Containerisation Jobs

Containerization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Containerisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Containerisation over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 193 107
Rank change year-on-year +86 -86 +21
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,541 1,523 3,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.80% 1.53% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 1.79% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 773 1,100 1,433
10th Percentile £48,165 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £105,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

All Process and 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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Containerisation in the UK

Containerisation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Containerisation.

Salary trend for Containerisation in the UK

Containerisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Containerisation over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025. 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 +82 1,421 £75,000 +3.45% 1,218
Work from Home +113 945 £69,692 -1.25% 934
UK excluding London +73 896 £65,000 - 779
London +84 521 £90,000 +9.09% 676
North of England +50 300 £62,500 +4.17% 217
North West +39 210 £57,836 -11.02% 138
South East +56 187 £61,250 -12.50% 288
Midlands +70 139 £60,000 - 86
Scotland +135 100 £85,126 +11.64% 32
South West +38 95 £72,500 - 91
East of England +53 81 £65,000 - 56
Yorkshire +38 76 £68,000 +13.33% 67
West Midlands +50 74 £65,000 +8.33% 54
East Midlands +60 65 £60,000 +2.13% 28
North East +43 14 £66,019 +14.81% 12
Wales +7 8 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Isle of Man +9 1 £34,500 -58.18%

Containerisation
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
1 177 (11.49%) Confluence
2 27 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.58%) Apache
5 8 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.45%) SAS
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.26%) CMS
8 4 (0.26%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.19%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.19%) nginx
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.065%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Maya
2 7 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) EngageOne
3 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.065%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.065%) Endur
2 1 (0.065%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 983 (63.79%) AWS
2 814 (52.82%) Azure
3 394 (25.57%) GCP
4 225 (14.60%) Pulumi
5 120 (7.79%) AWS CloudFormation
5 120 (7.79%) Serverless
6 119 (7.72%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
8 79 (5.13%) SaaS
9 76 (4.93%) GitHub
10 72 (4.67%) AWS Lambda
11 70 (4.54%) Amazon EC2
11 70 (4.54%) Amazon S3
12 56 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
13 55 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
14 32 (2.08%) PaaS
15 29 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (1.49%) IaaS
17 22 (1.43%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 216 (14.02%) Broadband
2 30 (1.95%) Network Security
3 26 (1.69%) Wireshark
4 21 (1.36%) HTTP
5 20 (1.30%) Firewall
6 17 (1.10%) Internet
7 16 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.97%) DNS
9 12 (0.78%) SAN
10 8 (0.52%) DHCP
10 8 (0.52%) VLAN
11 7 (0.45%) VPN
12 6 (0.39%) NAS
13 5 (0.32%) Multicast
14 4 (0.26%) BGP
14 4 (0.26%) EIGRP
14 4 (0.26%) OSPF
15 3 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
16 2 (0.13%) SSL
16 2 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (23.43%) NoSQL
2 331 (21.48%) SQL Server
3 258 (16.74%) Relational Database
4 225 (14.60%) RDBMS
5 123 (7.98%) PostgreSQL
6 70 (4.54%) MongoDB
7 64 (4.15%) Elasticsearch
8 48 (3.11%) MySQL
9 44 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
10 34 (2.21%) DynamoDB
11 28 (1.82%) Big Data
12 24 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
13 22 (1.43%) Data Lake
14 21 (1.36%) Tableau
15 19 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (1.10%) Power BI
17 16 (1.04%) BigQuery
18 13 (0.84%) Apache Hive
18 13 (0.84%) Redis
19 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 367 (23.82%) GitLab
2 289 (18.75%) JIRA
3 285 (18.49%) SonarQube
4 280 (18.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 276 (17.91%) Maven
6 263 (17.07%) Cucumber
7 254 (16.48%) Selenium
8 251 (16.29%) Bitbucket
9 215 (13.95%) Jaeger
10 144 (9.34%) Git
11 130 (8.44%) Jenkins
12 42 (2.73%) IntelliJ
13 39 (2.53%) JUnit
14 32 (2.08%) Mockito
15 30 (1.95%) CircleCI
16 28 (1.82%) Jasmine
17 25 (1.62%) webpack
18 24 (1.56%) Eclipse
19 22 (1.43%) Karma Test Runner
19 22 (1.43%) Protractor
General
1 575 (37.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 541 (35.11%) Finance
3 423 (27.45%) Banking
4 305 (19.79%) Social Skills
5 115 (7.46%) Retail
6 100 (6.49%) Investment Banking
7 95 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
8 90 (5.84%) Corporate Banking
9 62 (4.02%) Public Sector
10 36 (2.34%) Law
11 33 (2.14%) Marketing
12 26 (1.69%) Games
13 24 (1.56%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.36%) Legal
15 19 (1.23%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.10%) Front Office
17 12 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (0.71%) Electronics
18 11 (0.71%) Telecoms
19 10 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 413 (26.80%) Lead
2 365 (23.69%) Software Engineer
3 245 (15.90%) Developer
4 243 (15.77%) Team Leader
5 192 (12.46%) Senior
6 140 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
7 124 (8.05%) Architect
8 71 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
9 62 (4.02%) Software Developer
10 59 (3.83%) Platform Engineer
11 57 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
12 54 (3.50%) Java Engineer
13 51 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
14 47 (3.05%) Cloud Engineer
15 45 (2.92%) Java Developer
16 44 (2.86%) Senior Developer
17 42 (2.73%) Backend Developer
17 42 (2.73%) Python Engineer
18 41 (2.66%) Senior Software Engineer
19 35 (2.27%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 430 (27.90%) React
2 333 (21.61%) Kafka
3 332 (21.54%) Spring
4 326 (21.16%) Spring Boot
5 281 (18.23%) CSS
6 280 (18.17%) JPA
7 276 (17.91%) HTML
8 264 (17.13%) Redux
9 258 (16.74%) Elastic Stack
10 223 (14.47%) OpenTelemetry
11 218 (14.15%) RESTful
12 211 (13.69%) REST
13 193 (12.52%) Hibernate
14 149 (9.67%) .NET
15 122 (7.92%) Jest
16 109 (7.07%) AngularJS
17 103 (6.68%) HTML5
18 102 (6.62%) Node.js
19 101 (6.55%) CSS3
20 100 (6.49%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 309 (20.05%) Product Ownership
2 267 (17.33%) Enterprise Software
3 109 (7.07%) Cloud Native
4 74 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 59 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (3.24%) Algorithms
7 49 (3.18%) Cyberattack
8 36 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 27 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 26 (1.69%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.49%) Onboarding
12 21 (1.36%) e-Learning
13 20 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.30%) Private Cloud
14 19 (1.23%) Blockchain
15 16 (1.04%) IoT
16 15 (0.97%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.91%) Learning Management System
17 14 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
17 14 (0.91%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 447 (29.01%) Linux
2 227 (14.73%) Unix
3 86 (5.58%) Windows
4 71 (4.61%) Android
5 27 (1.75%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (0.91%) CentOS
8 9 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.52%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.32%) Debian
11 5 (0.32%) SUSE
11 5 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.065%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.065%) VMS
13 1 (0.065%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,023 (66.39%) DevOps
2 960 (62.30%) Agile
3 872 (56.59%) CI/CD
4 628 (40.75%) Microservices
5 556 (36.08%) Software Engineering
6 500 (32.45%) Mentoring
7 499 (32.38%) Performance Optimisation
8 469 (30.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 436 (28.29%) Test Automation
10 358 (23.23%) Roadmaps
11 328 (21.28%) Full-Stack Development
12 318 (20.64%) Continuous Integration
13 309 (20.05%) SDLC
14 308 (19.99%) Front End Development
15 289 (18.75%) High Availability
16 258 (16.74%) Cost Optimisation
17 250 (16.22%) Product Management
18 241 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
19 240 (15.57%) TDD
20 238 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 845 (54.83%) Java
2 680 (44.13%) Python
3 646 (41.92%) JavaScript
4 456 (29.59%) SQL
5 320 (20.77%) Bash
6 315 (20.44%) Go
7 187 (12.13%) TypeScript
8 137 (8.89%) C#
9 87 (5.65%) PowerShell
10 77 (5.00%) Rust
11 61 (3.96%) C++
12 25 (1.62%) Kotlin
13 23 (1.49%) C
13 23 (1.49%) Scala
14 22 (1.43%) Bicep
15 10 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.58%) PHP
16 9 (0.58%) R
17 8 (0.52%) Ruby
18 6 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 287 (18.62%) AWS Certification
2 232 (15.06%) Degree
3 170 (11.03%) Security Cleared
4 83 (5.39%) DV Cleared
5 74 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 74 (4.80%) SC Cleared
6 72 (4.67%) Master's Degree
7 55 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 47 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 43 (2.79%) PhD
10 42 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
12 22 (1.43%) HND
13 17 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
17 4 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 4 (0.26%) CISSP
18 3 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 305 (19.79%) QA
2 106 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 56 (3.63%) GDPR
4 41 (2.66%) HIPAA
5 18 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.17%) SOC 2
6 15 (0.97%) NIST
7 12 (0.78%) NCSC
8 11 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.52%) Basel III
9 8 (0.52%) IFRS
9 8 (0.52%) IFRS 9
10 7 (0.45%) Basel II
10 7 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
11 6 (0.39%) CDISC
11 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.26%) GMP
12 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.26%) SLA
13 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1,168 (75.79%) Docker
2 54 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
3 39 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.43%) Active Directory
5 16 (1.04%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.65%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) NFS
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Flume
9 5 (0.32%) Postfix
9 5 (0.32%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.19%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.065%) KVM
11 1 (0.065%) LXC
11 1 (0.065%) Samba
11 1 (0.065%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.065%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1,126 (73.07%) Kubernetes
2 564 (36.60%) Terraform
3 402 (26.09%) Ansible
4 303 (19.66%) Prometheus
5 229 (14.86%) Argo
6 215 (13.95%) Kustomize
7 83 (5.39%) Grafana
8 21 (1.36%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.78%) Istio
10 11 (0.71%) Puppet
11 6 (0.39%) SCCM
12 5 (0.32%) Oozie
13 4 (0.26%) Consul
13 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.26%) Nagios
13 4 (0.26%) Rancher
13 4 (0.26%) Rundeck
13 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.19%) Packer
14 3 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 314 (20.38%) Google
2 247 (16.03%) Solace
3 142 (9.21%) Microsoft
4 71 (4.61%) IBM
5 45 (2.92%) VMware
6 40 (2.60%) Red Hat
7 27 (1.75%) Databricks
8 24 (1.56%) SAP
9 17 (1.10%) Cisco
10 15 (0.97%) Splunk
11 14 (0.91%) Oracle
12 9 (0.58%) Ping Identity
13 8 (0.52%) New Relic
14 7 (0.45%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.45%) Confluent
14 7 (0.45%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.39%) Apple
15 6 (0.39%) Hitachi
16 5 (0.32%) Cloudera
16 5 (0.32%) NetApp