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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 112 195
Rank change year-on-year -51 +83 -48
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,124 1,264 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.24% 2.89% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 3.10% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 732 710 1,100
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
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 £67,500 £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 66,794 40,810 82,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,940 22,598 59,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £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 12 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 12 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 -47 1,032 £72,500 -5.11% 445
UK excluding London -75 562 £62,500 -7.41% 293
London -7 464 £82,500 -8.33% 188
Work from Home -51 410 £70,932 +3.51% 206
North of England -66 176 £65,000 - 80
South East +9 140 £70,000 +14.29% 90
South West -14 123 £55,000 -23.87% 55
North West -58 87 £67,500 +8.51% 39
Midlands -91 60 £70,000 +16.67% 35
Yorkshire -65 58 £65,000 -4.41% 21
East of England -36 34 £60,000 -7.69% 16
West Midlands -62 32 £70,932 +9.13% 19
North East -18 31 £50,000 -24.26% 20
East Midlands -65 27 £64,500 +7.50% 16
Wales -16 18 £61,496 -5.39% 5
Scotland -72 13 £60,000 -29.41% 11
Northern Ireland - 5 £62,500 - 2

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 29 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (2.14%) Apache
3 16 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.33%) Appian
5 14 (1.25%) Confluence
6 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.36%) IIS
10 3 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.27%) Camunda
10 3 (0.27%) CMS
10 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Qpid
12 1 (0.089%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.089%) JBoss
12 1 (0.089%) nginx
12 1 (0.089%) SAS
12 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.62%) Maya
2 6 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
1 3 (0.27%) Shopify
2 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.089%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.089%) Endur
3 1 (0.089%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 656 (58.36%) AWS
2 583 (51.87%) Azure
3 324 (28.83%) GCP
4 195 (17.35%) GitHub
5 161 (14.32%) Serverless
6 138 (12.28%) GitHub Actions
7 129 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (10.77%) AWS CloudFormation
9 101 (8.99%) Azure AKS
10 92 (8.19%) AWS Lambda
11 88 (7.83%) Datadog
11 88 (7.83%) OpenShift
12 85 (7.56%) Amazon S3
13 68 (6.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 61 (5.43%) SaaS
15 59 (5.25%) Amazon EC2
16 47 (4.18%) Amazon EKS
16 47 (4.18%) IaaS
17 44 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
18 40 (3.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (6.76%) Broadband
2 75 (6.67%) Firewall
3 61 (5.43%) DNS
4 33 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 30 (2.67%) Network Security
6 28 (2.49%) HTTP
7 17 (1.51%) VPN
8 9 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.62%) AMQP
9 7 (0.62%) DMZ
10 6 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.53%) DHCP
10 6 (0.53%) MQTT
11 5 (0.44%) IPv4
11 5 (0.44%) WAN
12 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.27%) RFID
13 3 (0.27%) RTP
13 3 (0.27%) SCCP
13 3 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (13.79%) NoSQL
2 99 (8.81%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (6.94%) MongoDB
4 73 (6.49%) SQL Server
5 72 (6.41%) Relational Database
6 63 (5.60%) Amazon RDS
7 49 (4.36%) MySQL
8 44 (3.91%) DynamoDB
9 31 (2.76%) RDBMS
10 30 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
11 29 (2.58%) Pinecone
12 23 (2.05%) Redis
13 13 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.98%) Data Lake
15 11 (0.98%) Metadata
15 11 (0.98%) Power BI
16 10 (0.89%) Big Data
16 10 (0.89%) InfluxDB
17 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 200 (17.79%) Git
2 170 (15.12%) Jenkins
3 140 (12.46%) GitLab
4 47 (4.18%) CircleCI
5 36 (3.20%) JIRA
6 26 (2.31%) Bitbucket
7 23 (2.05%) JUnit
8 21 (1.87%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.69%) Maven
9 19 (1.69%) MLflow
10 18 (1.60%) Jaeger
10 18 (1.60%) Mockito
10 18 (1.60%) Vite
11 15 (1.33%) SonarQube
12 14 (1.25%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.98%) Selenium
14 9 (0.80%) Robot Framework
14 9 (0.80%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.71%) Storybook
15 8 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 309 (27.49%) Social Skills
2 237 (21.09%) Finance
3 90 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (7.38%) Public Sector
5 73 (6.49%) Banking
6 67 (5.96%) Telecoms
7 66 (5.87%) Law
8 57 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.87%) Aerospace
11 19 (1.69%) Front Office
11 19 (1.69%) Games
12 16 (1.42%) Retail
13 15 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.25%) Billing
15 10 (0.89%) Electronics
15 10 (0.89%) Legal
15 10 (0.89%) Marketing
16 9 (0.80%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 265 (23.58%) Senior
2 235 (20.91%) Developer
3 151 (13.43%) Software Engineer
4 140 (12.46%) Lead
5 137 (12.19%) DevOps Engineer
6 109 (9.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (7.12%) Architect
8 67 (5.96%) Azure Engineer
8 67 (5.96%) Senior Developer
9 59 (5.25%) Java Developer
10 52 (4.63%) Senior Software Engineer
11 45 (4.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 45 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 42 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
13 37 (3.29%) Platform Engineer
14 36 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
15 30 (2.67%) Scala Engineer
15 30 (2.67%) Senior DevOps
16 29 (2.58%) Data Engineer
17 28 (2.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (15.12%) React
2 155 (13.79%) RESTful
3 151 (13.43%) .NET
4 128 (11.39%) REST
5 117 (10.41%) Spring
6 109 (9.70%) Kafka
7 107 (9.52%) Spring Boot
8 100 (8.90%) Node.js
9 89 (7.92%) gRPC
10 68 (6.05%) AngularJS
10 68 (6.05%) Elastic Stack
11 61 (5.43%) .NET Core
12 58 (5.16%) RabbitMQ
13 56 (4.98%) OAuth
14 48 (4.27%) FastAPI
15 36 (3.20%) Django
16 35 (3.11%) CSS
16 35 (3.11%) Vue
17 34 (3.02%) JWT
18 33 (2.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 266 (23.67%) Cloud Native
2 150 (13.35%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (6.32%) Product Ownership
4 45 (4.00%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (4.00%) Video\Live Streaming
5 33 (2.94%) Blockchain
6 30 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 29 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (2.14%) AI Agents
11 22 (1.96%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.96%) PKI
12 21 (1.87%) Web3
13 18 (1.60%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.42%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.25%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 223 (19.84%) Linux
2 83 (7.38%) Windows
3 38 (3.38%) Ubuntu
3 38 (3.38%) Unix
4 30 (2.67%) CentOS
5 27 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 20 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.98%) Android
8 9 (0.80%) VMS
9 8 (0.71%) Debian
10 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.089%) Rocky
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 762 (67.79%) CI/CD
2 552 (49.11%) DevOps
3 456 (40.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 426 (37.90%) Agile
5 387 (34.43%) Microservices
6 328 (29.18%) Software Engineering
7 300 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
8 233 (20.73%) AI
9 231 (20.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 213 (18.95%) Mentoring
11 209 (18.59%) Test Automation
12 196 (17.44%) Observability
13 157 (13.97%) Full-Stack Development
14 156 (13.88%) Machine Learning
15 148 (13.17%) High Availability
16 133 (11.83%) Continuous Delivery
17 132 (11.74%) Continuous Integration
18 121 (10.77%) Clean Code
19 119 (10.59%) Event-Driven
19 119 (10.59%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 526 (46.80%) Python
2 263 (23.40%) Java
3 221 (19.66%) JavaScript
4 205 (18.24%) SQL
5 170 (15.12%) Bash
6 154 (13.70%) Go
7 133 (11.83%) C#
8 125 (11.12%) PowerShell
9 116 (10.32%) TypeScript
10 49 (4.36%) Scala
11 36 (3.20%) C++
12 33 (2.94%) Bicep
13 25 (2.22%) PHP
14 20 (1.78%) Kotlin
15 16 (1.42%) C
15 16 (1.42%) Rust
16 14 (1.25%) Ruby
17 12 (1.07%) Groovy
18 8 (0.71%) Perl
18 8 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 226 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 121 (10.77%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.23%) Degree
4 80 (7.12%) DV Cleared
5 73 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 58 (5.16%) AWS Certification
7 53 (4.72%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
9 12 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.89%) CISSP
10 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (0.62%) OSCP
13 6 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.53%) CISM
13 6 (0.53%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (7.65%) QA
2 39 (3.47%) GDPR
3 33 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (2.85%) PCI DSS
5 30 (2.67%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.49%) Data Quality
7 25 (2.22%) NIST
8 18 (1.60%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.16%) JSP 440
10 12 (1.07%) NCSC
11 11 (0.98%) GRC
12 7 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.53%) WCAG
14 5 (0.44%) SLA
15 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
16 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 712 (63.35%) Docker
2 36 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
3 29 (2.58%) Active Directory
4 27 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.80%) vSphere
6 8 (0.71%) KVM
6 8 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.53%) Firmware
8 5 (0.44%) Squid
9 4 (0.36%) iptables
10 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.27%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.18%) GPFS
11 2 (0.18%) Lustre
11 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.089%) QEMU
12 1 (0.089%) Xen
Systems Management
1 686 (61.03%) Kubernetes
2 435 (38.70%) Terraform
3 194 (17.26%) Ansible
4 164 (14.59%) Grafana
5 152 (13.52%) Prometheus
6 41 (3.65%) Argo
7 23 (2.05%) Puppet
8 21 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (1.60%) Istio
9 18 (1.60%) Kustomize
10 16 (1.42%) Nagios
11 15 (1.33%) Podman
12 14 (1.25%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
13 9 (0.80%) Packer
14 7 (0.62%) Kibana
14 7 (0.62%) linkerd
14 7 (0.62%) Mesos
15 5 (0.44%) Rancher
15 5 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.34%) Google
3 57 (5.07%) Red Hat
4 45 (4.00%) Typelevel
5 40 (3.56%) Splunk
6 37 (3.29%) OpenAI
7 33 (2.94%) Oracle
8 31 (2.76%) VMware
9 23 (2.05%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.33%) NVIDIA
10 15 (1.33%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.25%) Cisco
11 14 (1.25%) Databricks
12 12 (1.07%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.07%) Automation Anywhere
12 12 (1.07%) UiPath
13 11 (0.98%) Confluent
13 11 (0.98%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.62%) Rapid7
14 7 (0.62%) Zscaler