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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 72 73
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 -42
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 256 110 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.80% 3.17% 2.94%
As % of the Systems Management category 45.71% 35.95% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 160 80 173
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,625 £49,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -1.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,375 £102,410 £92,250
England median annual salary £70,932 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.34% +3.23% +0.65%

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 560 306 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.13% 8.83% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 376 239 489
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £33,750 £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 £86,875 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.26%

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 19 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 19 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 +12 140 £75,000 +3.45% 88
Somerset +4 43 £45,000 -40.00% 9
Bristol -56 23 £62,500 -18.73% 38
Wiltshire -1 22 £60,000 +17.51% 5
Devon -3 20 £55,000 - 3
Dorset -18 3 £45,000 -14.29% 11
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 (5.86%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.69%) Apache
3 11 (4.30%) Confluence
4 9 (3.52%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.39%) JBoss
5 1 (0.39%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 120 (46.88%) Azure
2 109 (42.58%) AWS
3 49 (19.14%) GitHub
4 48 (18.75%) GCP
5 41 (16.02%) OpenShift
6 28 (10.94%) GitHub Copilot
7 27 (10.55%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (8.20%) Azure AI
8 21 (8.20%) Serverless
9 19 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (6.64%) Azure AKS
11 16 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
11 16 (6.25%) Amazon S3
12 13 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (4.30%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (3.13%) Entra ID
15 7 (2.73%) SaaS
16 6 (2.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.30%) Network Security
1 11 (4.30%) VPN
2 9 (3.52%) Firewall
3 7 (2.73%) Internet
3 7 (2.73%) Software-Defined Networking
4 5 (1.95%) WAN
5 4 (1.56%) IPv4
6 3 (1.17%) AMQP
6 3 (1.17%) BGP
6 3 (1.17%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.17%) SNMP
6 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.17%) VLAN
7 2 (0.78%) LAN
8 1 (0.39%) DHCP
8 1 (0.39%) DNS
8 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.28%) MongoDB
2 28 (10.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (5.47%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.30%) Hadoop
6 10 (3.91%) Big Data
7 8 (3.13%) InfluxDB
8 7 (2.73%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (2.73%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.34%) MySQL
9 6 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.95%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.56%) Flink
12 3 (1.17%) Cloudera CDH
12 3 (1.17%) SQL Server
12 3 (1.17%) ZAP BI
13 2 (0.78%) DynamoDB
14 1 (0.39%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 58 (22.66%) Git
2 42 (16.41%) GitLab
3 32 (12.50%) Jenkins
4 13 (5.08%) JIRA
4 13 (5.08%) Subversion
5 10 (3.91%) Cypress.io
5 10 (3.91%) Selenium
6 9 (3.52%) Bitbucket
7 8 (3.13%) Eclipse
7 8 (3.13%) Robot Framework
8 7 (2.73%) MSI
8 7 (2.73%) TestRail
9 6 (2.34%) JUnit
10 3 (1.17%) NUnit
10 3 (1.17%) Postman
10 3 (1.17%) Snyk
10 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.39%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.39%) ERwin
11 1 (0.39%) Mockito
General
1 50 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.75%) Finance
3 26 (10.16%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.98%) Aerospace
5 18 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.69%) Marketing
8 10 (3.91%) Advertising
9 8 (3.13%) Retail
10 7 (2.73%) Games
11 4 (1.56%) Military
12 3 (1.17%) Automotive
12 3 (1.17%) Electronics
12 3 (1.17%) Legal
12 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.78%) Law
14 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (26.95%) Developer
2 44 (17.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (15.63%) .NET Developer
4 29 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (11.33%) Software Engineer
5 21 (8.20%) Senior
6 17 (6.64%) Lead
7 16 (6.25%) Architect
7 16 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (5.47%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (5.08%) Java Developer
9 13 (5.08%) Principal Engineer
9 13 (5.08%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.69%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 10 (3.91%) Lead DevOps
11 10 (3.91%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.52%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (3.52%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 9 (3.52%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (23.05%) .NET
2 54 (21.09%) .NET Core
3 44 (17.19%) RESTful
4 35 (13.67%) Spring
4 35 (13.67%) Spring Boot
5 31 (12.11%) CSS
6 29 (11.33%) HTML
7 28 (10.94%) ASP.NET
7 28 (10.94%) ASP.NET Core
8 26 (10.16%) Node.js
9 25 (9.77%) React
10 21 (8.20%) ML.NET
11 20 (7.81%) AngularJS
11 20 (7.81%) REST
12 18 (7.03%) Elastic Stack
13 14 (5.47%) Vue
14 10 (3.91%) Blazor
15 9 (3.52%) .NET Framework
15 9 (3.52%) pytest
16 8 (3.13%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 63 (24.61%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.34%) Social Media
7 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.95%) Digital TV
7 5 (1.95%) PKI
8 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.56%) CUDA
9 3 (1.17%) Blog
9 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.17%) IoT
9 3 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.78%) Insider Threat
10 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (29.30%) Linux
2 31 (12.11%) Windows
3 11 (4.30%) CentOS
4 10 (3.91%) Unix
5 8 (3.13%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.56%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.17%) Debian
8 1 (0.39%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (72.27%) CI/CD
2 140 (54.69%) Containerisation
3 128 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 114 (44.53%) DevOps
5 102 (39.84%) Agile
6 70 (27.34%) Full-Stack Development
7 69 (26.95%) Software Engineering
8 55 (21.48%) AI
9 51 (19.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 43 (16.80%) Microservices
10 43 (16.80%) Test Automation
11 41 (16.02%) DevSecOps
12 39 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
13 37 (14.45%) Machine Learning
14 33 (12.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 29 (11.33%) Platform Engineering
16 28 (10.94%) Analytics
17 26 (10.16%) Computer Science
18 23 (8.98%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 114 (44.53%) Python
2 77 (30.08%) Java
3 58 (22.66%) C#
4 55 (21.48%) JavaScript
5 44 (17.19%) SQL
6 41 (16.02%) Bash
7 19 (7.42%) TypeScript
8 17 (6.64%) Bicep
9 15 (5.86%) C++
9 15 (5.86%) Go
10 13 (5.08%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.52%) Scala
12 6 (2.34%) Perl
12 6 (2.34%) Rust
13 3 (1.17%) C
13 3 (1.17%) PHP
14 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.39%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 141 (55.08%) Security Cleared
2 75 (29.30%) DV Cleared
3 58 (22.66%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.72%) Degree
5 24 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.30%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (2.34%) RHCSA
9 5 (1.95%) RHCE
10 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.56%) CCNA
10 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.56%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.56%) OCP
10 4 (1.56%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.56%) OSCP
11 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.20%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.30%) QA
2 11 (4.30%) WCAG
3 10 (3.91%) NCSC
4 5 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.17%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.39%) GDPR
6 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
System Software
1 172 (67.19%) Docker
2 26 (10.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.08%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.34%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.95%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.56%) Ceph
6 4 (1.56%) Firmware
6 4 (1.56%) Squid
6 4 (1.56%) 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
1 122 (47.66%) Terraform
2 81 (31.64%) Ansible
3 18 (7.03%) Grafana
3 18 (7.03%) Puppet
4 15 (5.86%) Prometheus
5 11 (4.30%) Argo
6 7 (2.73%) Check_MK
6 7 (2.73%) Rancher
6 7 (2.73%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.34%) Istio
7 6 (2.34%) Kibana
7 6 (2.34%) logstash
8 5 (1.95%) yum
9 4 (1.56%) Nagios
9 4 (1.56%) Packer
9 4 (1.56%) Podman
9 4 (1.56%) VxRail
9 4 (1.56%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.78%) Mesos
10 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 53 (20.70%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.89%) VMware
3 27 (10.55%) Red Hat
4 12 (4.69%) Splunk
5 11 (4.30%) Google
6 10 (3.91%) Atlassian
6 10 (3.91%) Facebook
7 7 (2.73%) Oracle
8 5 (1.95%) Databricks
8 5 (1.95%) Dell
9 4 (1.56%) OneLogin
10 3 (1.17%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.17%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.78%) Apple
11 2 (0.78%) Cisco
11 2 (0.78%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.39%) Juniper
12 1 (0.39%) New Relic
12 1 (0.39%) Sparx