Containerisation Job Trends

Containerization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Containerisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 119 198
Rank change year-on-year -35 +79 -54
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,286 1,284 1,447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 2.74% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 3.00% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 888 657 1,083
10th Percentile £46,098 £48,725 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,867 £60,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.40% +14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £127,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71,035 42,845 86,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.51% 91.34% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 49,086 23,535 61,317
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% - -9.09%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Containerisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Containerisation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Containerisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Containerisation over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Containerisation in the UK

Containerisation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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
England -35 1,160 £72,500 -9.38% 563
UK excluding London -42 705 £62,500 -7.41% 367
London -23 473 £80,000 -11.11% 270
Work from Home -37 463 £70,000 -3.45% 285
North of England -46 214 £65,000 - 83
South East +28 177 £65,000 -1.89% 116
South West -6 160 £55,000 -26.67% 78
North West -45 110 £70,000 +16.67% 51
Yorkshire -44 63 £70,466 +2.87% 14
Midlands -89 62 £70,000 +7.69% 42
East of England -22 43 £60,000 -11.11% 8
North East -20 41 £55,000 -12.00% 18
West Midlands -64 35 £70,505 +4.45% 28
Wales -28 31 £67,500 +8.00% 7
East Midlands -52 27 £64,000 +6.67% 14
Northern Ireland -28 18 £62,500 +45.04% 22
Scotland -67 7 £60,000 -25.00% 16

Containerisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 35 (2.72%) Apache
2 29 (2.26%) Confluence
3 27 (2.10%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (2.10%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.70%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.39%) Appian
6 5 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.31%) IIS
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.23%) Camunda
8 3 (0.23%) CMS
8 3 (0.23%) WordPress
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Qpid
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.078%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.078%) nginx
10 1 (0.078%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.62%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.23%) Blender
4 3 (0.23%) Maya
5 2 (0.16%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
2 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 766 (59.56%) AWS
2 652 (50.70%) Azure
3 339 (26.36%) GCP
4 216 (16.80%) GitHub
5 181 (14.07%) Serverless
6 153 (11.90%) GitHub Actions
7 150 (11.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 122 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
9 106 (8.24%) Azure AKS
9 106 (8.24%) OpenShift
10 97 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
11 96 (7.47%) Amazon S3
12 81 (6.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 79 (6.14%) Amazon EC2
14 75 (5.83%) Datadog
15 69 (5.37%) SaaS
16 67 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
17 65 (5.05%) Amazon EKS
18 56 (4.35%) IaaS
19 47 (3.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (5.68%) Firewall
2 72 (5.60%) Broadband
3 71 (5.52%) DNS
4 40 (3.11%) TCP/IP
5 37 (2.88%) Network Security
6 30 (2.33%) VPN
7 23 (1.79%) HTTP
8 21 (1.63%) WAN
9 18 (1.40%) MQTT
10 15 (1.17%) LAN
11 14 (1.09%) VLAN
12 13 (1.01%) DMARC
13 12 (0.93%) BGP
13 12 (0.93%) OSPF
13 12 (0.93%) VXLAN
14 11 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
15 8 (0.62%) AMQP
15 8 (0.62%) IPv4
15 8 (0.62%) Wireshark
16 7 (0.54%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (9.88%) NoSQL
2 124 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
3 79 (6.14%) MongoDB
4 65 (5.05%) Relational Database
5 57 (4.43%) Amazon RDS
6 56 (4.35%) MySQL
7 52 (4.04%) SQL Server
8 49 (3.81%) DynamoDB
9 38 (2.95%) Redis
10 30 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (1.63%) RDBMS
12 19 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
13 17 (1.32%) Pinecone
14 14 (1.09%) Big Data
15 11 (0.86%) Metadata
16 10 (0.78%) InfluxDB
17 9 (0.70%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.70%) DTS
17 9 (0.70%) Power BI
18 8 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 227 (17.65%) Git
2 198 (15.40%) Jenkins
3 176 (13.69%) GitLab
4 45 (3.50%) CircleCI
5 40 (3.11%) JIRA
6 29 (2.26%) Bitbucket
7 22 (1.71%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.48%) JUnit
9 18 (1.40%) Maven
10 17 (1.32%) Mockito
10 17 (1.32%) Vite
11 16 (1.24%) Selenium
12 14 (1.09%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.09%) SonarQube
13 12 (0.93%) Jaeger
13 12 (0.93%) MLflow
14 11 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 9 (0.70%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.70%) TestRail
16 8 (0.62%) Gatling
General
1 356 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 258 (20.06%) Finance
3 108 (8.40%) Public Sector
4 95 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (6.30%) Banking
6 75 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 73 (5.68%) Law
8 43 (3.34%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.10%) Aerospace
10 26 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.40%) Retail
12 16 (1.24%) Games
12 16 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.17%) Legal
14 13 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.93%) Front Office
16 9 (0.70%) Advertising
16 9 (0.70%) Billing
16 9 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 277 (21.54%) Senior
2 255 (19.83%) Developer
3 184 (14.31%) Software Engineer
4 179 (13.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 169 (13.14%) Lead
6 131 (10.19%) Architect
7 128 (9.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 73 (5.68%) Senior Developer
9 69 (5.37%) Azure Engineer
10 68 (5.29%) Java Developer
11 60 (4.67%) Platform Engineer
12 56 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
13 54 (4.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 52 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 50 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
16 44 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
17 37 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
18 36 (2.80%) AWS DevOps
18 36 (2.80%) Senior DevOps
19 34 (2.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (13.84%) React
2 177 (13.76%) RESTful
3 160 (12.44%) Spring
4 153 (11.90%) Spring Boot
5 149 (11.59%) .NET
6 138 (10.73%) Node.js
7 127 (9.88%) REST
8 126 (9.80%) Kafka
9 81 (6.30%) gRPC
10 80 (6.22%) AngularJS
11 75 (5.83%) RabbitMQ
12 63 (4.90%) OAuth
13 62 (4.82%) Elastic Stack
14 51 (3.97%) .NET Core
15 45 (3.50%) JSON
16 44 (3.42%) OAuth2
17 41 (3.19%) FastAPI
17 41 (3.19%) YAML
18 37 (2.88%) JWT
19 36 (2.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 337 (26.21%) Cloud Native
2 164 (12.75%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (4.67%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.50%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (3.50%) Video\Live Streaming
5 31 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
8 27 (2.10%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.94%) Blockchain
10 24 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (1.79%) PKI
12 20 (1.56%) Web3
13 19 (1.48%) AI Agents
13 19 (1.48%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.32%) Management Information System
15 17 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 256 (19.91%) Linux
2 90 (7.00%) Windows
3 35 (2.72%) Ubuntu
3 35 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.64%) CentOS
4 34 (2.64%) Unix
5 21 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.78%) Debian
7 4 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Android
9 2 (0.16%) Rocky
10 1 (0.078%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.078%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (68.12%) CI/CD
2 628 (48.83%) DevOps
3 575 (44.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 492 (38.26%) Agile
5 418 (32.50%) Microservices
6 410 (31.88%) Software Engineering
7 335 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
8 260 (20.22%) Mentoring
8 260 (20.22%) Test Automation
9 255 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 244 (18.97%) Observability
11 223 (17.34%) AI
12 176 (13.69%) Event-Driven
13 173 (13.45%) Full-Stack Development
14 168 (13.06%) Platform Engineering
15 144 (11.20%) Clean Code
16 141 (10.96%) Continuous Delivery
17 138 (10.73%) Machine Learning
18 137 (10.65%) High Availability
19 125 (9.72%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 608 (47.28%) Python
2 325 (25.27%) Java
3 243 (18.90%) JavaScript
4 191 (14.85%) Bash
5 179 (13.92%) SQL
6 157 (12.21%) C#
7 153 (11.90%) TypeScript
8 144 (11.20%) PowerShell
9 142 (11.04%) Go
10 53 (4.12%) Scala
11 51 (3.97%) Bicep
12 43 (3.34%) C++
13 30 (2.33%) Ruby
14 29 (2.26%) Rust
15 25 (1.94%) PHP
16 24 (1.87%) Kotlin
17 18 (1.40%) Groovy
18 14 (1.09%) C
19 10 (0.78%) PL/SQL
20 8 (0.62%) RPG
Qualifications
1 308 (23.95%) Security Cleared
2 162 (12.60%) SC Cleared
3 132 (10.26%) Degree
4 98 (7.62%) DV Cleared
5 76 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 57 (4.43%) Azure Certification
7 50 (3.89%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (1.17%) CISSP
11 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.78%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 8 (0.62%) CCNA
14 8 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (0.62%) OSCP
14 8 (0.62%) RHCE
14 8 (0.62%) RHCSA
15 7 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.24%) QA
2 36 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 34 (2.64%) GDPR
4 33 (2.57%) PCI DSS
5 28 (2.18%) Data Quality
6 27 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (1.94%) GRC
8 24 (1.87%) NIST
9 16 (1.24%) WCAG
10 14 (1.09%) NCSC
10 14 (1.09%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.86%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.078%) DO-178B
16 1 (0.078%) SLA
System Software
1 772 (60.03%) Docker
2 40 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
3 39 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (2.57%) Active Directory
5 10 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.78%) vSphere
6 9 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.62%) Squid
8 7 (0.54%) Firmware
8 7 (0.54%) KVM
9 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.31%) iptables
11 3 (0.23%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.078%) QEMU
12 1 (0.078%) Xen
Systems Management
1 766 (59.56%) Kubernetes
2 498 (38.72%) Terraform
3 210 (16.33%) Ansible
4 171 (13.30%) Grafana
5 155 (12.05%) Prometheus
6 42 (3.27%) Argo
7 30 (2.33%) Puppet
8 24 (1.87%) Progress Chef
9 23 (1.79%) Istio
10 20 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 18 (1.40%) Nagios
12 17 (1.32%) Podman
13 13 (1.01%) Kibana
13 13 (1.01%) Packer
14 12 (0.93%) Kustomize
14 12 (0.93%) linkerd
15 11 (0.86%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.78%) FortiGate
17 6 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
17 6 (0.47%) logstash
Vendors
1 150 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.54%) Google
3 63 (4.90%) Red Hat
4 49 (3.81%) Splunk
5 45 (3.50%) Typelevel
6 41 (3.19%) VMware
7 37 (2.88%) Oracle
8 26 (2.02%) Dynatrace
8 26 (2.02%) OpenAI
9 18 (1.40%) Cisco
9 18 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 15 (1.17%) Fortinet
11 13 (1.01%) SendGrid
12 12 (0.93%) Zscaler
13 11 (0.86%) Databricks
13 11 (0.86%) IBM
13 11 (0.86%) Salesforce
13 11 (0.86%) ServiceNow
14 10 (0.78%) Confluent
14 10 (0.78%) NVIDIA