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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 110 199
Rank change year-on-year -57 +89 -54
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,128 1,276 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 2.91% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 3.11% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 733 720 1,100
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,528 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £127,500 £105,000
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 66,871 40,971 82,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.97% 93.32% 85.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42,937 22,765 59,727
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 11 May 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 11 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
England -47 1,038 £72,500 -6.22% 447
UK excluding London -88 561 £62,500 -7.41% 292
London -10 470 £82,500 -8.33% 186
Work from Home -54 408 £70,932 +2.23% 213
North of England -71 177 £65,000 - 82
South East +2 140 £70,000 +14.29% 88
South West -19 123 £55,000 -24.14% 54
North West -58 89 £67,500 +8.51% 43
Midlands -95 59 £70,000 +16.67% 35
Yorkshire -60 58 £65,000 -4.41% 22
East of England -34 34 £60,000 -7.69% 15
West Midlands -64 31 £70,932 +9.13% 19
North East -26 30 £49,222 -25.44% 17
East Midlands -61 27 £64,500 +7.50% 16
Wales -19 17 £60,748 -6.54% 6
Scotland -76 13 £60,000 -29.41% 11
Northern Ireland - 5 £62,500 - 2

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 31 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (2.30%) Apache
3 16 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.42%) Appian
4 14 (1.24%) Confluence
5 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.35%) IIS
9 3 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.27%) Camunda
9 3 (0.27%) CMS
9 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Qpid
11 1 (0.089%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.089%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.089%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.089%) JBoss
11 1 (0.089%) nginx
11 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.62%) Maya
2 6 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
1 3 (0.27%) Shopify
2 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.089%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.089%) Endur
3 1 (0.089%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 657 (58.24%) AWS
2 584 (51.77%) Azure
3 324 (28.72%) GCP
4 197 (17.46%) GitHub
5 163 (14.45%) Serverless
6 139 (12.32%) GitHub Actions
7 131 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (10.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 103 (9.13%) Azure AKS
10 92 (8.16%) AWS Lambda
11 89 (7.89%) Datadog
12 88 (7.80%) OpenShift
13 85 (7.54%) Amazon S3
14 68 (6.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 60 (5.32%) SaaS
16 59 (5.23%) Amazon EC2
17 47 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
17 47 (4.17%) IaaS
18 44 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
19 40 (3.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (6.74%) Broadband
1 76 (6.74%) Firewall
2 61 (5.41%) DNS
3 33 (2.93%) TCP/IP
4 31 (2.75%) Network Security
5 29 (2.57%) HTTP
6 18 (1.60%) VPN
7 9 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (0.62%) AMQP
8 7 (0.62%) DMZ
8 7 (0.62%) MQTT
9 6 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.53%) DHCP
9 6 (0.53%) WAN
10 5 (0.44%) IPv4
11 4 (0.35%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.27%) RTP
12 3 (0.27%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.27%) VLAN
12 3 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (14.10%) NoSQL
2 99 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
3 79 (7.00%) MongoDB
4 74 (6.56%) SQL Server
5 71 (6.29%) Relational Database
6 63 (5.59%) Amazon RDS
7 51 (4.52%) MySQL
8 44 (3.90%) DynamoDB
9 31 (2.75%) RDBMS
10 30 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (2.66%) Pinecone
11 23 (2.04%) Redis
12 14 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.98%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.98%) InfluxDB
14 11 (0.98%) Metadata
14 11 (0.98%) Power BI
15 10 (0.89%) Big Data
16 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 200 (17.73%) Git
2 171 (15.16%) Jenkins
3 140 (12.41%) GitLab
4 47 (4.17%) CircleCI
5 36 (3.19%) JIRA
6 26 (2.30%) Bitbucket
7 22 (1.95%) JUnit
8 21 (1.86%) Cypress.io
9 20 (1.77%) MLflow
10 18 (1.60%) Jaeger
10 18 (1.60%) Maven
10 18 (1.60%) Vite
11 17 (1.51%) Mockito
12 15 (1.33%) SonarQube
13 14 (1.24%) Cucumber
14 11 (0.98%) Selenium
15 9 (0.80%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.80%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.71%) JMeter
16 8 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 310 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 237 (21.01%) Finance
3 90 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (7.36%) Public Sector
5 73 (6.47%) Banking
6 67 (5.94%) Telecoms
7 66 (5.85%) Law
8 57 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (1.86%) Aerospace
9 21 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.68%) Front Office
10 19 (1.68%) Games
11 16 (1.42%) Retail
12 15 (1.33%) Billing
12 15 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (0.89%) Electronics
13 10 (0.89%) Legal
13 10 (0.89%) Marketing
14 9 (0.80%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 263 (23.32%) Senior
2 237 (21.01%) Developer
3 150 (13.30%) Software Engineer
4 141 (12.50%) Lead
5 137 (12.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 109 (9.66%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (7.09%) Architect
8 68 (6.03%) Azure Engineer
9 67 (5.94%) Senior Developer
10 58 (5.14%) Java Developer
11 50 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
12 46 (4.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 45 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 42 (3.72%) Full-Stack Developer
15 38 (3.37%) Platform Engineer
16 36 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
17 30 (2.66%) Scala Engineer
17 30 (2.66%) Senior DevOps
18 29 (2.57%) Data Engineer
19 28 (2.48%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (15.07%) React
2 158 (14.01%) RESTful
3 153 (13.56%) .NET
4 129 (11.44%) REST
5 118 (10.46%) Spring
6 111 (9.84%) Kafka
7 109 (9.66%) Spring Boot
8 101 (8.95%) Node.js
9 89 (7.89%) gRPC
10 69 (6.12%) AngularJS
11 68 (6.03%) Elastic Stack
12 62 (5.50%) .NET Core
13 58 (5.14%) OAuth
13 58 (5.14%) RabbitMQ
14 49 (4.34%) FastAPI
15 38 (3.37%) Django
16 36 (3.19%) CSS
16 36 (3.19%) Vue
17 35 (3.10%) JWT
18 34 (3.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 271 (24.02%) Cloud Native
2 152 (13.48%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (6.29%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.99%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (3.99%) Video\Live Streaming
5 33 (2.93%) Blockchain
6 32 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (2.66%) Public Cloud
8 27 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (2.13%) AI Agents
11 22 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.95%) PKI
12 21 (1.86%) Web3
13 18 (1.60%) Management Information System
14 17 (1.51%) Low-Code
15 16 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (1.24%) Algorithms
16 14 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 223 (19.77%) Linux
2 83 (7.36%) Windows
3 38 (3.37%) Ubuntu
3 38 (3.37%) Unix
4 30 (2.66%) CentOS
5 27 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 20 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.98%) Android
8 10 (0.89%) VMS
9 8 (0.71%) Debian
10 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.089%) Rocky
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (68.00%) CI/CD
2 555 (49.20%) DevOps
3 458 (40.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 425 (37.68%) Agile
5 391 (34.66%) Microservices
6 327 (28.99%) Software Engineering
7 299 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
8 234 (20.74%) AI
9 231 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 212 (18.79%) Mentoring
11 210 (18.62%) Test Automation
12 198 (17.55%) Observability
13 158 (14.01%) Full-Stack Development
14 157 (13.92%) Machine Learning
15 149 (13.21%) High Availability
16 133 (11.79%) Continuous Integration
17 132 (11.70%) Continuous Delivery
18 124 (10.99%) Event-Driven
19 123 (10.90%) Clean Code
20 120 (10.64%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 530 (46.99%) Python
2 264 (23.40%) Java
3 221 (19.59%) JavaScript
4 211 (18.71%) SQL
5 170 (15.07%) Bash
6 154 (13.65%) Go
7 135 (11.97%) C#
8 125 (11.08%) PowerShell
9 117 (10.37%) TypeScript
10 49 (4.34%) Scala
11 35 (3.10%) C++
12 33 (2.93%) Bicep
13 25 (2.22%) PHP
14 20 (1.77%) Kotlin
15 16 (1.42%) C
15 16 (1.42%) Rust
16 14 (1.24%) Ruby
17 12 (1.06%) Groovy
18 8 (0.71%) Perl
19 7 (0.62%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 224 (19.86%) Security Cleared
2 119 (10.55%) SC Cleared
3 114 (10.11%) Degree
4 79 (7.00%) DV Cleared
5 73 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 58 (5.14%) AWS Certification
7 53 (4.70%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
9 12 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.89%) CISSP
10 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (0.62%) OSCP
13 6 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.53%) CISM
13 6 (0.53%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (7.54%) QA
2 40 (3.55%) GDPR
3 34 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (2.84%) PCI DSS
5 30 (2.66%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.57%) Data Quality
7 25 (2.22%) NIST
8 19 (1.68%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.15%) JSP 440
10 12 (1.06%) NCSC
11 11 (0.98%) GRC
12 7 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.53%) WCAG
14 5 (0.44%) SLA
15 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
16 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 718 (63.65%) Docker
2 37 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (2.66%) Active Directory
4 27 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.80%) vSphere
6 8 (0.71%) KVM
6 8 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.62%) Firmware
8 5 (0.44%) Squid
9 4 (0.35%) iptables
10 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.27%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.18%) GPFS
11 2 (0.18%) Lustre
11 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.089%) QEMU
12 1 (0.089%) Xen
Systems Management
1 691 (61.26%) Kubernetes
2 437 (38.74%) Terraform
3 195 (17.29%) Ansible
4 165 (14.63%) Grafana
5 153 (13.56%) Prometheus
6 41 (3.63%) Argo
7 23 (2.04%) Puppet
8 21 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (1.60%) Istio
9 18 (1.60%) Kustomize
10 16 (1.42%) Nagios
11 15 (1.33%) Podman
12 14 (1.24%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
13 9 (0.80%) Packer
14 7 (0.62%) Kibana
14 7 (0.62%) linkerd
14 7 (0.62%) Mesos
15 5 (0.44%) Rancher
15 5 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 112 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.31%) Google
3 57 (5.05%) Red Hat
4 45 (3.99%) Typelevel
5 40 (3.55%) Splunk
6 38 (3.37%) OpenAI
7 32 (2.84%) Oracle
8 31 (2.75%) VMware
9 23 (2.04%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.33%) Databricks
10 15 (1.33%) NVIDIA
10 15 (1.33%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.24%) Cisco
12 13 (1.15%) Automation Anywhere
12 13 (1.15%) UiPath
13 12 (1.06%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.06%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.98%) Confluent
15 8 (0.71%) Zscaler
16 7 (0.62%) Rapid7