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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 110 192
Rank change year-on-year -53 +82 -45
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,162 1,219 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 2.86% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 3.06% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 761 638 1,114
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,536 £45,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £54,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,474 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £130,000 £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 68,427 39,782 82,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 93.32% 84.70%
Number of salaries quoted 44,356 20,831 59,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,797 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -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 23 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 23 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 -48 1,063 £72,500 -6.45% 475
UK excluding London -57 596 £62,500 -7.41% 325
London -13 471 £82,500 -8.33% 199
Work from Home -34 429 £70,932 -1.47% 245
North of England -71 182 £65,000 -3.70% 93
South East +6 159 £70,000 +7.69% 89
South West -7 131 £55,000 -23.60% 69
North West -50 89 £70,000 +10.06% 51
Yorkshire -47 60 £65,000 -7.14% 20
Midlands -91 59 £70,000 +16.67% 20
East of England -22 35 £60,050 -11.04% 17
North East -20 33 £55,000 -17.96% 22
West Midlands -71 31 £70,079 +7.81% 11
East Midlands -64 28 £64,000 +6.67% 9
Wales -23 20 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Scotland -70 11 £60,000 -29.41% 17
Northern Ireland - 5 £62,500 - 15

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 30 (2.58%) Apache
2 24 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.46%) Confluence
5 12 (1.03%) Appian
6 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.52%) IIS
7 6 (0.52%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.26%) Camunda
9 3 (0.26%) CMS
9 3 (0.26%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Qpid
11 1 (0.086%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.086%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.086%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.086%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.086%) nginx
11 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.69%) Maya
2 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.086%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.086%) Blender
5 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (0.26%) Shopify
3 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.086%) Endur
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 685 (58.95%) AWS
2 590 (50.77%) Azure
3 322 (27.71%) GCP
4 193 (16.61%) GitHub
5 171 (14.72%) Serverless
6 137 (11.79%) GitHub Actions
7 128 (11.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 125 (10.76%) Azure DevOps
9 102 (8.78%) Azure AKS
10 96 (8.26%) AWS Lambda
11 92 (7.92%) Amazon S3
12 89 (7.66%) OpenShift
13 85 (7.31%) Datadog
14 74 (6.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 70 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
16 65 (5.59%) SaaS
17 49 (4.22%) Amazon ECS
17 49 (4.22%) Amazon EKS
18 47 (4.04%) IaaS
19 38 (3.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (6.54%) Broadband
2 71 (6.11%) Firewall
3 61 (5.25%) DNS
4 32 (2.75%) TCP/IP
5 31 (2.67%) Network Security
6 25 (2.15%) HTTP
7 18 (1.55%) VPN
8 11 (0.95%) MQTT
8 11 (0.95%) Software-Defined Networking
9 8 (0.69%) AMQP
10 7 (0.60%) IPv4
11 6 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.52%) DHCP
11 6 (0.52%) DMZ
12 5 (0.43%) VLAN
12 5 (0.43%) WAN
12 5 (0.43%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.34%) BGP
13 4 (0.34%) OSPF
13 4 (0.34%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (12.48%) NoSQL
2 99 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (6.45%) MongoDB
4 71 (6.11%) Relational Database
4 71 (6.11%) SQL Server
5 62 (5.34%) Amazon RDS
6 51 (4.39%) MySQL
7 48 (4.13%) DynamoDB
8 31 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
8 31 (2.67%) RDBMS
9 29 (2.50%) Redis
10 24 (2.07%) Pinecone
11 13 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.03%) Big Data
12 12 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.86%) InfluxDB
13 10 (0.86%) Metadata
14 9 (0.77%) Power BI
15 8 (0.69%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 212 (18.24%) Git
2 177 (15.23%) Jenkins
3 154 (13.25%) GitLab
4 48 (4.13%) CircleCI
5 35 (3.01%) JIRA
6 27 (2.32%) Bitbucket
6 27 (2.32%) JUnit
7 23 (1.98%) Cypress.io
8 22 (1.89%) Mockito
9 21 (1.81%) Maven
10 18 (1.55%) Jaeger
10 18 (1.55%) MLflow
11 16 (1.38%) Vite
12 15 (1.29%) SonarQube
13 14 (1.20%) Cucumber
14 11 (0.95%) Selenium
15 10 (0.86%) JMeter
16 9 (0.77%) Robot Framework
16 9 (0.77%) TestRail
17 8 (0.69%) Storybook
General
1 323 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 242 (20.83%) Finance
3 92 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (7.31%) Public Sector
5 76 (6.54%) Banking
6 67 (5.77%) Law
7 61 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.15%) Aerospace
10 22 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 19 (1.64%) Games
11 19 (1.64%) Retail
12 18 (1.55%) Front Office
13 14 (1.20%) Billing
14 13 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.03%) Marketing
16 11 (0.95%) Legal
17 9 (0.77%) Electronics
17 9 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 270 (23.24%) Senior
2 250 (21.51%) Developer
3 171 (14.72%) Software Engineer
4 149 (12.82%) Lead
5 135 (11.62%) DevOps Engineer
6 115 (9.90%) Cloud Engineer
7 83 (7.14%) Architect
8 73 (6.28%) Senior Developer
9 67 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
9 67 (5.77%) Java Developer
10 58 (4.99%) Senior Software Engineer
11 46 (3.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 44 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (3.44%) AWS Engineer
13 40 (3.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 40 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
14 31 (2.67%) Senior DevOps
15 30 (2.58%) Scala Engineer
15 30 (2.58%) Software Developer
16 29 (2.50%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (15.06%) React
2 162 (13.94%) RESTful
3 153 (13.17%) .NET
4 128 (11.02%) REST
4 128 (11.02%) Spring
5 116 (9.98%) Spring Boot
6 111 (9.55%) Kafka
7 105 (9.04%) Node.js
8 88 (7.57%) gRPC
9 74 (6.37%) AngularJS
10 65 (5.59%) Elastic Stack
11 62 (5.34%) RabbitMQ
12 60 (5.16%) .NET Core
13 57 (4.91%) OAuth
14 44 (3.79%) FastAPI
15 38 (3.27%) JSON
16 35 (3.01%) Django
16 35 (3.01%) JWT
17 34 (2.93%) CSS
18 33 (2.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 269 (23.15%) Cloud Native
2 147 (12.65%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.87%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (3.87%) Video\Live Streaming
5 34 (2.93%) Blockchain
6 31 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.50%) Public Cloud
8 28 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 23 (1.98%) Onboarding
11 23 (1.98%) PKI
12 22 (1.89%) Web3
13 19 (1.64%) AI Agents
13 19 (1.64%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.29%) Low-Code
16 14 (1.20%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 233 (20.05%) Linux
2 82 (7.06%) Windows
3 38 (3.27%) Ubuntu
4 37 (3.18%) Unix
5 31 (2.67%) CentOS
5 31 (2.67%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.77%) Android
7 9 (0.77%) Debian
8 8 (0.69%) VMS
9 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.086%) Rocky
11 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 786 (67.64%) CI/CD
2 558 (48.02%) DevOps
3 473 (40.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 454 (39.07%) Agile
5 390 (33.56%) Microservices
6 360 (30.98%) Software Engineering
7 305 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
8 238 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 232 (19.97%) Test Automation
10 229 (19.71%) Mentoring
11 227 (19.54%) AI
12 207 (17.81%) Observability
13 158 (13.60%) Full-Stack Development
14 150 (12.91%) Machine Learning
15 145 (12.48%) High Availability
16 132 (11.36%) Continuous Delivery
17 131 (11.27%) Platform Engineering
18 130 (11.19%) Continuous Integration
19 127 (10.93%) Clean Code
20 126 (10.84%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 542 (46.64%) Python
2 284 (24.44%) Java
3 238 (20.48%) JavaScript
4 200 (17.21%) SQL
5 176 (15.15%) Bash
6 150 (12.91%) Go
7 141 (12.13%) C#
8 131 (11.27%) TypeScript
9 128 (11.02%) PowerShell
10 49 (4.22%) Scala
11 35 (3.01%) Bicep
12 34 (2.93%) C++
13 25 (2.15%) PHP
14 23 (1.98%) Rust
15 21 (1.81%) Kotlin
16 16 (1.38%) C
17 14 (1.20%) Groovy
17 14 (1.20%) Ruby
18 12 (1.03%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.77%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 238 (20.48%) Security Cleared
2 126 (10.84%) Degree
2 126 (10.84%) SC Cleared
3 77 (6.63%) DV Cleared
4 75 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (4.99%) AWS Certification
6 54 (4.65%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (0.95%) ISTQB
9 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (0.69%) CISSP
11 8 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (0.60%) CCNA
12 7 (0.60%) OSCP
12 7 (0.60%) RHCE
12 7 (0.60%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.66%) QA
2 37 (3.18%) GDPR
3 31 (2.67%) PCI DSS
4 30 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (2.41%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.89%) NIST
7 17 (1.46%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.95%) GRC
8 11 (0.95%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.69%) NCSC
9 8 (0.69%) WCAG
10 6 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) SLA
12 1 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.086%) EMIR
System Software
1 733 (63.08%) Docker
2 37 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.86%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.86%) vSphere
5 8 (0.69%) KVM
6 7 (0.60%) Squid
7 6 (0.52%) Firmware
8 4 (0.34%) iptables
9 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.26%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.086%) QEMU
11 1 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.086%) Xen
Systems Management
1 700 (60.24%) Kubernetes
2 443 (38.12%) Terraform
3 193 (16.61%) Ansible
4 162 (13.94%) Grafana
5 152 (13.08%) Prometheus
6 41 (3.53%) Argo
7 27 (2.32%) Puppet
8 21 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (1.64%) Istio
10 18 (1.55%) Kustomize
11 17 (1.46%) Podman
11 17 (1.46%) Progress Chef
12 16 (1.38%) Nagios
13 11 (0.95%) Packer
14 10 (0.86%) Kibana
15 8 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
15 8 (0.69%) linkerd
16 7 (0.60%) Mesos
16 7 (0.60%) ZABBIX
17 5 (0.43%) Rancher
Vendors
1 114 (9.81%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.04%) Google
3 59 (5.08%) Red Hat
4 45 (3.87%) Typelevel
5 42 (3.61%) Splunk
6 41 (3.53%) Oracle
7 35 (3.01%) VMware
8 31 (2.67%) OpenAI
9 25 (2.15%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.20%) Cisco
10 14 (1.20%) NVIDIA
10 14 (1.20%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.03%) Palo Alto
12 11 (0.95%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.95%) Automation Anywhere
12 11 (0.95%) Databricks
12 11 (0.95%) UiPath
13 10 (0.86%) Confluent
14 9 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.69%) Zscaler