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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 140 153
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 -12
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 970 1,095 1,449
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 2.20% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 2.39% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 641 743 1,139
10th Percentile £46,500 £48,250 £46,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £86,485
90th Percentile £126,250 £113,979 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% +4.62% -

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 53,091 45,886 65,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.62% 92.19% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 31,704 22,437 50,836
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -10 887 £70,932 -4.47% 415
UK excluding London -50 441 £62,500 -8.09% 337
London +18 424 £85,000 - 172
Work from Home -19 364 £67,500 -6.24% 290
North of England -5 177 £65,000 +4.25% 85
South West -18 102 £55,000 -23.60% 70
North West +19 101 £65,000 +8.33% 45
South East -16 67 £71,250 +2.52% 106
Midlands -34 47 £70,000 +7.69% 41
Yorkshire -59 44 £69,466 +2.16% 31
North East +10 32 £53,350 -17.63% 9
East of England +3 27 £60,100 -7.54% 18
West Midlands -26 25 £70,542 +1.78% 25
East Midlands -17 21 £65,000 +8.33% 17
Scotland -47 18 £54,000 -23.94% 16
Northern Ireland -21 7 £62,500 -9.82% 2
Wales -10 5 £70,079 +7.81% 7

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 36 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (3.09%) Apache
3 21 (2.16%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.65%) Appian
5 9 (0.93%) CMS
5 9 (0.93%) IIS
6 7 (0.72%) Apache Solr
6 7 (0.72%) Confluence
6 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.62%) nginx
7 6 (0.62%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.52%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.31%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Qpid
11 2 (0.21%) Camunda
11 2 (0.21%) CICS
11 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 18 (1.86%) Maya
2 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.21%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (0.82%) Shopify
2 4 (0.41%) Endur
3 2 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.10%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 548 (56.49%) AWS
2 519 (53.51%) Azure
3 266 (27.42%) GCP
4 207 (21.34%) GitHub
5 153 (15.77%) GitHub Actions
6 135 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
7 134 (13.81%) Serverless
8 92 (9.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 76 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
10 68 (7.01%) Amazon S3
11 66 (6.80%) Datadog
12 64 (6.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 63 (6.49%) OpenShift
14 56 (5.77%) Azure AKS
14 56 (5.77%) SaaS
15 47 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
16 41 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
17 39 (4.02%) Amazon SQS
17 39 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
17 39 (4.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (6.60%) Firewall
2 38 (3.92%) Broadband
3 33 (3.40%) DNS
4 28 (2.89%) Network Security
5 22 (2.27%) HTTP
6 21 (2.16%) VPN
7 15 (1.55%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.13%) DHCP
9 10 (1.03%) WAN
10 8 (0.82%) AMQP
11 7 (0.72%) DMZ
12 5 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.41%) InfiniBand
13 4 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.41%) LAN
13 4 (0.41%) VSAN
14 3 (0.31%) VLAN
14 3 (0.31%) VoIP
14 3 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (13.51%) NoSQL
2 93 (9.59%) SQL Server
3 91 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
4 73 (7.53%) MongoDB
4 73 (7.53%) Relational Database
5 51 (5.26%) MySQL
6 41 (4.23%) Amazon RDS
7 31 (3.20%) DynamoDB
8 30 (3.09%) RDBMS
9 24 (2.47%) Pinecone
10 23 (2.37%) Big Data
11 20 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.44%) Hadoop
13 13 (1.34%) Metadata
14 10 (1.03%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.93%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.82%) Redis
17 7 (0.72%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 167 (17.22%) Git
2 139 (14.33%) Jenkins
3 101 (10.41%) GitLab
4 28 (2.89%) JIRA
5 22 (2.27%) CircleCI
6 21 (2.16%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.16%) MLflow
7 20 (2.06%) JUnit
8 19 (1.96%) Jaeger
9 17 (1.75%) Cucumber
9 17 (1.75%) Selenium
10 13 (1.34%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.24%) JMeter
12 10 (1.03%) Vite
13 9 (0.93%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.93%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.82%) Locust
14 8 (0.82%) Maven
15 7 (0.72%) Mockito
15 7 (0.72%) Robot Framework
General
1 278 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 225 (23.20%) Finance
3 79 (8.14%) Public Sector
4 74 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (6.80%) Telecoms
6 64 (6.60%) Law
7 53 (5.46%) Banking
8 35 (3.61%) Games
9 29 (2.99%) Front Office
10 27 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.55%) Marketing
11 15 (1.55%) Retail
12 14 (1.44%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.34%) Billing
14 12 (1.24%) Electronics
14 12 (1.24%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.13%) Advertising
15 11 (1.13%) French Language
16 10 (1.03%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 225 (23.20%) Developer
2 223 (22.99%) Senior
3 120 (12.37%) Lead
4 105 (10.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 105 (10.82%) Software Engineer
5 75 (7.73%) Cloud Engineer
6 70 (7.22%) Architect
7 60 (6.19%) Senior Developer
8 45 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
9 44 (4.54%) Senior Software Engineer
10 41 (4.23%) Java Developer
11 40 (4.12%) Data Engineer
12 39 (4.02%) Full-Stack Developer
12 39 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (3.61%) Python Developer
14 34 (3.51%) Azure Engineer
15 32 (3.30%) Backend Developer
16 30 (3.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 30 (3.09%) Software Developer
17 25 (2.58%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (14.74%) React
2 138 (14.23%) .NET
3 128 (13.20%) RESTful
4 102 (10.52%) REST
5 100 (10.31%) Spring
6 92 (9.48%) Spring Boot
7 83 (8.56%) Node.js
8 74 (7.63%) Kafka
9 71 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
10 63 (6.49%) .NET Core
11 62 (6.39%) AngularJS
12 60 (6.19%) FastAPI
13 55 (5.67%) gRPC
14 51 (5.26%) Flask
15 47 (4.85%) Django
16 42 (4.33%) OAuth
17 35 (3.61%) HTML
18 33 (3.40%) CSS
19 31 (3.20%) WebSockets
20 30 (3.09%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 248 (25.57%) Cloud Native
2 116 (11.96%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 44 (4.54%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (4.54%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (3.40%) Public Cloud
6 30 (3.09%) Blockchain
7 26 (2.68%) Fixed Income
8 23 (2.37%) Onboarding
9 22 (2.27%) Low-Code
9 22 (2.27%) PKI
10 21 (2.16%) Management Information System
11 20 (2.06%) AI Agents
12 19 (1.96%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (1.86%) Over-the-Top Content
13 18 (1.86%) Video\Live Streaming
14 17 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (1.65%) Data Centre
16 13 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 205 (21.13%) Linux
2 89 (9.18%) Windows
3 38 (3.92%) Unix
4 31 (3.20%) Ubuntu
5 26 (2.68%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.96%) VMS
7 18 (1.86%) CentOS
8 16 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (1.34%) Android
10 9 (0.93%) Debian
11 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.21%) Rocky
13 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.21%) zOS
14 1 (0.10%) Fedora
14 1 (0.10%) Solaris
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 623 (64.23%) CI/CD
2 505 (52.06%) DevOps
3 353 (36.39%) Agile
4 344 (35.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 330 (34.02%) Microservices
6 275 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
7 242 (24.95%) AI
8 228 (23.51%) Software Engineering
9 188 (19.38%) Mentoring
10 178 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 144 (14.85%) Machine Learning
12 139 (14.33%) Test Automation
13 132 (13.61%) Observability
14 120 (12.37%) Full-Stack Development
15 106 (10.93%) Analytics
15 106 (10.93%) Continuous Integration
16 101 (10.41%) Platform Engineering
17 99 (10.21%) High Availability
17 99 (10.21%) Performance Optimisation
18 94 (9.69%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 463 (47.73%) Python
2 222 (22.89%) Java
3 191 (19.69%) SQL
4 179 (18.45%) JavaScript
5 146 (15.05%) Bash
6 120 (12.37%) C#
7 104 (10.72%) Go
8 87 (8.97%) PowerShell
9 77 (7.94%) TypeScript
10 33 (3.40%) Bicep
11 28 (2.89%) C++
12 24 (2.47%) PHP
13 22 (2.27%) Scala
14 13 (1.34%) C
14 13 (1.34%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.82%) Delphi
16 7 (0.72%) Ruby
16 7 (0.72%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.62%) Erlang
17 6 (0.62%) Rust
Qualifications
1 171 (17.63%) Security Cleared
2 123 (12.68%) Degree
3 97 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 77 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (7.22%) AWS Certification
6 68 (7.01%) DV Cleared
7 32 (3.30%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (1.55%) AWS Certified Developer
10 12 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.03%) CISSP
12 7 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.62%) CISM
13 6 (0.62%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.41%) PMP
16 3 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.01%) QA
2 42 (4.33%) GDPR
3 39 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (3.20%) PCI DSS
5 28 (2.89%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.58%) Accessibility
7 23 (2.37%) NIST
8 15 (1.55%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.34%) NCSC
10 11 (1.13%) GRC
10 11 (1.13%) JSP 440
11 8 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 8 (0.82%) WCAG
12 4 (0.41%) EMIR
12 4 (0.41%) SLA
13 2 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.21%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.21%) ECSS
13 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 628 (64.74%) Docker
2 36 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 33 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.44%) vSphere
6 8 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.72%) KVM
8 6 (0.62%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.41%) Lustre
9 4 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.31%) Firmware
10 3 (0.31%) iptables
10 3 (0.31%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.21%) Ceph
11 2 (0.21%) GPFS
11 2 (0.21%) NFS
11 2 (0.21%) RACF
11 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 625 (64.43%) Kubernetes
2 366 (37.73%) Terraform
3 178 (18.35%) Ansible
4 154 (15.88%) Grafana
5 143 (14.74%) Prometheus
6 41 (4.23%) Argo
7 19 (1.96%) Kustomize
7 19 (1.96%) Puppet
8 16 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (0.93%) Control-M
10 9 (0.93%) Istio
11 8 (0.82%) linkerd
11 8 (0.82%) Mesos
12 7 (0.72%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.62%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.62%) Nagios
13 6 (0.62%) Rancher
14 4 (0.41%) Cilium
14 4 (0.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 107 (11.03%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.87%) Google
3 48 (4.95%) Oracle
4 40 (4.12%) VMware
5 36 (3.71%) Splunk
6 34 (3.51%) Red Hat
7 33 (3.40%) OpenAI
8 24 (2.47%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.86%) Typelevel
10 17 (1.75%) SAP
11 16 (1.65%) Databricks
11 16 (1.65%) Fortinet
12 15 (1.55%) Atlassian
12 15 (1.55%) Cisco
13 14 (1.44%) Dynatrace
14 13 (1.34%) Automation Anywhere
14 13 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 13 (1.34%) UiPath
15 12 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
15 12 (1.24%) Dell