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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 47 40
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 149 159 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.39% 5.32% 5.08%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.74% 46.76% 39.50%
Number of salaries quoted 109 103 296
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £44,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,991 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +2.84% +12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £101,623 £91,934
England median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 333 340 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.35% 11.37% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 252 234 756
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,563 £42,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,209 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,725 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,875 £84,528
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 9 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 9 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 +3 49 £67,500 +3.85% 37
Devon +14 24 £57,500 - 18
Bristol -43 22 £75,000 -3.23% 31
Somerset - 16 £45,000 - 15
Dorset -16 11 £75,000 +36.36% 10
Wiltshire +1 10 £75,000 +50.00% 9
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 (3.36%) Apache
2 3 (2.01%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.67%) JBoss
3 1 (0.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 74 (49.66%) AWS
2 64 (42.95%) Azure
3 29 (19.46%) GCP
4 24 (16.11%) GitHub
5 19 (12.75%) GitHub Actions
5 19 (12.75%) Serverless
6 17 (11.41%) Amazon S3
7 16 (10.74%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (10.74%) Azure AKS
8 14 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (8.72%) SaaS
10 11 (7.38%) OpenShift
11 9 (6.04%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (4.03%) Datadog
13 5 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (2.01%) Amazon SQS
16 2 (1.34%) Azure Pipelines
16 2 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.36%) Firewall
2 4 (2.68%) Broadband
3 2 (1.34%) AMQP
3 2 (1.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.67%) DNS
4 1 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.67%) Network Security
4 1 (0.67%) VLAN
4 1 (0.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.40%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (8.72%) NoSQL
3 12 (8.05%) SQL Server
4 9 (6.04%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.37%) Neo4j
6 4 (2.68%) Big Data
6 4 (2.68%) InfluxDB
6 4 (2.68%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.68%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.01%) CockroachDB
7 3 (2.01%) MySQL
8 2 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.67%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.67%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.67%) Cloudera CDH
9 1 (0.67%) Redis
9 1 (0.67%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 29 (19.46%) Jenkins
2 16 (10.74%) Git
2 16 (10.74%) GitLab
3 7 (4.70%) Cypress.io
4 6 (4.03%) CircleCI
4 6 (4.03%) Subversion
5 5 (3.36%) Cucumber
6 4 (2.68%) JUnit
6 4 (2.68%) Maven
6 4 (2.68%) Selenium
7 3 (2.01%) Gradle
7 3 (2.01%) JIRA
7 3 (2.01%) Robot Framework
7 3 (2.01%) TeamCity
7 3 (2.01%) TestNG
7 3 (2.01%) TestRail
8 2 (1.34%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.34%) ESLint
8 2 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.34%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (20.13%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.08%) Finance
3 9 (6.04%) Aerospace
3 9 (6.04%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.01%) Electronics
5 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.34%) Marketing
6 2 (1.34%) Retail
6 2 (1.34%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.67%) Automotive
7 1 (0.67%) Banking
7 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.67%) Military
7 1 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (26.85%) Software Engineer
2 34 (22.82%) Senior
3 23 (15.44%) Developer
4 18 (12.08%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (10.74%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (7.38%) .NET Software Engineer
6 11 (7.38%) Lead
6 11 (7.38%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 10 (6.71%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 10 (6.71%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (6.04%) Java Developer
9 8 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.37%) Software Developer
10 7 (4.70%) Software Manager
10 7 (4.70%) Test Engineer
11 6 (4.03%) Architect
12 4 (2.68%) Cloud Architect
12 4 (2.68%) Engineering Manager
12 4 (2.68%) Senior Developer
12 4 (2.68%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (18.79%) React
2 27 (18.12%) .NET
2 27 (18.12%) .NET Core
3 25 (16.78%) Spring
4 20 (13.42%) Spring Boot
5 17 (11.41%) REST
6 16 (10.74%) AngularJS
7 11 (7.38%) .NET Framework
7 11 (7.38%) Dapper ORM
7 11 (7.38%) Entity Framework
7 11 (7.38%) Node.js
8 10 (6.71%) YAML
9 9 (6.04%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (6.04%) RESTful
10 8 (5.37%) MERN Stack
11 5 (3.36%) OAuth
12 4 (2.68%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (2.68%) Django
12 4 (2.68%) FastAPI
12 4 (2.68%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 33 (22.15%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.68%) Private Cloud
3 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.01%) Over-the-Top Content
4 3 (2.01%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.01%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (1.34%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.34%) IoT
5 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.67%) CUDA
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.67%) PKI
6 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (20.13%) Linux
2 10 (6.71%) Windows
3 5 (3.36%) CentOS
3 5 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.34%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.34%) Unix
5 1 (0.67%) Debian
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (57.72%) Containerisation
2 80 (53.69%) CI/CD
3 72 (48.32%) DevOps
4 61 (40.94%) Software Engineering
5 57 (38.26%) Agile
6 45 (30.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (30.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (18.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 25 (16.78%) Test Automation
9 23 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (14.09%) Collaborative Culture
11 18 (12.08%) SDLC
12 17 (11.41%) AI
12 17 (11.41%) Full-Stack Development
13 16 (10.74%) Mentoring
13 16 (10.74%) Microservices
14 15 (10.07%) Analytics
15 14 (9.40%) Platform Engineering
15 14 (9.40%) Scrum
16 13 (8.72%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 78 (52.35%) Python
2 58 (38.93%) Java
3 33 (22.15%) JavaScript
4 31 (20.81%) Bash
5 30 (20.13%) SQL
6 24 (16.11%) C#
7 21 (14.09%) TypeScript
8 16 (10.74%) PowerShell
9 12 (8.05%) Bicep
10 11 (7.38%) Go
11 9 (6.04%) C
12 6 (4.03%) Kotlin
13 5 (3.36%) Scala
14 4 (2.68%) C++
15 3 (2.01%) Elixir
15 3 (2.01%) Erlang
15 3 (2.01%) PHP
16 1 (0.67%) Delphi
16 1 (0.67%) Ruby
16 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (34.90%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.85%) DV Cleared
3 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.03%) Degree
5 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (1.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.75%) QA
2 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.34%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.34%) NCSC
5 1 (0.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 100 (67.11%) Docker
2 5 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.01%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (26.85%) Terraform
2 24 (16.11%) Ansible
3 21 (14.09%) Grafana
4 12 (8.05%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.37%) Argo
6 6 (4.03%) Rancher
6 6 (4.03%) yum
7 4 (2.68%) Puppet
8 3 (2.01%) VxRail
9 2 (1.34%) Istio
9 2 (1.34%) Kibana
9 2 (1.34%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.67%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.67%) linkerd
10 1 (0.67%) logstash
10 1 (0.67%) Mesos
10 1 (0.67%) Nagios
10 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (7.38%) Google
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.70%) Red Hat
3 7 (4.70%) Splunk
4 6 (4.03%) VMware
5 5 (3.36%) Oracle
6 3 (2.01%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.34%) Dell
7 2 (1.34%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.34%) SAP
7 2 (1.34%) Thales
8 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.67%) Cisco
8 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.67%) New Relic
8 1 (0.67%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.67%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.67%) SaltStack