Containerisation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Containerization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Containerisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 124 207
Rank change year-on-year -79 +83 -11
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 562 742 925
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.85% 2.59% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 2.81% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 398 390 683
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,675 £42,750
25th Percentile £50,117 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £102,410 £91,250
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +3.45% +3.57%

All Process & 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 46,962 26,398 57,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.41% 91.99% 83.48%
Number of salaries quoted 29,669 14,027 41,051
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Containerisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Containerisation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Containerisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Containerisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Containerisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

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 10 May 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
North of England -65 179 £65,000 - 84
South East -10 139 £70,000 +14.29% 79
South West -19 124 £55,000 -23.87% 53
North West -41 91 £65,000 +4.49% 44
Midlands -73 60 £70,000 +16.67% 34
Yorkshire -71 58 £65,000 -4.41% 20
East of England -27 33 £60,000 -7.69% 14
West Midlands -64 31 £70,932 +9.13% 18
North East -24 30 £49,222 -25.44% 20
East Midlands -57 28 £64,500 +7.50% 16
Wales -18 17 £60,748 -6.54% 7
Scotland -83 13 £60,000 -29.41% 10
Northern Ireland -32 5 £62,500 - 3
Containerisation
UK

Containerisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (1.60%) Apache
2 6 (1.07%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.07%) Confluence
2 6 (1.07%) OpenStack
3 5 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.53%) CMS
4 3 (0.53%) IIS
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Qpid
5 2 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 328 (58.36%) AWS
2 320 (56.94%) Azure
3 139 (24.73%) GCP
4 117 (20.82%) GitHub
5 90 (16.01%) GitHub Actions
6 86 (15.30%) Serverless
7 79 (14.06%) Azure DevOps
8 63 (11.21%) Azure AKS
9 58 (10.32%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (9.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 51 (9.07%) Amazon S3
12 47 (8.36%) SaaS
13 44 (7.83%) Datadog
14 38 (6.76%) OpenShift
15 35 (6.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 34 (6.05%) IaaS
17 32 (5.69%) Amazon EC2
18 28 (4.98%) Amazon ECS
19 25 (4.45%) Azure Storage
20 24 (4.27%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 58 (10.32%) Firewall
2 52 (9.25%) DNS
3 26 (4.63%) TCP/IP
4 25 (4.45%) HTTP
5 21 (3.74%) Network Security
6 13 (2.31%) Broadband
7 7 (1.25%) DMZ
7 7 (1.25%) MQTT
8 5 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (0.89%) VPN
9 4 (0.71%) AMQP
9 4 (0.71%) DHCP
9 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.53%) RFID
10 3 (0.53%) RTP
10 3 (0.53%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.53%) VoIP
11 2 (0.36%) Internet
11 2 (0.36%) SAN
11 2 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (12.81%) NoSQL
2 47 (8.36%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (7.12%) SQL Server
4 36 (6.41%) MongoDB
5 29 (5.16%) MySQL
6 28 (4.98%) Amazon RDS
7 26 (4.63%) DynamoDB
8 17 (3.02%) Relational Database
9 12 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.60%) Big Data
10 9 (1.60%) Metadata
11 7 (1.25%) InfluxDB
11 7 (1.25%) Redis
12 6 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.71%) Cloudera CDH
13 4 (0.71%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.53%) Power BI
15 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
15 2 (0.36%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 120 (21.35%) Git
2 84 (14.95%) Jenkins
3 68 (12.10%) GitLab
4 27 (4.80%) JIRA
5 18 (3.20%) JUnit
6 14 (2.49%) Bitbucket
7 13 (2.31%) Maven
7 13 (2.31%) Mockito
8 12 (2.14%) Cucumber
8 12 (2.14%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.96%) Cypress.io
10 10 (1.78%) CircleCI
11 6 (1.07%) PHPUnit
11 6 (1.07%) Robot Framework
11 6 (1.07%) Selenium
12 5 (0.89%) Gatling
12 5 (0.89%) JMeter
12 5 (0.89%) MLflow
12 5 (0.89%) TestRail
13 4 (0.71%) Postman
General
1 146 (25.98%) Social Skills
2 73 (12.99%) Finance
3 50 (8.90%) Public Sector
4 48 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (7.65%) Law
6 33 (5.87%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.78%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.42%) Games
11 6 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.07%) Retail
12 4 (0.71%) Advertising
12 4 (0.71%) Banking
12 4 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.71%) Publishing
13 3 (0.53%) Automotive
13 3 (0.53%) Marketing
14 2 (0.36%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 116 (20.64%) Senior
2 100 (17.79%) Developer
3 88 (15.66%) Software Engineer
4 82 (14.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 77 (13.70%) Lead
6 53 (9.43%) Azure Engineer
6 53 (9.43%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (6.94%) Architect
8 29 (5.16%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (4.80%) Java Developer
10 25 (4.45%) .NET Software Engineer
11 24 (4.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 24 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.91%) .NET Developer
12 22 (3.91%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (3.74%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 21 (3.74%) Senior Developer
14 20 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
16 17 (3.02%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (18.51%) .NET
2 86 (15.30%) React
3 68 (12.10%) RESTful
4 67 (11.92%) REST
5 51 (9.07%) .NET Core
5 51 (9.07%) Spring
6 46 (8.19%) Node.js
6 46 (8.19%) Spring Boot
7 40 (7.12%) AngularJS
8 34 (6.05%) Elastic Stack
9 28 (4.98%) .NET Framework
10 27 (4.80%) Kafka
11 23 (4.09%) OAuth
11 23 (4.09%) RabbitMQ
12 21 (3.74%) Vue
13 19 (3.38%) CSS
13 19 (3.38%) JSON
14 18 (3.20%) gRPC
14 18 (3.20%) Web Services
15 17 (3.02%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 117 (20.82%) Cloud Native
2 60 (10.68%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (7.30%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.56%) Public Cloud
6 18 (3.20%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
8 11 (1.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 11 (1.96%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.78%) Life Science
9 10 (1.78%) PKI
10 9 (1.60%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.42%) Over-the-Top Content
11 8 (1.42%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.25%) Blog
12 7 (1.25%) Cloud Security Posture
12 7 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 129 (22.95%) Linux
2 41 (7.30%) Windows
3 17 (3.02%) Ubuntu
3 17 (3.02%) Unix
4 14 (2.49%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.31%) CentOS
6 8 (1.42%) Debian
7 7 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (71.89%) CI/CD
2 281 (50.00%) DevOps
3 249 (44.31%) Agile
4 210 (37.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 154 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (26.33%) Microservices
6 148 (26.33%) Software Engineering
7 122 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 104 (18.51%) Mentoring
9 103 (18.33%) Test Automation
10 89 (15.84%) Observability
11 81 (14.41%) AI
12 74 (13.17%) High Availability
13 70 (12.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 65 (11.57%) DevSecOps
15 62 (11.03%) Platform Engineering
16 58 (10.32%) Scrum
17 57 (10.14%) Continuous Integration
18 54 (9.61%) Event-Driven
19 53 (9.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 261 (46.44%) Python
2 106 (18.86%) Java
2 106 (18.86%) SQL
3 105 (18.68%) JavaScript
4 96 (17.08%) Bash
5 92 (16.37%) PowerShell
6 77 (13.70%) C#
7 53 (9.43%) TypeScript
8 40 (7.12%) Go
9 16 (2.85%) PHP
10 14 (2.49%) C
10 14 (2.49%) Rust
11 13 (2.31%) Bicep
12 12 (2.14%) C++
13 10 (1.78%) Groovy
14 8 (1.42%) Scala
15 7 (1.25%) Kotlin
15 7 (1.25%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.07%) Perl
16 6 (1.07%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.50%) Degree
2 59 (10.50%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.54%) DV Cleared
4 38 (6.76%) Azure Certification
4 38 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.45%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.42%) AWS Certified Developer
6 8 (1.42%) CISSP
6 8 (1.42%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.07%) CISM
9 5 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (0.89%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (0.71%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.79%) QA
2 23 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.56%) NIST
3 20 (3.56%) PCI DSS
4 18 (3.20%) GDPR
5 16 (2.85%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.96%) GRC
6 11 (1.96%) JSP 440
7 9 (1.60%) NCSC
8 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (0.89%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.89%) WCAG
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 331 (58.90%) Docker
2 19 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.14%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.07%) Firmware
6 5 (0.89%) vSphere
7 4 (0.71%) iptables
7 4 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.53%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.18%) KVM
10 1 (0.18%) QEMU
10 1 (0.18%) Squid
10 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 325 (57.83%) Kubernetes
2 208 (37.01%) Terraform
3 103 (18.33%) Ansible
4 91 (16.19%) Grafana
5 67 (11.92%) Prometheus
6 19 (3.38%) Puppet
7 13 (2.31%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.60%) Argo
9 9 (1.60%) Nagios
10 6 (1.07%) Kibana
10 6 (1.07%) Podman
11 4 (0.71%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.71%) logstash
11 4 (0.71%) Rancher
11 4 (0.71%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.53%) Istio
12 3 (0.53%) Packer
13 2 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.36%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 55 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.23%) Red Hat
3 33 (5.87%) Google
4 19 (3.38%) Oracle
5 16 (2.85%) Dynatrace
5 16 (2.85%) Splunk
5 16 (2.85%) VMware
6 13 (2.31%) Cisco
7 8 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.42%) Typelevel
8 6 (1.07%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.89%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.89%) F5
9 5 (0.89%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.89%) Juniper
9 5 (0.89%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.71%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.71%) IBM
10 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.71%) Tenable