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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 128 182
Rank change year-on-year -36 +54 -35
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,107 975 1,508
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.29% 2.34% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.52% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 704 722 1,143
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,288 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +3.45% +0.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +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 64,999 38,652 81,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.50% 92.94% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 40,056 22,591 59,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -26 1,014 £72,500 -3.33% 434
UK excluding London -46 532 £62,500 -7.41% 310
London +2 470 £82,500 -2.94% 174
Work from Home -8 434 £70,932 -1.47% 220
North of England -42 181 £65,000 - 77
South East 0 122 £70,000 +12.00% 88
South West -20 122 £55,000 -23.60% 71
North West -10 93 £65,000 +5.98% 44
Midlands -65 56 £70,000 +7.69% 27
Yorkshire -72 56 £65,000 -4.41% 23
North East -16 32 £49,222 -26.57% 10
West Midlands -43 28 £70,079 +7.81% 17
East Midlands -42 27 £64,000 +6.67% 10
East of England -25 24 £60,100 -7.54% 23
Scotland -54 17 £60,000 -29.52% 13
Wales -24 12 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Northern Ireland -33 8 £62,500 - 6

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 36 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (2.80%) Apache
3 21 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.45%) Appian
5 11 (0.99%) Confluence
6 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
7 5 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.36%) CMS
8 4 (0.36%) IIS
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.27%) Camunda
9 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Qpid
10 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 1 (0.090%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.090%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.090%) nginx
11 1 (0.090%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (0.63%) Maya
2 5 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Weka
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (0.72%) Shopify
2 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.090%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.090%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.090%) Endur
3 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 646 (58.36%) AWS
2 562 (50.77%) Azure
3 336 (30.35%) GCP
4 210 (18.97%) GitHub
5 168 (15.18%) Serverless
6 145 (13.10%) GitHub Actions
7 129 (11.65%) Azure DevOps
8 118 (10.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 99 (8.94%) OpenShift
10 98 (8.85%) Datadog
11 95 (8.58%) AWS Lambda
12 84 (7.59%) Amazon S3
13 83 (7.50%) Azure AKS
14 74 (6.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 64 (5.78%) SaaS
16 51 (4.61%) Amazon EC2
17 50 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
18 46 (4.16%) PaaS
19 42 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
20 39 (3.52%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (7.05%) Broadband
2 74 (6.68%) Firewall
3 46 (4.16%) DNS
4 28 (2.53%) Network Security
4 28 (2.53%) TCP/IP
5 27 (2.44%) HTTP
6 19 (1.72%) VPN
7 9 (0.81%) AMQP
7 9 (0.81%) DHCP
8 7 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (0.63%) WAN
9 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.45%) DMZ
10 5 (0.45%) MQTT
11 4 (0.36%) InfiniBand
11 4 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.27%) Modbus
12 3 (0.27%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.27%) VSAN
12 3 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (15.27%) NoSQL
2 102 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (7.59%) SQL Server
4 79 (7.14%) MongoDB
5 77 (6.96%) Relational Database
6 60 (5.42%) Amazon RDS
7 50 (4.52%) MySQL
8 43 (3.88%) DynamoDB
9 33 (2.98%) RDBMS
10 29 (2.62%) Pinecone
11 26 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (1.90%) Redis
13 15 (1.36%) Big Data
14 14 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (1.17%) InfluxDB
16 12 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
17 11 (0.99%) BigQuery
17 11 (0.99%) Data Lake
17 11 (0.99%) Metadata
17 11 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 201 (18.16%) Git
2 160 (14.45%) Jenkins
3 133 (12.01%) GitLab
4 43 (3.88%) CircleCI
5 34 (3.07%) JIRA
6 29 (2.62%) Cucumber
7 24 (2.17%) JUnit
8 22 (1.99%) Bitbucket
9 21 (1.90%) Cypress.io
9 21 (1.90%) MLflow
10 19 (1.72%) Jaeger
10 19 (1.72%) Selenium
11 15 (1.36%) JMeter
12 14 (1.26%) TeamCity
12 14 (1.26%) Vite
13 13 (1.17%) Locust
13 13 (1.17%) SonarQube
14 12 (1.08%) Maven
14 12 (1.08%) Mockito
15 11 (0.99%) Robot Framework
General
1 310 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 241 (21.77%) Finance
3 91 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 75 (6.78%) Banking
5 75 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 64 (5.78%) Law
7 57 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (2.17%) Front Office
9 23 (2.08%) Games
10 19 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.72%) Retail
11 17 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.45%) Legal
13 15 (1.36%) Billing
14 12 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.08%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.08%) Marketing
15 10 (0.90%) Electronics
16 9 (0.81%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 270 (24.39%) Senior
2 233 (21.05%) Developer
3 141 (12.74%) Lead
4 140 (12.65%) Software Engineer
5 132 (11.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 92 (8.31%) Cloud Engineer
7 82 (7.41%) Architect
8 71 (6.41%) Senior Developer
9 53 (4.79%) Azure Engineer
10 52 (4.70%) Java Developer
11 50 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 47 (4.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 47 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 36 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
14 34 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
14 34 (3.07%) Data Engineer
15 32 (2.89%) Platform Engineer
16 30 (2.71%) Scala Engineer
16 30 (2.71%) Software Developer
17 28 (2.53%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (14.36%) React
2 151 (13.64%) RESTful
3 147 (13.28%) .NET
4 129 (11.65%) REST
5 119 (10.75%) Spring
6 110 (9.94%) Spring Boot
7 100 (9.03%) Kafka
8 93 (8.40%) Node.js
9 91 (8.22%) gRPC
10 80 (7.23%) Elastic Stack
11 67 (6.05%) AngularJS
12 66 (5.96%) .NET Core
13 55 (4.97%) OAuth
14 51 (4.61%) Django
14 51 (4.61%) FastAPI
14 51 (4.61%) RabbitMQ
15 46 (4.16%) Flask
16 39 (3.52%) Vue
17 34 (3.07%) CSS
17 34 (3.07%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 277 (25.02%) Cloud Native
2 151 (13.64%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (6.41%) Product Ownership
4 45 (4.07%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (4.07%) Video\Live Streaming
5 42 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.71%) Blockchain
7 28 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (2.44%) Public Cloud
9 25 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (2.08%) Low-Code
11 22 (1.99%) Fixed Income
11 22 (1.99%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.99%) PKI
12 21 (1.90%) AI Agents
13 20 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.72%) Management Information System
15 18 (1.63%) Web3
16 16 (1.45%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 218 (19.69%) Linux
2 90 (8.13%) Windows
3 46 (4.16%) Unix
4 41 (3.70%) Ubuntu
5 31 (2.80%) CentOS
6 24 (2.17%) Windows Server
7 22 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.17%) Android
9 11 (0.99%) VMS
10 9 (0.81%) Debian
11 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.18%) zOS
14 1 (0.090%) Rocky
14 1 (0.090%) Solaris
14 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 741 (66.94%) CI/CD
2 560 (50.59%) DevOps
3 435 (39.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 426 (38.48%) Agile
5 389 (35.14%) Microservices
6 309 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
7 302 (27.28%) Software Engineering
8 238 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 235 (21.23%) AI
10 209 (18.88%) Mentoring
11 201 (18.16%) Test Automation
12 190 (17.16%) Observability
13 169 (15.27%) Machine Learning
14 146 (13.19%) Full-Stack Development
15 141 (12.74%) High Availability
16 133 (12.01%) Continuous Integration
17 132 (11.92%) Continuous Delivery
18 120 (10.84%) Clean Code
19 111 (10.03%) Analytics
19 111 (10.03%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 543 (49.05%) Python
2 269 (24.30%) Java
3 223 (20.14%) JavaScript
3 223 (20.14%) SQL
4 166 (15.00%) Bash
5 156 (14.09%) Go
6 127 (11.47%) C#
7 111 (10.03%) PowerShell
8 94 (8.49%) TypeScript
9 47 (4.25%) Scala
10 40 (3.61%) Bicep
11 36 (3.25%) C++
12 24 (2.17%) PHP
13 21 (1.90%) Kotlin
14 13 (1.17%) C
15 12 (1.08%) Ruby
16 10 (0.90%) Rust
16 10 (0.90%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.72%) Delphi
17 8 (0.72%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 212 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 123 (11.11%) Degree
3 118 (10.66%) SC Cleared
4 77 (6.96%) DV Cleared
5 74 (6.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 67 (6.05%) AWS Certification
7 39 (3.52%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (1.36%) AWS Certified Developer
10 12 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (0.72%) CISSP
13 7 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.36%) CISM
16 4 (0.36%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (7.50%) QA
2 39 (3.52%) GDPR
3 37 (3.34%) Accessibility
4 35 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.89%) PCI DSS
6 29 (2.62%) Data Quality
7 23 (2.08%) NIST
8 20 (1.81%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.17%) WCAG
10 11 (0.99%) GRC
11 10 (0.90%) NCSC
12 9 (0.81%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 5 (0.45%) SLA
14 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.18%) ECSS
15 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 725 (65.49%) Docker
2 42 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
3 34 (3.07%) Active Directory
4 29 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.99%) vSphere
6 9 (0.81%) KVM
7 7 (0.63%) Firmware
7 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.63%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.36%) iptables
8 4 (0.36%) Lustre
8 4 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.27%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.18%) Ceph
10 2 (0.18%) GPFS
10 2 (0.18%) RACF
10 2 (0.18%) Squid
10 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.090%) QEMU
11 1 (0.090%) Xen
Systems Management
1 688 (62.15%) Kubernetes
2 431 (38.93%) Terraform
3 187 (16.89%) Ansible
4 182 (16.44%) Grafana
5 153 (13.82%) Prometheus
6 44 (3.97%) Argo
7 23 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.81%) Puppet
9 19 (1.72%) Istio
9 19 (1.72%) Kustomize
10 13 (1.17%) Nagios
10 13 (1.17%) Podman
11 10 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (0.72%) Kibana
12 8 (0.72%) linkerd
12 8 (0.72%) Mesos
13 6 (0.54%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.54%) Packer
13 6 (0.54%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (10.21%) Google
2 100 (9.03%) Microsoft
3 57 (5.15%) Red Hat
4 45 (4.07%) Typelevel
5 42 (3.79%) Splunk
6 40 (3.61%) Oracle
7 34 (3.07%) VMware
8 32 (2.89%) OpenAI
9 22 (1.99%) Dynatrace
10 18 (1.63%) Cisco
11 17 (1.54%) Salesforce
12 16 (1.45%) Databricks
12 16 (1.45%) Palo Alto
13 13 (1.17%) Automation Anywhere
13 13 (1.17%) NVIDIA
13 13 (1.17%) SAP
13 13 (1.17%) UiPath
14 12 (1.08%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.99%) Confluent
15 11 (0.99%) Dell