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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 118 184
Rank change year-on-year -28 +66 -46
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,404 1,285 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.59% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.90% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 923 651 823
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 76,247 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,515 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 1,238 £72,500 -6.45% 955
UK excluding London -19 834 £65,000 - 502
Work from Home -30 498 £70,000 - 476
London -28 481 £80,000 -11.11% 549
North of England -32 230 £65,000 - 132
South East +33 196 £65,000 -3.70% 110
South West +12 193 £60,500 -19.33% 112
North West -42 122 £74,301 +23.84% 84
Midlands -83 75 £70,000 +7.69% 50
Northern Ireland -24 56 £73,801 +71.27% 29
Yorkshire -30 56 £70,000 +7.69% 27
North East -10 52 £55,000 -15.38% 21
West Midlands -60 48 £71,289 +5.61% 40
Wales -23 44 £67,500 +3.85% 15
East of England -31 43 £60,000 -2.83% 22
East Midlands -46 27 £62,500 +8.69% 9
Scotland -68 6 £59,283 -15.31% 34

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 45 (3.21%) Apache
2 34 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
2 34 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 34 (2.42%) Confluence
3 12 (0.85%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.28%) Camunda
7 3 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.21%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) WordPress
8 2 (0.14%) nginx
8 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.14%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.071%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.071%) JBoss
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.071%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.21%) Blender
4 3 (0.21%) Maya
5 2 (0.14%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.43%) Oracle Retail
1 6 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 811 (57.76%) AWS
2 727 (51.78%) Azure
3 348 (24.79%) GCP
4 219 (15.60%) GitHub
5 175 (12.46%) Serverless
6 165 (11.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 149 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
8 119 (8.48%) Azure DevOps
9 114 (8.12%) OpenShift
10 100 (7.12%) Azure AKS
11 93 (6.62%) AWS Lambda
11 93 (6.62%) Cloud Computing
12 92 (6.55%) Amazon S3
13 89 (6.34%) Amazon ECS
14 82 (5.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 78 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
16 68 (4.84%) Amazon EKS
16 68 (4.84%) Datadog
17 63 (4.49%) SaaS
18 55 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.06%) Firewall
2 70 (4.99%) WAN
3 67 (4.77%) DNS
4 63 (4.49%) LAN
5 51 (3.63%) Broadband
6 45 (3.21%) Network Security
7 41 (2.92%) TCP/IP
8 35 (2.49%) VPN
9 21 (1.50%) MQTT
10 19 (1.35%) BGP
11 18 (1.28%) OSPF
12 17 (1.21%) VXLAN
13 16 (1.14%) VLAN
14 13 (0.93%) DMARC
14 13 (0.93%) HTTP
15 12 (0.85%) Wireshark
16 10 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
17 8 (0.57%) IPv4
17 8 (0.57%) LTE
18 7 (0.50%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (10.11%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 69 (4.91%) MongoDB
4 57 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
5 55 (3.92%) MySQL
6 52 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 49 (3.49%) DynamoDB
8 43 (3.06%) Redis
9 41 (2.92%) SQL Server
10 29 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
11 23 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.00%) Big Data
13 12 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.85%) Pinecone
14 11 (0.78%) DTS
14 11 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
15 10 (0.71%) Data Lake
15 10 (0.71%) Db2
15 10 (0.71%) Power BI
16 9 (0.64%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 264 (18.80%) Git
2 212 (15.10%) Jenkins
3 188 (13.39%) GitLab
4 41 (2.92%) JIRA
5 35 (2.49%) CircleCI
6 28 (1.99%) Bitbucket
7 27 (1.92%) Cypress.io
8 26 (1.85%) JUnit
9 21 (1.50%) Maven
10 19 (1.35%) Mockito
11 18 (1.28%) SonarQube
12 17 (1.21%) Selenium
13 15 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 15 (1.07%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.85%) Vite
15 11 (0.78%) Claude Code
16 10 (0.71%) Postman
17 9 (0.64%) TeamCity
18 8 (0.57%) JMeter
18 8 (0.57%) MLflow
General
1 436 (31.05%) Social Skills
2 330 (23.50%) Finance
3 130 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 114 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (7.48%) Law
6 99 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 85 (6.05%) Banking
8 62 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (2.49%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 26 (1.85%) Legal
12 25 (1.78%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.42%) Retail
14 18 (1.28%) Games
15 14 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.85%) Electronics
16 12 (0.85%) Marketing
17 11 (0.78%) Front Office
17 11 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 268 (19.09%) Senior
2 256 (18.23%) Developer
3 208 (14.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 207 (14.74%) Software Engineer
5 193 (13.75%) Architect
6 181 (12.89%) Lead
7 120 (8.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 76 (5.41%) Senior Developer
9 67 (4.77%) Azure Engineer
10 66 (4.70%) Platform Engineer
11 63 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 63 (4.49%) Systems Architect
12 52 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 50 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 49 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
15 48 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
15 48 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (3.06%) Full-Stack Developer
17 41 (2.92%) Senior DevOps
18 40 (2.85%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (13.53%) Spring
2 185 (13.18%) RESTful
3 178 (12.68%) React
3 178 (12.68%) Spring Boot
4 146 (10.40%) Kafka
5 142 (10.11%) Node.js
6 139 (9.90%) .NET
7 126 (8.97%) REST
8 81 (5.77%) AngularJS
9 80 (5.70%) RabbitMQ
10 64 (4.56%) gRPC
11 57 (4.06%) OAuth
12 50 (3.56%) JSON
13 49 (3.49%) CSS
14 47 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
15 44 (3.13%) .NET Core
16 43 (3.06%) OAuth2
17 42 (2.99%) YAML
18 41 (2.92%) HTML
19 38 (2.71%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 367 (26.14%) Cloud Native
2 177 (12.61%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 47 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.56%) Over-the-Top Content
5 36 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
6 35 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 28 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.78%) Algorithms
12 24 (1.71%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
13 20 (1.42%) PKI
13 20 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.28%) Blockchain
14 18 (1.28%) Blog
14 18 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 277 (19.73%) Linux
2 92 (6.55%) Windows
3 35 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.28%) CentOS
5 31 (2.21%) Unix
6 24 (1.71%) Ubuntu
7 18 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.57%) Debian
9 7 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.21%) VMS
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Android
11 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.071%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.071%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 942 (67.09%) CI/CD
2 679 (48.36%) Infrastructure as Code
3 676 (48.15%) DevOps
4 505 (35.97%) Agile
5 450 (32.05%) Software Engineering
6 429 (30.56%) Microservices
7 347 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
8 276 (19.66%) Observability
9 275 (19.59%) Test Automation
10 271 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 267 (19.02%) Mentoring
12 256 (18.23%) AI
13 207 (14.74%) Event-Driven
14 195 (13.89%) Platform Engineering
15 178 (12.68%) Full-Stack Development
16 166 (11.82%) Roadmaps
17 144 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
18 143 (10.19%) Clean Code
19 142 (10.11%) Machine Learning
20 139 (9.90%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 649 (46.23%) Python
2 355 (25.28%) Java
3 247 (17.59%) JavaScript
4 179 (12.75%) Bash
5 173 (12.32%) SQL
6 155 (11.04%) TypeScript
7 151 (10.75%) C#
8 138 (9.83%) PowerShell
9 128 (9.12%) Go
10 57 (4.06%) Bicep
11 52 (3.70%) C++
12 48 (3.42%) Scala
13 38 (2.71%) Ruby
14 30 (2.14%) Rust
15 22 (1.57%) PHP
16 20 (1.42%) Kotlin
17 18 (1.28%) Groovy
18 12 (0.85%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.85%) Shell Script
19 11 (0.78%) C
Qualifications
1 383 (27.28%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.96%) SC Cleared
3 159 (11.32%) Degree
4 142 (10.11%) DV Cleared
5 86 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 59 (4.20%) Azure Certification
7 51 (3.63%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.57%) CISSP
10 18 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.85%) CCNP
13 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.71%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (0.57%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.57%) OSCP
16 8 (0.57%) RHCE
16 8 (0.57%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (8.69%) QA
2 68 (4.84%) GRC
3 52 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 31 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 28 (1.99%) GDPR
6 25 (1.78%) NIST
6 25 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 23 (1.64%) WCAG
8 21 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (1.50%) NCSC
9 11 (0.78%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.71%) JSP 440
11 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.071%) SLA
14 1 (0.071%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 818 (58.26%) Docker
2 44 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (2.71%) Active Directory
5 12 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.71%) KVM
7 9 (0.64%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.64%) vSphere
8 8 (0.57%) Squid
9 6 (0.43%) Firmware
9 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) iptables
10 2 (0.14%) NDS
10 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.071%) QEMU
11 1 (0.071%) Xen
Systems Management
1 812 (57.83%) Kubernetes
2 533 (37.96%) Terraform
3 208 (14.81%) Ansible
4 167 (11.89%) Grafana
5 138 (9.83%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.28%) Argo
7 31 (2.21%) Puppet
8 29 (2.07%) Progress Chef
9 24 (1.71%) Istio
10 20 (1.42%) Nagios
11 17 (1.21%) Podman
12 16 (1.14%) Kibana
12 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (1.07%) FortiGate
14 13 (0.93%) linkerd
15 11 (0.78%) Packer
15 11 (0.78%) ZABBIX
16 7 (0.50%) logstash
17 6 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
17 6 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 198 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.91%) Google
3 64 (4.56%) Red Hat
4 53 (3.77%) Splunk
5 49 (3.49%) Oracle
6 47 (3.35%) VMware
7 36 (2.56%) Typelevel
8 27 (1.92%) Dynatrace
9 23 (1.64%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.57%) OpenAI
11 20 (1.42%) Cisco
12 18 (1.28%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.28%) Zscaler
13 15 (1.07%) IBM
14 13 (0.93%) SendGrid
15 11 (0.78%) Rapid7
15 11 (0.78%) ServiceNow
16 10 (0.71%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.71%) Confluent
16 10 (0.71%) Databricks