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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 54 23
Rank change year-on-year -14 -31 +32
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 123 226 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.75% 3.90% 8.74%
As % of the Systems Management category 40.07% 43.38% 44.88%
Number of salaries quoted 103 147 292
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,165 £58,750 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,950 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.79% +11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £91,934
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +3.33% -4.02%

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 307 521 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.87% 9.00% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 249 332 655
10th Percentile £30,400 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.90% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £88,625 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -3.70%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 0 35 £80,000 +23.08% 26
Bristol -23 32 £68,750 -8.33% 26
Somerset - 20 £45,000 - 5
Dorset +4 18 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Devon +5 7 £57,500 - 6
Wiltshire +15 4 £51,058 -11.20% 14
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 6 (4.88%) IIS
2 3 (2.44%) Apache
3 2 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.81%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 72 (58.54%) Azure
2 71 (57.72%) AWS
3 20 (16.26%) Serverless
4 19 (15.45%) Amazon S3
4 19 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (13.82%) GitHub
6 16 (13.01%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (12.20%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (9.76%) Amazon ECS
9 11 (8.94%) GCP
10 9 (7.32%) Azure Stack
11 8 (6.50%) Entra ID
11 8 (6.50%) OpenShift
12 7 (5.69%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (5.69%) Azure AKS
13 6 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (2.44%) Amazon Bedrock
15 3 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.94%) Firewall
2 8 (6.50%) VPN
3 7 (5.69%) VLAN
4 6 (4.88%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (4.88%) DHCP
4 6 (4.88%) DNS
4 6 (4.88%) IPsec
4 6 (4.88%) VoIP
4 6 (4.88%) Wireless
5 5 (4.07%) AMQP
6 3 (2.44%) Internet
7 1 (0.81%) Network Security
7 1 (0.81%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (7.32%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.50%) NoSQL
4 8 (6.50%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.07%) InfluxDB
5 5 (4.07%) MySQL
6 4 (3.25%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.25%) Neo4j
7 3 (2.44%) Big Data
7 3 (2.44%) CockroachDB
7 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.44%) Redis
8 2 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (1.63%) Metadata
8 2 (1.63%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.81%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (13.01%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.07%) GitLab
2 5 (4.07%) Selenium
3 4 (3.25%) Git
4 3 (2.44%) Cucumber
4 3 (2.44%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.44%) JUnit
4 3 (2.44%) Locust
5 2 (1.63%) Mockito
5 2 (1.63%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.63%) TestRail
6 1 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.81%) MLflow
6 1 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 28 (22.76%) Finance
2 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.51%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (9.76%) Law
4 12 (9.76%) Marketing
5 7 (5.69%) Banking
5 7 (5.69%) Electronics
5 7 (5.69%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.69%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.63%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.63%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.63%) Games
8 2 (1.63%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Military
9 1 (0.81%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.81%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (19.51%) Software Engineer
2 22 (17.89%) Developer
3 17 (13.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (13.01%) Senior
5 14 (11.38%) IT Engineer
6 13 (10.57%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.32%) Software Developer
9 8 (6.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.50%) Lead
10 7 (5.69%) Architect
11 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 6 (4.88%) IT Support
11 6 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.88%) Python Engineer
11 6 (4.88%) Python Software Engineer
11 6 (4.88%) Senior IT Support
11 6 (4.88%) Senior Support Engineer
11 6 (4.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.07%) Spring
2 19 (15.45%) React
2 19 (15.45%) Spring Boot
3 13 (10.57%) .NET
4 12 (9.76%) YAML
5 10 (8.13%) .NET Core
6 9 (7.32%) AngularJS
6 9 (7.32%) Kafka
6 9 (7.32%) RESTful
7 4 (3.25%) MERN Stack
7 4 (3.25%) pytest
7 4 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (2.44%) ARM Templates
8 3 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (2.44%) Playwright
9 2 (1.63%) Node.js
9 2 (1.63%) PySpark
9 2 (1.63%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.63%) scikit-learn
9 2 (1.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.20%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (6.50%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.50%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.50%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.88%) Clustering
5 5 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.07%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.25%) Data Structures
6 4 (3.25%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.44%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.63%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.81%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (29.27%) Linux
2 24 (19.51%) Windows
3 17 (13.82%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.50%) Rocky
4 8 (6.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (4.88%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.07%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.25%) Debian
8 3 (2.44%) CentOS
9 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.81%) Unix
9 1 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (55.28%) CI/CD
2 65 (52.85%) Containerisation
3 52 (42.28%) DevOps
4 41 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 37 (30.08%) Software Engineering
6 35 (28.46%) Agile
7 29 (23.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (15.45%) AI
8 19 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (13.01%) Machine Learning
9 16 (13.01%) Mentoring
9 16 (13.01%) Microservices
10 15 (12.20%) Coaching
10 15 (12.20%) Collaborative Culture
11 14 (11.38%) Platform Engineering
12 12 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (8.94%) Event-Driven
13 11 (8.94%) Scrum
14 10 (8.13%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (8.13%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 52 (42.28%) Python
2 38 (30.89%) Java
3 20 (16.26%) SQL
4 18 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 18 (14.63%) PowerShell
5 17 (13.82%) Bicep
6 12 (9.76%) Bash
6 12 (9.76%) C#
6 12 (9.76%) TypeScript
7 8 (6.50%) Go
8 4 (3.25%) C
8 4 (3.25%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.63%) C++
10 2 (1.63%) Rust
11 1 (0.81%) Delphi
11 1 (0.81%) PHP
11 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (37.40%) Security Cleared
2 33 (26.83%) DV Cleared
3 28 (22.76%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.76%) Azure Certification
5 8 (6.50%) AWS Certification
5 8 (6.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (6.50%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (5.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (4.88%) ACMT
7 6 (4.88%) Degree
8 4 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.44%) CISM
9 3 (2.44%) CISSP
9 3 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.81%) CCNA
11 1 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.44%) QA
3 2 (1.63%) NCSC
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) GDPR
4 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (64.23%) Docker
2 14 (11.38%) Hyper-V
3 9 (7.32%) Active Directory
4 8 (6.50%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (26.02%) Terraform
2 17 (13.82%) Ansible
3 7 (5.69%) vCenter Server
4 6 (4.88%) Autotask
4 6 (4.88%) Grafana
4 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.44%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (2.44%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.63%) Puppet
7 1 (0.81%) Argo
7 1 (0.81%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.81%) Rancher
7 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.81%) yum
Vendors
1 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.57%) Oracle
3 8 (6.50%) Dell
4 7 (5.69%) Cisco
4 7 (5.69%) Red Hat
4 7 (5.69%) SAP
4 7 (5.69%) VMware
5 6 (4.88%) Apple
5 6 (4.88%) Databricks
5 6 (4.88%) Datto
5 6 (4.88%) Google
5 6 (4.88%) Sophos
5 6 (4.88%) Veeam
6 3 (2.44%) Splunk
7 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.81%) New Relic
7 1 (0.81%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto