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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 115 196
Rank change year-on-year -34 +81 -55
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,344 1,312 1,385
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.67% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.96% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 914 672 1,019
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,688 £46,000
25th Percentile £53,929 £60,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,466 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £88,111 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £126,125 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -7.69%

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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 17 July 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 July 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 -32 1,187 £72,500 -6.45% 534
UK excluding London -32 773 £65,000 -3.70% 431
Work from Home -33 493 £70,000 -2.77% 370
London -28 476 £80,000 -11.11% 202
North of England -37 217 £65,000 - 112
South East +26 187 £65,000 - 94
South West -1 174 £57,500 -23.33% 66
North West -39 118 £72,500 +20.83% 61
Midlands -81 64 £70,000 +7.69% 56
Yorkshire -38 59 £65,000 -6.14% 35
Northern Ireland -13 51 £68,151 +58.15% 22
East of England -20 41 £60,000 -7.69% 37
Wales -26 41 £67,500 +3.85% 12
North East -27 40 £55,000 -12.00% 16
West Midlands -59 38 £70,079 +3.82% 35
East Midlands -43 26 £62,500 +8.69% 21
Scotland -77 7 £60,000 -25.00% 35

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 37 (2.75%) Apache
2 31 (2.31%) Confluence
3 29 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (2.08%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.74%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.30%) IIS
8 3 (0.22%) Camunda
8 3 (0.22%) CMS
8 3 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.22%) WordPress
9 2 (0.15%) Appian
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.074%) Apache Qpid
10 1 (0.074%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.074%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.074%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.074%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.22%) Blender
4 3 (0.22%) Maya
5 2 (0.15%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Oracle Retail
1 6 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 774 (57.59%) AWS
2 688 (51.19%) Azure
3 341 (25.37%) GCP
4 214 (15.92%) GitHub
5 182 (13.54%) Serverless
6 156 (11.61%) AWS CloudFormation
7 153 (11.38%) GitHub Actions
8 117 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
9 107 (7.96%) OpenShift
10 104 (7.74%) Azure AKS
11 96 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
12 95 (7.07%) Amazon S3
13 83 (6.18%) Cloud Computing
14 80 (5.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 78 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
16 77 (5.73%) Amazon ECS
17 73 (5.43%) Datadog
18 68 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
19 65 (4.84%) SaaS
20 57 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 72 (5.36%) Firewall
2 70 (5.21%) DNS
3 66 (4.91%) Broadband
4 61 (4.54%) WAN
5 54 (4.02%) LAN
6 42 (3.13%) Network Security
6 42 (3.13%) TCP/IP
7 36 (2.68%) VPN
8 20 (1.49%) HTTP
8 20 (1.49%) MQTT
9 16 (1.19%) BGP
9 16 (1.19%) OSPF
9 16 (1.19%) VLAN
10 15 (1.12%) VXLAN
11 13 (0.97%) DMARC
12 11 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (0.74%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.60%) IPv4
15 7 (0.52%) DHCP
16 6 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.04%) PostgreSQL
2 119 (8.85%) NoSQL
3 74 (5.51%) MongoDB
4 60 (4.46%) Relational Database
5 58 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
6 56 (4.17%) MySQL
7 47 (3.50%) DynamoDB
8 44 (3.27%) SQL Server
9 39 (2.90%) Redis
10 28 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
11 22 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (1.12%) RDBMS
13 13 (0.97%) Big Data
14 12 (0.89%) Pinecone
15 11 (0.82%) DTS
16 10 (0.74%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.74%) Db2
17 9 (0.67%) InfluxDB
17 9 (0.67%) Power BI
18 8 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 235 (17.49%) Git
2 201 (14.96%) Jenkins
3 182 (13.54%) GitLab
4 42 (3.13%) CircleCI
5 39 (2.90%) JIRA
6 25 (1.86%) Bitbucket
7 24 (1.79%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.26%) JUnit
8 17 (1.26%) Maven
9 15 (1.12%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.12%) Mockito
10 14 (1.04%) Selenium
10 14 (1.04%) SonarQube
11 13 (0.97%) Vite
12 12 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 9 (0.67%) Claude Code
14 8 (0.60%) Gatling
14 8 (0.60%) MLflow
14 8 (0.60%) Robot Framework
14 8 (0.60%) TestRail
General
1 400 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 294 (21.88%) Finance
3 114 (8.48%) Public Sector
4 103 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (6.62%) Law
6 83 (6.18%) Banking
7 79 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 26 (1.93%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.34%) Games
12 18 (1.34%) Legal
12 18 (1.34%) Retail
13 14 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (0.82%) Front Office
15 10 (0.74%) Electronics
16 9 (0.67%) Billing
16 9 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 267 (19.87%) Senior
2 254 (18.90%) Developer
3 194 (14.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 187 (13.91%) Software Engineer
5 180 (13.39%) Architect
6 168 (12.50%) Lead
7 124 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 71 (5.28%) Senior Developer
9 67 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
10 65 (4.84%) Java Developer
11 61 (4.54%) Platform Engineer
12 56 (4.17%) Systems Architect
13 54 (4.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 52 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
14 52 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 50 (3.72%) Senior Software Engineer
16 48 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
17 40 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
18 39 (2.90%) Senior DevOps
19 37 (2.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (13.10%) RESTful
2 172 (12.80%) Spring
3 171 (12.72%) React
4 167 (12.43%) Spring Boot
5 138 (10.27%) Node.js
6 137 (10.19%) .NET
7 131 (9.75%) Kafka
8 121 (9.00%) REST
9 78 (5.80%) AngularJS
10 76 (5.65%) gRPC
11 73 (5.43%) RabbitMQ
12 58 (4.32%) OAuth
13 55 (4.09%) Elastic Stack
14 49 (3.65%) JSON
15 44 (3.27%) .NET Core
16 43 (3.20%) OAuth2
16 43 (3.20%) YAML
17 42 (3.13%) CSS
18 39 (2.90%) Vue
19 38 (2.83%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 345 (25.67%) Cloud Native
2 171 (12.72%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.35%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (3.35%) Video\Live Streaming
5 40 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.64%) PKI
11 21 (1.56%) Blockchain
12 20 (1.49%) Data Structures
12 20 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
13 18 (1.34%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.34%) Virtual Team
13 18 (1.34%) Web3
14 17 (1.26%) AI Agents
15 16 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 261 (19.42%) Linux
2 88 (6.55%) Windows
3 34 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 31 (2.31%) CentOS
4 31 (2.31%) Unix
5 30 (2.23%) Ubuntu
6 17 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.67%) Debian
8 5 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.30%) VMS
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.074%) Android
11 1 (0.074%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.074%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 887 (66.00%) CI/CD
2 639 (47.54%) DevOps
3 633 (47.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 477 (35.49%) Agile
5 421 (31.32%) Microservices
6 419 (31.18%) Software Engineering
7 339 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
8 259 (19.27%) Mentoring
8 259 (19.27%) Test Automation
9 250 (18.60%) Observability
10 246 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 223 (16.59%) AI
12 187 (13.91%) Event-Driven
13 179 (13.32%) Platform Engineering
14 166 (12.35%) Full-Stack Development
15 159 (11.83%) Roadmaps
16 143 (10.64%) Clean Code
17 136 (10.12%) Machine Learning
18 129 (9.60%) Technical Leadership
19 128 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 619 (46.06%) Python
2 325 (24.18%) Java
3 242 (18.01%) JavaScript
4 180 (13.39%) Bash
5 171 (12.72%) SQL
6 148 (11.01%) C#
6 148 (11.01%) TypeScript
7 139 (10.34%) PowerShell
8 138 (10.27%) Go
9 55 (4.09%) Scala
10 54 (4.02%) Bicep
11 44 (3.27%) C++
12 35 (2.60%) Ruby
13 31 (2.31%) Rust
14 26 (1.93%) PHP
15 21 (1.56%) Kotlin
16 17 (1.26%) Groovy
17 12 (0.89%) C
18 10 (0.74%) RPG
18 10 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 329 (24.48%) Security Cleared
2 166 (12.35%) SC Cleared
3 146 (10.86%) Degree
4 120 (8.93%) DV Cleared
5 79 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 57 (4.24%) Azure Certification
7 45 (3.35%) AWS Certification
8 25 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (1.49%) CISSP
10 18 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.74%) CCNP
12 10 (0.74%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.60%) CCNA
14 8 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (0.60%) OSCP
14 8 (0.60%) RHCE
14 8 (0.60%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (8.33%) QA
2 62 (4.61%) GRC
3 42 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 32 (2.38%) GDPR
5 31 (2.31%) PCI DSS
6 28 (2.08%) Data Quality
7 24 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.71%) NIST
9 20 (1.49%) WCAG
10 17 (1.26%) NCSC
11 14 (1.04%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.82%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
17 1 (0.074%) PSD2
17 1 (0.074%) SLA
System Software
1 775 (57.66%) Docker
2 41 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
3 40 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.75%) Active Directory
5 9 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.67%) vSphere
6 8 (0.60%) Squid
7 7 (0.52%) KVM
8 6 (0.45%) Firmware
8 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.22%) iptables
10 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.15%) NDS
11 1 (0.074%) QEMU
11 1 (0.074%) Xen
Systems Management
1 774 (57.59%) Kubernetes
2 513 (38.17%) Terraform
3 206 (15.33%) Ansible
4 171 (12.72%) Grafana
5 150 (11.16%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.83%) Argo
7 31 (2.31%) Puppet
8 27 (2.01%) Progress Chef
9 22 (1.64%) Istio
10 19 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
11 18 (1.34%) Nagios
11 18 (1.34%) Podman
12 14 (1.04%) Kibana
13 13 (0.97%) FortiGate
14 12 (0.89%) linkerd
15 11 (0.82%) Packer
15 11 (0.82%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
16 6 (0.45%) logstash
16 6 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 185 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.10%) Google
3 59 (4.39%) Red Hat
4 50 (3.72%) Splunk
5 45 (3.35%) Typelevel
6 42 (3.13%) VMware
7 39 (2.90%) Oracle
8 26 (1.93%) Dynatrace
9 22 (1.64%) Palo Alto
10 21 (1.56%) OpenAI
11 20 (1.49%) Cisco
12 18 (1.34%) Fortinet
13 16 (1.19%) Zscaler
14 14 (1.04%) IBM
15 13 (0.97%) SendGrid
16 11 (0.82%) ServiceNow
17 10 (0.74%) Confluent
17 10 (0.74%) Databricks
17 10 (0.74%) NVIDIA
17 10 (0.74%) Rapid7