Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure AKS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure AKS over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 588 525 543
Rank change year-on-year -63 +18 +17
Permanent jobs citing Azure AKS 153 680 683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.55% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.67% 1.28% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 128 310 315
10th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £103,875 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +16.67%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure AKS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,667 52,995 60,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 42.76% 46.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,874 35,419 42,381
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,656 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure AKS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure AKS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure AKS in the UK

Azure AKS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure AKS.

Salary trend for Azure AKS in the UK

Azure AKS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure AKS over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Azure AKS in the UK

Azure AKS
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AKS within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England -67 128 £67,500 -15.63% 67
London -20 78 £62,500 -30.56% 28
Work from Home +165 74 £62,500 -21.88% 42
UK excluding London +77 57 £67,500 -3.57% 43
South East +136 17 £72,500 - 14
North of England +84 16 £67,500 -9.50% 19
Yorkshire +76 11 £67,500 -3.57% 6
South West +63 8 £75,000 +7.14% 4
Scotland +55 6 £62,500 -16.67% 3
North West +76 5 £70,000 -6.15% 10
Midlands +75 5 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Wales +23 5 £57,500 -11.88%
West Midlands +113 3 £60,000 -20.00% 2
East Midlands +13 2 £76,250 +8.93% 2

Azure AKS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (3.92%) Confluence
2 2 (1.31%) CMS
2 2 (1.31%) IIS
3 1 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (90.85%) Azure
2 84 (54.90%) Azure DevOps
3 48 (31.37%) GitHub
4 38 (24.84%) AWS
4 38 (24.84%) Serverless
5 31 (20.26%) Azure Monitor
6 29 (18.95%) IaaS
7 28 (18.30%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (17.65%) PaaS
9 23 (15.03%) Entra ID
9 23 (15.03%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (15.03%) SaaS
10 22 (14.38%) Datadog
11 20 (13.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 15 (9.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (9.15%) Pulumi
14 12 (7.84%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (7.19%) GCP
16 10 (6.54%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (16.34%) Firewall
2 22 (14.38%) DNS
3 11 (7.19%) VPN
4 5 (3.27%) BGP
4 5 (3.27%) IPv6
4 5 (3.27%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.61%) DHCP
6 3 (1.96%) DMZ
6 3 (1.96%) HTTP
6 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.31%) Network Security
8 1 (0.65%) IPv4
8 1 (0.65%) Multicast
8 1 (0.65%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.23%) DynamoDB
6 7 (4.58%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (4.58%) Power BI
6 7 (4.58%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.61%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.96%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.96%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.96%) Redis
9 2 (1.31%) Big Data
9 2 (1.31%) Bigtable
9 2 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.31%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (22.88%) Jenkins
2 16 (10.46%) Git
2 16 (10.46%) Team Foundation Server
3 15 (9.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 11 (7.19%) Octopus Deploy
5 10 (6.54%) GitLab
6 8 (5.23%) Artifactory
7 6 (3.92%) JIRA
7 6 (3.92%) SonarQube
8 5 (3.27%) Gatling
8 5 (3.27%) JUnit
8 5 (3.27%) LoadRunner
9 3 (1.96%) Maven
9 3 (1.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (1.96%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.96%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (1.31%) Chocolatey
10 2 (1.31%) Moq
11 1 (0.65%) Selenium
11 1 (0.65%) webpack
General
1 49 (32.03%) Finance
2 23 (15.03%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.46%) Banking
4 8 (5.23%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.92%) Health Technology
6 6 (3.92%) Tech for Good
7 5 (3.27%) Advertising
7 5 (3.27%) Marketing
8 3 (1.96%) Billing
8 3 (1.96%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.96%) Retail
9 2 (1.31%) Electronics
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (47.06%) DevOps Engineer
2 53 (34.64%) Azure Engineer
3 47 (30.72%) Senior
4 44 (28.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 32 (20.92%) Senior DevOps
6 29 (18.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 20 (13.07%) Cloud Engineer
8 15 (9.80%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (9.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (8.50%) Lead
11 12 (7.84%) Architect
12 10 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (5.88%) Developer
14 8 (5.23%) AWS Engineer
15 7 (4.58%) AWS DevOps
15 7 (4.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 7 (4.58%) Lead DevOps
16 6 (3.92%) Security Engineer
16 6 (3.92%) Senior Developer
17 5 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (20.26%) .NET
1 31 (20.26%) ARM Templates
2 26 (16.99%) YAML
3 15 (9.80%) JSON
3 15 (9.80%) React
4 10 (6.54%) .NET Core
4 10 (6.54%) Middleware
5 9 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 7 (4.58%) AngularJS
7 6 (3.92%) ASP.NET
7 6 (3.92%) REST
8 5 (3.27%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (3.27%) Node.js
9 4 (2.61%) SAML
10 3 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (1.96%) Next.js
10 3 (1.96%) RESTful
10 3 (1.96%) Vue
10 3 (1.96%) Web Services
11 2 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.34%) Linux Command Line
2 17 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.58%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (4.58%) PKI
4 7 (4.58%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.58%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.27%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.61%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.61%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.61%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.96%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.96%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.96%) IoT
7 3 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.31%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.31%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.95%) Linux
2 28 (18.30%) Windows
3 10 (6.54%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) CentOS
4 1 (0.65%) Debian
4 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (81.05%) DevOps
2 81 (52.94%) Agile
3 78 (50.98%) CI/CD
4 73 (47.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 59 (38.56%) Containerisation
6 36 (23.53%) Microservices
7 35 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (20.92%) Scrum
9 29 (18.95%) Configuration Management
10 28 (18.30%) Analytics
10 28 (18.30%) Migration
11 26 (16.99%) Mentoring
12 21 (13.73%) Design Patterns
13 20 (13.07%) Continuous Integration
13 20 (13.07%) Kanban
13 20 (13.07%) Platform Engineering
14 15 (9.80%) Continuous Delivery
14 15 (9.80%) Identity Access Management
15 14 (9.15%) Cloud Security
15 14 (9.15%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 77 (50.33%) PowerShell
2 65 (42.48%) Bash
3 58 (37.91%) Python
4 43 (28.10%) SQL
5 32 (20.92%) Bicep
6 25 (16.34%) Java
7 22 (14.38%) C#
8 21 (13.73%) Groovy
9 19 (12.42%) JavaScript
10 18 (11.76%) Ruby
11 11 (7.19%) Go
12 8 (5.23%) Scala
12 8 (5.23%) TypeScript
13 4 (2.61%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (1.31%) C
14 2 (1.31%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.65%) C++
15 1 (0.65%) PHP
15 1 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (10.46%) Degree
2 11 (7.19%) AWS Certification
3 10 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 9 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 7 (4.58%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 7 (4.58%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.61%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.61%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.31%) MCSA
9 2 (1.31%) MCSE
10 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.65%) CCSK
10 1 (0.65%) CCSP
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.65%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.88%) QA
2 5 (3.27%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.61%) SLA
4 3 (1.96%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) NIST
5 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 72 (47.06%) Docker
2 22 (14.38%) Active Directory
3 12 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 126 (82.35%) Kubernetes
2 91 (59.48%) Terraform
3 43 (28.10%) Ansible
4 35 (22.88%) Grafana
5 20 (13.07%) Prometheus
6 16 (10.46%) Istio
7 15 (9.80%) Puppet
8 14 (9.15%) Progress Chef
9 8 (5.23%) Argo
10 7 (4.58%) Packer
11 4 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.31%) linkerd
12 2 (1.31%) Nagios
12 2 (1.31%) Podman
13 1 (0.65%) Kibana
13 1 (0.65%) logstash
13 1 (0.65%) SELinux
13 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (32.03%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.03%) New Relic
3 16 (10.46%) Oracle
4 13 (8.50%) SaltStack
5 7 (4.58%) Splunk
6 5 (3.27%) Cisco
6 5 (3.27%) Dynatrace
6 5 (3.27%) HP
6 5 (3.27%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.27%) VMware
7 4 (2.61%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.96%) Google
8 3 (1.96%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.31%) Databricks
9 2 (1.31%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (1.31%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.31%) Synopsys
10 1 (0.65%) Citrix
10 1 (0.65%) SAP