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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 47 47
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 156 152 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.38% 5.36% 4.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 45.09% 47.35% 37.67%
Number of salaries quoted 109 105 288
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,500 £44,625
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 £87,250 £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 346 321 953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.28% 11.32% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 258 233 759
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,313 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,459 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.90% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,522 £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 23 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 23 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 57 £67,500 +3.85% 31
Devon +13 25 £57,500 - 6
Bristol -47 20 £67,500 -10.89% 23
Somerset - 15 £45,000 - 5
Wiltshire -2 11 £75,000 - 5
Dorset -15 11 £80,000 +45.45% 2
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 (3.21%) Apache
1 5 (3.21%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.92%) Confluence
3 2 (1.28%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.64%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (50.64%) AWS
2 65 (41.67%) Azure
3 32 (20.51%) GCP
4 24 (15.38%) GitHub
5 20 (12.82%) Amazon S3
5 20 (12.82%) Serverless
6 18 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (10.90%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (9.62%) Azure AKS
9 14 (8.97%) SaaS
10 13 (8.33%) OpenShift
11 12 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (7.05%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (3.85%) Datadog
14 4 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (1.92%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 2 (1.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.21%) Firewall
2 4 (2.56%) Broadband
3 2 (1.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.64%) AMQP
4 1 (0.64%) DNS
4 1 (0.64%) LAN
4 1 (0.64%) Network Security
4 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.64%) VLAN
4 1 (0.64%) VSAN
4 1 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.90%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (8.33%) NoSQL
3 12 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 11 (7.05%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (5.13%) Neo4j
6 7 (4.49%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.85%) InfluxDB
7 6 (3.85%) MongoDB
8 5 (3.21%) MySQL
9 4 (2.56%) Big Data
10 3 (1.92%) CockroachDB
11 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (1.28%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.64%) Couchbase
12 1 (0.64%) DB2
12 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (18.59%) Jenkins
2 19 (12.18%) Git
3 18 (11.54%) GitLab
4 8 (5.13%) Cypress.io
5 6 (3.85%) CircleCI
5 6 (3.85%) Subversion
6 5 (3.21%) Cucumber
6 5 (3.21%) JUnit
6 5 (3.21%) Selenium
7 4 (2.56%) Maven
7 4 (2.56%) Robot Framework
7 4 (2.56%) TestRail
8 3 (1.92%) Gradle
8 3 (1.92%) JIRA
8 3 (1.92%) Mockito
8 3 (1.92%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.92%) TestNG
9 2 (1.28%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.28%) Checkstyle
9 2 (1.28%) SonarQube
General
1 32 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.54%) Finance
3 11 (7.05%) Aerospace
4 10 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.56%) Electronics
6 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.92%) Marketing
8 2 (1.28%) Automotive
8 2 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.64%) Advertising
9 1 (0.64%) Banking
9 1 (0.64%) Games
9 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.64%) Military
9 1 (0.64%) Retail
9 1 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 39 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 31 (19.87%) Senior
3 23 (14.74%) Developer
4 17 (10.90%) Senior Software Engineer
5 14 (8.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) .NET Software Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Lead
6 11 (7.05%) Platform Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 10 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (6.41%) Java Developer
8 8 (5.13%) Test Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Software Developer
9 7 (4.49%) Software Manager
10 6 (3.85%) Architect
10 6 (3.85%) Python Engineer
11 4 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.56%) Kubernetes Engineer
11 4 (2.56%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (17.95%) .NET
1 28 (17.95%) .NET Core
2 27 (17.31%) React
3 25 (16.03%) Spring
4 21 (13.46%) Spring Boot
5 18 (11.54%) REST
6 16 (10.26%) AngularJS
7 14 (8.97%) Node.js
8 11 (7.05%) .NET Framework
8 11 (7.05%) Dapper ORM
8 11 (7.05%) Entity Framework
9 10 (6.41%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (6.41%) RESTful
10 9 (5.77%) YAML
11 8 (5.13%) MERN Stack
11 8 (5.13%) OAuth
12 5 (3.21%) Django
12 5 (3.21%) FastAPI
12 5 (3.21%) OpenAPI
13 4 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.44%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.92%) IoT
4 3 (1.92%) Over-the-Top Content
4 3 (1.92%) Private Cloud
4 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (1.28%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.28%) CUDA
5 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.28%) Insider Threat
5 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 34 (21.79%) Linux
2 13 (8.33%) Windows
3 7 (4.49%) CentOS
4 5 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.28%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.64%) Debian
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (57.05%) Containerisation
2 85 (54.49%) CI/CD
3 72 (46.15%) DevOps
4 63 (40.38%) Software Engineering
5 56 (35.90%) Agile
6 48 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 43 (27.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (16.67%) Test Automation
10 22 (14.10%) Collaborative Culture
11 21 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (13.46%) SDLC
12 20 (12.82%) AI
13 19 (12.18%) Analytics
13 19 (12.18%) Mentoring
14 18 (11.54%) Full-Stack Development
14 18 (11.54%) Microservices
15 17 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
16 13 (8.33%) DevSecOps
16 13 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 81 (51.92%) Python
2 58 (37.18%) Java
3 33 (21.15%) JavaScript
4 31 (19.87%) SQL
5 30 (19.23%) Bash
6 25 (16.03%) C#
7 21 (13.46%) TypeScript
8 16 (10.26%) PowerShell
9 11 (7.05%) Bicep
9 11 (7.05%) Go
10 9 (5.77%) C
11 7 (4.49%) Scala
12 6 (3.85%) Kotlin
13 4 (2.56%) C++
13 4 (2.56%) PHP
14 3 (1.92%) Elixir
14 3 (1.92%) Erlang
15 1 (0.64%) Delphi
15 1 (0.64%) Ruby
15 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 42 (26.92%) DV Cleared
3 13 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.41%) Degree
5 8 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.28%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.28%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.64%) RHCE
8 1 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.82%) QA
2 4 (2.56%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.92%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.64%) GDPR
4 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 105 (67.31%) Docker
2 7 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.92%) Firmware
5 2 (1.28%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (28.85%) Terraform
2 25 (16.03%) Ansible
3 23 (14.74%) Grafana
4 13 (8.33%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.13%) Argo
6 6 (3.85%) Rancher
6 6 (3.85%) yum
7 3 (1.92%) Kibana
7 3 (1.92%) Puppet
7 3 (1.92%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.92%) VxRail
8 2 (1.28%) Istio
8 2 (1.28%) logstash
8 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.64%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.64%) linkerd
9 1 (0.64%) Mesos
9 1 (0.64%) Nagios
9 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (7.05%) Google
1 11 (7.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.13%) Red Hat
2 8 (5.13%) Splunk
2 8 (5.13%) VMware
3 6 (3.85%) Oracle
4 3 (1.92%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (1.28%) Apple
5 2 (1.28%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.28%) Cisco
5 2 (1.28%) Dell
5 2 (1.28%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.28%) Guidewire
5 2 (1.28%) SAP
5 2 (1.28%) Thales
6 1 (0.64%) Databricks
6 1 (0.64%) Facebook
6 1 (0.64%) Juniper
6 1 (0.64%) New Relic
6 1 (0.64%) Palo Alto