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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 182 113
Rank change year-on-year +37 -69 +20
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,084 1,582 3,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.08% 1.61% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.87% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 778 1,128 1,500
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,576 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -1.29% +2.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £123,250 £102,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Containerisation in the UK

Containerisation
Top 18 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 30 April 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 +42 1,007 £72,500 - 853
UK excluding London +25 593 £65,000 - 491
Work from Home +72 495 £70,000 - 633
London +61 449 £90,000 +9.09% 409
North of England +11 191 £62,500 - 180
South East +43 143 £60,000 -14.29% 78
North West -6 103 £57,836 -11.02% 118
South West +50 97 £72,500 - 72
Yorkshire +35 78 £68,000 +13.33% 50
Midlands 0 71 £60,000 - 76
Scotland +108 54 £85,253 +11.81% 28
West Midlands +14 47 £65,000 +8.33% 51
East of England +32 40 £65,000 - 36
East Midlands +22 24 £60,000 - 24
North East +43 10 £66,019 +10.03% 12
Northern Ireland +18 6 - - 16
Wales -1 6 £65,000 +18.18% 13
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 28 (2.58%) Confluence
2 27 (2.49%) Apache Spark
3 21 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.83%) Apache
5 8 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.65%) SAS
7 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.37%) CMS
8 4 (0.37%) nginx
8 4 (0.37%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.28%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.28%) IIS
9 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.28%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.092%) Mendix
Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Maya
2 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.18%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.092%) Endur
2 1 (0.092%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 560 (51.66%) Azure
2 519 (47.88%) AWS
3 244 (22.51%) GCP
4 120 (11.07%) AWS CloudFormation
5 117 (10.79%) Serverless
6 110 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (8.12%) Amazon EKS
8 84 (7.75%) GitHub
9 79 (7.29%) SaaS
10 71 (6.55%) AWS Lambda
11 68 (6.27%) Amazon S3
12 61 (5.63%) Amazon EC2
12 61 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.89%) Cloud Computing
14 35 (3.23%) PaaS
15 29 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
16 25 (2.31%) IaaS
17 23 (2.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 23 (2.12%) OpenShift
18 21 (1.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.77%) Network Security
2 26 (2.40%) Wireshark
3 23 (2.12%) Firewall
4 20 (1.85%) HTTP
5 17 (1.57%) Internet
6 16 (1.48%) DNS
7 15 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.01%) SAN
9 8 (0.74%) VLAN
10 7 (0.65%) DHCP
10 7 (0.65%) Multicast
10 7 (0.65%) VPN
11 5 (0.46%) NAS
12 4 (0.37%) BGP
12 4 (0.37%) EIGRP
12 4 (0.37%) OSPF
13 3 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.18%) IPv6
14 2 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
14 2 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (13.56%) NoSQL
2 119 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
3 83 (7.66%) SQL Server
4 72 (6.64%) MongoDB
5 65 (6.00%) Elasticsearch
6 50 (4.61%) MySQL
7 45 (4.15%) Relational Database
8 41 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
9 31 (2.86%) DynamoDB
10 30 (2.77%) Big Data
11 25 (2.31%) Data Lake
12 24 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (1.94%) Tableau
14 17 (1.57%) Power BI
15 16 (1.48%) BigQuery
16 14 (1.29%) Redis
17 13 (1.20%) Apache Hive
18 12 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
19 11 (1.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 147 (13.56%) Git
2 126 (11.62%) GitLab
3 124 (11.44%) Jenkins
4 49 (4.52%) JIRA
5 40 (3.69%) IntelliJ
6 35 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 34 (3.14%) JUnit
8 32 (2.95%) CircleCI
8 32 (2.95%) SonarQube
9 28 (2.58%) Jasmine
10 27 (2.49%) Maven
10 27 (2.49%) Mockito
10 27 (2.49%) webpack
11 24 (2.21%) Eclipse
12 22 (2.03%) Karma Test Runner
12 22 (2.03%) Protractor
13 20 (1.85%) Cypress.io
14 18 (1.66%) Cucumber
15 14 (1.29%) Postman
16 13 (1.20%) TeamCity
General
1 316 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 294 (27.12%) Finance
3 185 (17.07%) Banking
4 102 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (6.27%) Public Sector
7 38 (3.51%) Law
8 32 (2.95%) Marketing
9 29 (2.68%) Games
10 27 (2.49%) Legal
11 25 (2.31%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.31%) Retail
12 18 (1.66%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.57%) Front Office
14 12 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.01%) Electronics
15 11 (1.01%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.92%) Investment Banking
16 10 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 249 (22.97%) Developer
2 200 (18.45%) Senior
3 198 (18.27%) Lead
4 130 (11.99%) DevOps Engineer
5 127 (11.72%) Architect
6 120 (11.07%) Software Engineer
7 72 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
8 64 (5.90%) Software Developer
9 59 (5.44%) Platform Engineer
10 54 (4.98%) Java Engineer
10 54 (4.98%) Systems Engineer
11 51 (4.70%) Senior Developer
12 45 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
13 44 (4.06%) Backend Developer
14 43 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
15 41 (3.78%) Java Developer
15 41 (3.78%) Python Engineer
15 41 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
16 37 (3.41%) Cloud Architect
17 35 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (16.79%) React
2 152 (14.02%) .NET
3 125 (11.53%) RESTful
4 122 (11.25%) REST
5 106 (9.78%) AngularJS
6 102 (9.41%) Node.js
7 91 (8.39%) Kafka
8 83 (7.66%) Spring
9 76 (7.01%) Spring Boot
10 61 (5.63%) Pandas
11 54 (4.98%) RabbitMQ
12 50 (4.61%) OAuth
13 48 (4.43%) Elastic Stack
14 46 (4.24%) .NET Core
15 45 (4.15%) ARM Templates
16 43 (3.97%) Flask
17 35 (3.23%) CSS
17 35 (3.23%) FastAPI
17 35 (3.23%) GraphQL
17 35 (3.23%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.96%) Cloud Native
2 73 (6.73%) Management Information System
3 65 (6.00%) Product Ownership
4 62 (5.72%) Distributed Systems
5 57 (5.26%) Algorithms
6 49 (4.52%) Cyberattack
7 32 (2.95%) Public Cloud
8 30 (2.77%) Mobile App
9 28 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (2.21%) Onboarding
11 23 (2.12%) Blockchain
12 22 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.85%) Private Cloud
14 19 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.66%) Learning Management System
16 17 (1.57%) Data Structures
16 17 (1.57%) Hackathon
16 17 (1.57%) IoT
17 15 (1.38%) Distributed Applications
18 14 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 232 (21.40%) Linux
2 89 (8.21%) Windows
3 71 (6.55%) Android
4 27 (2.49%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (1.29%) Unix
7 13 (1.20%) CentOS
8 9 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.74%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.55%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.46%) Debian
11 5 (0.46%) SUSE
11 5 (0.46%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.28%) VMS
13 2 (0.18%) CoreOS
13 2 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (58.39%) CI/CD
2 565 (52.12%) DevOps
3 509 (46.96%) Agile
4 380 (35.06%) Microservices
5 318 (29.34%) Software Engineering
6 259 (23.89%) Infrastructure as Code
7 248 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
8 192 (17.71%) Mentoring
9 179 (16.51%) Test Automation
10 142 (13.10%) Roadmaps
11 127 (11.72%) Artificial Intelligence
12 111 (10.24%) Line Management
13 106 (9.78%) Design Patterns
14 105 (9.69%) Scrum
15 104 (9.59%) Event-Driven
16 101 (9.32%) Continuous Integration
16 101 (9.32%) Deployment Automation
16 101 (9.32%) Machine Learning
16 101 (9.32%) OO
17 100 (9.23%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 474 (43.73%) Python
2 385 (35.52%) Java
3 209 (19.28%) SQL
4 189 (17.44%) JavaScript
5 147 (13.56%) C#
6 113 (10.42%) Bash
7 103 (9.50%) Go
8 98 (9.04%) TypeScript
9 90 (8.30%) PowerShell
10 77 (7.10%) Rust
11 62 (5.72%) C++
12 30 (2.77%) Kotlin
13 28 (2.58%) C
14 24 (2.21%) Scala
15 21 (1.94%) Bicep
16 9 (0.83%) PHP
16 9 (0.83%) R
16 9 (0.83%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.74%) Ruby
18 6 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 241 (22.23%) Degree
2 177 (16.33%) Security Cleared
3 89 (8.21%) DV Cleared
4 81 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 76 (7.01%) Master's Degree
6 75 (6.92%) SC Cleared
7 71 (6.55%) AWS Certification
8 55 (5.07%) Azure Certification
9 47 (4.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 47 (4.34%) PhD
10 43 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (2.12%) Chartered Engineer
11 23 (2.12%) HND
12 17 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.46%) CISSP
16 4 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (5.26%) QA
2 56 (5.17%) GDPR
3 41 (3.78%) HIPAA
4 18 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.57%) SOC 2
6 16 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.20%) NIST
8 12 (1.11%) NCSC
9 11 (1.01%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.74%) Basel III
10 8 (0.74%) IFRS
10 8 (0.74%) IFRS 9
11 7 (0.65%) Basel II
11 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.65%) Dodd-Frank
12 6 (0.55%) CDISC
13 4 (0.37%) GMP
13 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 716 (66.05%) Docker
2 54 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
3 38 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.03%) Active Directory
5 16 (1.48%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.83%) vSphere
8 6 (0.55%) NFS
9 5 (0.46%) Apache Flume
9 5 (0.46%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.28%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.28%) Postfix
11 1 (0.092%) KVM
11 1 (0.092%) LXC
11 1 (0.092%) Samba
11 1 (0.092%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.092%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 682 (62.92%) Kubernetes
2 356 (32.84%) Terraform
3 188 (17.34%) Ansible
4 91 (8.39%) Prometheus
5 81 (7.47%) Grafana
6 24 (2.21%) Progress Chef
7 18 (1.66%) Argo
8 14 (1.29%) Istio
9 12 (1.11%) Puppet
10 6 (0.55%) Nagios
11 5 (0.46%) Oozie
11 5 (0.46%) SCCM
12 4 (0.37%) Consul
12 4 (0.37%) Rancher
12 4 (0.37%) Rundeck
13 3 (0.28%) Kibana
13 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.28%) Packer
13 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.78%) Google
3 66 (6.09%) IBM
4 43 (3.97%) VMware
5 33 (3.04%) Red Hat
6 26 (2.40%) Databricks
7 24 (2.21%) SAP
8 18 (1.66%) Cisco
9 17 (1.57%) Splunk
10 16 (1.48%) Oracle
11 11 (1.01%) Dynatrace
12 10 (0.92%) New Relic
13 8 (0.74%) Ping Identity
14 7 (0.65%) Confluent
14 7 (0.65%) Hitachi
15 6 (0.55%) Apple
16 5 (0.46%) Cloudera
16 5 (0.46%) NetApp
16 5 (0.46%) NVIDIA
17 4 (0.37%) Rapid7