2 (1.31%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.31%) SAP
7 2 (1.31%) Thales
8 1 (0.65%) Cisco
8 1 (0.65%) Facebook
8 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.65%) New Relic
8 1 (0.65%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.65%) SaltStack