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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 113 191
Rank change year-on-year -52 +78 -46
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,131 1,238 1,479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 2.84% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 3.05% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 732 714 1,109
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,000
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 £87,662 £97,528 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £127,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,269 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.09% +3.49% -

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 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £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 £102,446 £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 9 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 9 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 -40 1,037 £72,500 -6.22% 445
UK excluding London -78 557 £62,500 -7.09% 294
London -15 472 £82,500 -8.33% 182
Work from Home -49 411 £70,932 +2.23% 206
North of England -70 178 £65,000 - 84
South East -3 138 £70,000 +16.67% 84
South West -17 124 £55,000 -23.87% 53
North West -57 91 £65,000 +4.49% 43
Midlands -94 59 £70,000 +16.67% 35
Yorkshire -65 58 £65,000 -4.41% 21
East of England -30 31 £60,000 -7.69% 16
West Midlands -69 30 £70,932 +9.13% 19
North East -28 29 £48,445 -26.62% 20
East Midlands -52 28 £64,500 +7.50% 16
Wales -21 17 £60,748 -6.54% 8
Scotland -82 13 £60,000 -29.41% 10
Northern Ireland -30 5 £62,500 - 5

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 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (2.30%) Apache
3 16 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.41%) Appian
4 14 (1.24%) Confluence
5 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.35%) IIS
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
8 3 (0.27%) Camunda
8 3 (0.27%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Qpid
10 1 (0.088%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.088%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.088%) JBoss
10 1 (0.088%) nginx
10 1 (0.088%) SAS
10 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.62%) Maya
2 6 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.088%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
1 3 (0.27%) Shopify
2 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.088%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.088%) Endur
3 1 (0.088%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 660 (58.36%) AWS
2 586 (51.81%) Azure
3 328 (29.00%) GCP
4 197 (17.42%) GitHub
5 165 (14.59%) Serverless
6 139 (12.29%) GitHub Actions
7 132 (11.67%) Azure DevOps
8 124 (10.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 103 (9.11%) Azure AKS
10 93 (8.22%) AWS Lambda
11 90 (7.96%) OpenShift
12 89 (7.87%) Datadog
13 87 (7.69%) Amazon S3
14 69 (6.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 60 (5.31%) Amazon EC2
16 59 (5.22%) SaaS
17 48 (4.24%) Amazon EKS
18 45 (3.98%) IaaS
19 44 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
20 40 (3.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.81%) Broadband
2 75 (6.63%) Firewall
3 60 (5.31%) DNS
4 33 (2.92%) TCP/IP
5 30 (2.65%) Network Security
6 29 (2.56%) HTTP
7 18 (1.59%) VPN
8 9 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.62%) AMQP
9 7 (0.62%) DHCP
9 7 (0.62%) MQTT
10 6 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.53%) DMZ
10 6 (0.53%) WAN
11 5 (0.44%) IPv4
12 4 (0.35%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.27%) RFID
13 3 (0.27%) RTP
13 3 (0.27%) SCCP
13 3 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (14.32%) NoSQL
2 100 (8.84%) PostgreSQL
3 80 (7.07%) MongoDB
4 74 (6.54%) SQL Server
5 72 (6.37%) Relational Database
6 64 (5.66%) Amazon RDS
7 51 (4.51%) MySQL
8 44 (3.89%) DynamoDB
9 32 (2.83%) RDBMS
10 30 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (2.65%) Pinecone
11 23 (2.03%) Redis
12 14 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (1.06%) InfluxDB
14 11 (0.97%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.97%) Metadata
14 11 (0.97%) Power BI
15 10 (0.88%) Big Data
16 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 203 (17.95%) Git
2 172 (15.21%) Jenkins
3 141 (12.47%) GitLab
4 47 (4.16%) CircleCI
5 36 (3.18%) JIRA
6 26 (2.30%) Bitbucket
7 21 (1.86%) Cypress.io
7 21 (1.86%) JUnit
7 21 (1.86%) MLflow
8 19 (1.68%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.59%) Vite
10 17 (1.50%) Maven
11 16 (1.41%) Mockito
11 16 (1.41%) SonarQube
12 14 (1.24%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.97%) Selenium
14 10 (0.88%) Robot Framework
14 10 (0.88%) TeamCity
15 9 (0.80%) TestRail
16 8 (0.71%) Storybook
General
1 308 (27.23%) Social Skills
2 239 (21.13%) Finance
3 92 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 73 (6.45%) Banking
6 67 (5.92%) Telecoms
7 65 (5.75%) Law
8 58 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 20 (1.77%) Aerospace
11 19 (1.68%) Front Office
11 19 (1.68%) Games
12 16 (1.41%) Retail
13 15 (1.33%) Billing
13 15 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (0.88%) Electronics
14 10 (0.88%) Legal
14 10 (0.88%) Marketing
15 8 (0.71%) Advertising
15 8 (0.71%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 266 (23.52%) Senior
2 234 (20.69%) Developer
3 150 (13.26%) Software Engineer
4 140 (12.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 140 (12.38%) Lead
5 108 (9.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 81 (7.16%) Architect
7 67 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
8 66 (5.84%) Senior Developer
9 56 (4.95%) Java Developer
10 51 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
11 46 (4.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 46 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 40 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
13 38 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
14 36 (3.18%) AWS Engineer
15 30 (2.65%) Scala Engineer
15 30 (2.65%) Senior DevOps
16 29 (2.56%) Data Engineer
17 28 (2.48%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (14.77%) React
2 159 (14.06%) RESTful
3 153 (13.53%) .NET
4 128 (11.32%) REST
5 117 (10.34%) Spring
6 111 (9.81%) Kafka
7 109 (9.64%) Spring Boot
8 101 (8.93%) Node.js
9 89 (7.87%) gRPC
10 70 (6.19%) Elastic Stack
11 68 (6.01%) AngularJS
12 62 (5.48%) .NET Core
13 58 (5.13%) OAuth
13 58 (5.13%) RabbitMQ
14 50 (4.42%) FastAPI
15 39 (3.45%) Django
16 36 (3.18%) CSS
17 35 (3.09%) JWT
17 35 (3.09%) Vue
18 34 (3.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 272 (24.05%) Cloud Native
2 153 (13.53%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.98%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (3.98%) Video\Live Streaming
5 33 (2.92%) Blockchain
5 33 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.74%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (2.12%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.95%) PKI
11 21 (1.86%) Web3
12 19 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.59%) Management Information System
14 17 (1.50%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.33%) Algorithms
16 14 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 225 (19.89%) Linux
2 85 (7.52%) Windows
3 39 (3.45%) Ubuntu
3 39 (3.45%) Unix
4 32 (2.83%) CentOS
5 26 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 21 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.97%) Android
8 10 (0.88%) VMS
9 8 (0.71%) Debian
10 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.088%) Rocky
12 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 770 (68.08%) CI/CD
2 562 (49.69%) DevOps
3 464 (41.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 429 (37.93%) Agile
5 391 (34.57%) Microservices
6 328 (29.00%) Software Engineering
7 302 (26.70%) Problem-Solving
8 234 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 233 (20.60%) AI
10 210 (18.57%) Mentoring
10 210 (18.57%) Test Automation
11 198 (17.51%) Observability
12 158 (13.97%) Machine Learning
13 156 (13.79%) Full-Stack Development
14 150 (13.26%) High Availability
15 135 (11.94%) Continuous Integration
16 132 (11.67%) Continuous Delivery
17 124 (10.96%) Clean Code
18 123 (10.88%) Event-Driven
19 120 (10.61%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 534 (47.21%) Python
2 265 (23.43%) Java
3 222 (19.63%) JavaScript
4 211 (18.66%) SQL
5 172 (15.21%) Bash
6 155 (13.70%) Go
7 136 (12.02%) C#
8 125 (11.05%) PowerShell
9 116 (10.26%) TypeScript
10 49 (4.33%) Scala
11 36 (3.18%) C++
12 34 (3.01%) Bicep
13 25 (2.21%) PHP
14 21 (1.86%) Kotlin
15 16 (1.41%) C
15 16 (1.41%) Rust
16 14 (1.24%) Ruby
17 12 (1.06%) Groovy
18 8 (0.71%) Google Apps Script
18 8 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 226 (19.98%) Security Cleared
2 119 (10.52%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.17%) Degree
4 80 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 72 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 61 (5.39%) AWS Certification
7 52 (4.60%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
9 12 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 9 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.80%) CISSP
12 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.62%) OSCP
14 6 (0.53%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.44%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (7.52%) QA
2 37 (3.27%) GDPR
3 32 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 29 (2.56%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.03%) NIST
7 19 (1.68%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.97%) JSP 440
8 11 (0.97%) NCSC
9 9 (0.80%) GRC
10 6 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 6 (0.53%) WCAG
11 5 (0.44%) SLA
12 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 725 (64.10%) Docker
2 37 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
3 31 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 29 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.88%) vSphere
6 9 (0.80%) KVM
7 8 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.62%) Firmware
9 5 (0.44%) Squid
10 4 (0.35%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.35%) iptables
11 3 (0.27%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.18%) GPFS
12 2 (0.18%) Lustre
12 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.088%) QEMU
13 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 696 (61.54%) Kubernetes
2 441 (38.99%) Terraform
3 195 (17.24%) Ansible
4 168 (14.85%) Grafana
5 155 (13.70%) Prometheus
6 42 (3.71%) Argo
7 23 (2.03%) Puppet
8 22 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (1.68%) Kustomize
10 18 (1.59%) Istio
11 16 (1.41%) Nagios
12 15 (1.33%) Podman
13 14 (1.24%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
14 9 (0.80%) Packer
15 7 (0.62%) Kibana
15 7 (0.62%) linkerd
15 7 (0.62%) Mesos
16 5 (0.44%) FortiGate
16 5 (0.44%) Rancher
Vendors
1 111 (9.81%) Microsoft
2 107 (9.46%) Google
3 58 (5.13%) Red Hat
4 45 (3.98%) Typelevel
5 42 (3.71%) Splunk
6 38 (3.36%) OpenAI
7 33 (2.92%) VMware
8 31 (2.74%) Oracle
9 23 (2.03%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.33%) Cisco
10 15 (1.33%) Databricks
10 15 (1.33%) NVIDIA
10 15 (1.33%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.15%) Automation Anywhere
11 13 (1.15%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.15%) UiPath
12 12 (1.06%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.97%) Confluent
14 8 (0.71%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.62%) Rapid7