Containerisation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Containerization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Containerisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Containerisation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 222 94
Rank change year-on-year +68 -128 +69
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 834 952 1,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.11% 1.19% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 1.48% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 360 683 615
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,550 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,590 £50,000 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +6.57%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,410 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £77,310 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.44% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Containerisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,107 64,473 52,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 91.46% 80.82% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 17,568 43,693 28,449
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,875
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.65% +1.46%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Containerisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Containerisation in the UK excluding London

Containerisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Containerisation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Containerisation in the UK excluding London

Containerisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Containerisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Containerisation in the UK excluding London

Containerisation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North of England +56 285 £65,000 +8.33% 317
North West +51 207 £58,168 -10.51% 205
South East +49 156 £60,000 -11.11% 401
Midlands +88 137 £62,500 +4.17% 95
Scotland +141 98 £90,000 +28.57% 39
South West +42 86 £75,000 +3.45% 142
West Midlands +69 75 £65,000 +8.33% 49
East of England +48 72 £67,500 +8.00% 55
Yorkshire +15 65 £75,000 +25.00% 84
East Midlands +72 62 £60,000 +4.35% 42
North East +50 13 £65,000 -4.41% 29
Wales +22 12 £60,000 +20.00% 18
Northern Ireland +25 2 £43,092 -28.18% 26
Isle of Man +7 1 £34,500 -58.18%
Containerisation
UK

Containerisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 179 (21.46%) Confluence
2 9 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.72%) IIS
4 5 (0.60%) Apache
4 5 (0.60%) CMS
4 5 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.48%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.48%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.24%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) CICS
8 1 (0.12%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (0.24%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 568 (68.11%) AWS
2 543 (65.11%) Azure
3 265 (31.77%) GCP
4 68 (8.15%) Pulumi
5 53 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (6.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 48 (5.76%) Amazon EKS
8 43 (5.16%) GitHub
9 39 (4.68%) Serverless
10 33 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
10 33 (3.96%) SaaS
11 31 (3.72%) Amazon S3
12 30 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
13 24 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.16%) PaaS
15 17 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.68%) Amazon SQS
16 14 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
16 14 (1.68%) Route 53
17 12 (1.44%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (7.79%) Broadband
2 16 (1.92%) Internet
3 15 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.20%) Firewall
4 10 (1.20%) SAN
5 9 (1.08%) DNS
6 8 (0.96%) DHCP
7 7 (0.84%) HTTP
8 6 (0.72%) VLAN
9 5 (0.60%) Multicast
9 5 (0.60%) Network Security
9 5 (0.60%) VPN
10 4 (0.48%) BGP
10 4 (0.48%) EIGRP
10 4 (0.48%) OSPF
11 3 (0.36%) NAS
12 1 (0.12%) IPsec
12 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.12%) SpaceWire
12 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 284 (34.05%) SQL Server
2 129 (15.47%) NoSQL
3 85 (10.19%) Relational Database
4 69 (8.27%) RDBMS
5 66 (7.91%) PostgreSQL
6 43 (5.16%) Elasticsearch
7 39 (4.68%) MongoDB
8 25 (3.00%) Amazon RDS
9 22 (2.64%) MySQL
10 16 (1.92%) DynamoDB
11 14 (1.68%) Big Data
12 13 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (1.08%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.08%) Redis
14 8 (0.96%) Power BI
15 7 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.84%) Tableau
16 6 (0.72%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.72%) DB2
17 5 (0.60%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 291 (34.89%) GitLab
2 277 (33.21%) JIRA
3 271 (32.49%) Maven
4 269 (32.25%) SonarQube
5 265 (31.77%) Cucumber
6 259 (31.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 254 (30.46%) Selenium
8 249 (29.86%) Bitbucket
9 69 (8.27%) Jenkins
10 65 (7.79%) Git
10 65 (7.79%) Jaeger
11 34 (4.08%) JUnit
12 30 (3.60%) Mockito
13 14 (1.68%) Cypress.io
14 13 (1.56%) Eclipse
14 13 (1.56%) IntelliJ
14 13 (1.56%) Jasmine
14 13 (1.56%) Karma Test Runner
14 13 (1.56%) Protractor
14 13 (1.56%) webpack
General
1 410 (49.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 362 (43.41%) Finance
3 326 (39.09%) Banking
4 150 (17.99%) Social Skills
5 104 (12.47%) Retail
6 92 (11.03%) Investment Banking
7 90 (10.79%) Corporate Banking
8 64 (7.67%) Public Sector
9 56 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (1.68%) Marketing
11 12 (1.44%) Law
12 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.72%) Electronics
13 6 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.60%) Automotive
15 4 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.36%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.24%) Legal
Job Titles
1 316 (37.89%) Software Engineer
2 183 (21.94%) Lead
3 124 (14.87%) Developer
4 90 (10.79%) DevOps Engineer
5 86 (10.31%) Team Leader
6 76 (9.11%) Senior
7 58 (6.95%) Architect
8 44 (5.28%) Software Developer
9 43 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (4.32%) Java Developer
11 32 (3.84%) Java Engineer
12 26 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (3.00%) Senior Developer
14 21 (2.52%) Java Software Engineer
14 21 (2.52%) Software Team Leader
15 20 (2.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 18 (2.16%) Backend Developer
17 17 (2.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 17 (2.04%) Lead Software Engineer
17 17 (2.04%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 326 (39.09%) React
2 318 (38.13%) Spring Boot
3 316 (37.89%) Spring
4 283 (33.93%) Kafka
5 277 (33.21%) JPA
6 267 (32.01%) HTML
7 265 (31.77%) CSS
8 248 (29.74%) Redux
9 193 (23.14%) Hibernate
10 167 (20.02%) RESTful
11 126 (15.11%) REST
12 108 (12.95%) Jest
13 97 (11.63%) HTML5
14 95 (11.39%) CSS3
15 90 (10.79%) Sass
16 82 (9.83%) .NET
17 81 (9.71%) Elastic Stack
18 72 (8.63%) AngularJS
19 67 (8.03%) OpenTelemetry
20 61 (7.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 287 (34.41%) Product Ownership
2 252 (30.22%) Enterprise Software
3 48 (5.76%) Cloud Native
4 45 (5.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (4.32%) Cyberattack
7 35 (4.20%) Management Information System
8 34 (4.08%) e-Learning
9 22 (2.64%) Algorithms
10 19 (2.28%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.92%) Private Cloud
12 13 (1.56%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.08%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.08%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
14 8 (0.96%) Online Banking
15 7 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
16 6 (0.72%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 210 (25.18%) Linux
2 73 (8.75%) Unix
3 50 (6.00%) Android
4 47 (5.64%) Windows
5 24 (2.88%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.08%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.72%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.60%) CentOS
10 5 (0.60%) Debian
10 5 (0.60%) SUSE
10 5 (0.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.24%) Rocky
12 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (72.42%) Agile
2 588 (70.50%) DevOps
3 531 (63.67%) CI/CD
4 447 (53.60%) Microservices
5 411 (49.28%) Software Engineering
6 385 (46.16%) Test Automation
7 319 (38.25%) Performance Optimisation
8 309 (37.05%) Full-Stack Development
9 269 (32.25%) SDLC
10 267 (32.01%) Front End Development
11 252 (30.22%) Mentoring
12 202 (24.22%) TDD
13 194 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 178 (21.34%) Clean Code
15 140 (16.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 132 (15.83%) Roadmaps
17 126 (15.11%) Continuous Integration
18 115 (13.79%) User Experience
19 105 (12.59%) Migration
20 100 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 531 (63.67%) Java
2 406 (48.68%) JavaScript
3 350 (41.97%) SQL
4 245 (29.38%) Python
5 129 (15.47%) TypeScript
6 116 (13.91%) Bash
7 114 (13.67%) Go
8 70 (8.39%) C#
9 63 (7.55%) Rust
10 44 (5.28%) C++
11 43 (5.16%) PowerShell
12 16 (1.92%) C
13 8 (0.96%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.84%) Bicep
15 6 (0.72%) PHP
16 5 (0.60%) R
17 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.36%) Scala
19 2 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 115 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 96 (11.51%) AWS Certification
3 67 (8.03%) DV Cleared
4 61 (7.31%) Degree
5 43 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 32 (3.84%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (1.80%) HND
10 12 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.36%) Linux+ Certification
14 3 (0.36%) RHCE
15 2 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 2 (0.24%) CISM
15 2 (0.24%) CISSP
15 2 (0.24%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (32.13%) QA
2 98 (11.75%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.64%) GDPR
4 16 (1.92%) HIPAA
5 8 (0.96%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.84%) NCSC
6 7 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.48%) Basel II
8 4 (0.48%) Basel III
8 4 (0.48%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.48%) IFRS
8 4 (0.48%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.24%) CDISC
9 2 (0.24%) SLA
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) ECSS
10 1 (0.12%) GMP
System Software
1 648 (77.70%) Docker
2 30 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.16%) Active Directory
5 15 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.72%) NFS
7 6 (0.72%) Postfix
7 6 (0.72%) vSphere
8 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.36%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.12%) LXC
10 1 (0.12%) Samba
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 601 (72.06%) Kubernetes
2 202 (24.22%) Terraform
3 164 (19.66%) Ansible
4 89 (10.67%) Prometheus
5 66 (7.91%) Argo
6 65 (7.79%) Kustomize
7 27 (3.24%) Grafana
8 6 (0.72%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.72%) SCCM
9 4 (0.48%) Puppet
10 3 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.36%) Rancher
10 3 (0.36%) SCOM
10 3 (0.36%) WSUS
11 2 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.24%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 246 (29.50%) Solace
2 94 (11.27%) Google
3 71 (8.51%) Microsoft
4 59 (7.07%) IBM
5 43 (5.16%) Red Hat
6 36 (4.32%) VMware
7 16 (1.92%) Oracle
8 13 (1.56%) Atlassian
8 13 (1.56%) SAP
9 10 (1.20%) Cisco
10 7 (0.84%) Ping Identity
11 6 (0.72%) Apple
12 5 (0.60%) Databricks
12 5 (0.60%) Splunk
13 4 (0.48%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.48%) Jaspersoft
14 3 (0.36%) Okta
15 2 (0.24%) ForgeRock
15 2 (0.24%) Guidewire
15 2 (0.24%) Pega