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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 129 179
Rank change year-on-year -33 +50 -38
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,067 990 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.40% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 2.58% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 697 756 1,133
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,542 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +6.27% -2.65%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £126,250 £120,000 £101,250
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 60,236 38,342 77,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.83% 93.07% 86.53%
Number of salaries quoted 37,103 22,499 57,686
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -31 975 £70,932 -5.42% 465
UK excluding London -51 500 £62,500 -8.09% 350
London +7 458 £82,500 -2.94% 169
Work from Home -8 422 £70,000 -2.77% 214
North of England -42 178 £65,000 +4.00% 89
South East -3 111 £66,000 +1.54% 104
South West -34 111 £55,000 -24.14% 64
North West -25 88 £65,000 +8.33% 54
Yorkshire -66 56 £65,000 -4.41% 23
Midlands -45 51 £64,000 -1.54% 44
North East +3 34 £51,500 -25.69% 12
East of England -20 27 £60,050 -9.36% 27
East Midlands -34 26 £62,000 +3.33% 18
West Midlands -35 24 £70,079 +3.82% 26
Scotland -64 15 £59,283 -24.72% 9
Wales -28 8 £65,787 +1.21% 13
Northern Ireland -34 8 £62,500 -9.82% 5

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 (3.37%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (2.62%) Apache
3 20 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.50%) Appian
5 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.75%) Confluence
7 6 (0.56%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.47%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.47%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.47%) CMS
8 5 (0.47%) IIS
9 4 (0.37%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.28%) Camunda
10 3 (0.28%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.19%) Apache Qpid
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 2 (0.19%) nginx
12 1 (0.094%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (0.94%) Maya
2 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.19%) Weka
3 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Shopify
2 3 (0.28%) Endur
3 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.094%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.094%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 627 (58.76%) AWS
2 548 (51.36%) Azure
3 325 (30.46%) GCP
4 214 (20.06%) GitHub
5 154 (14.43%) GitHub Actions
5 154 (14.43%) Serverless
6 118 (11.06%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (10.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 91 (8.53%) AWS Lambda
8 91 (8.53%) Datadog
9 90 (8.43%) OpenShift
10 85 (7.97%) Amazon S3
11 77 (7.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 76 (7.12%) Azure AKS
13 62 (5.81%) SaaS
14 53 (4.97%) Amazon EC2
15 51 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
16 44 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
16 44 (4.12%) PaaS
17 36 (3.37%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (6.75%) Broadband
2 71 (6.65%) Firewall
3 46 (4.31%) DNS
4 27 (2.53%) Network Security
4 27 (2.53%) TCP/IP
5 26 (2.44%) HTTP
6 19 (1.78%) VPN
7 9 (0.84%) DHCP
8 8 (0.75%) AMQP
9 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.56%) DMZ
9 6 (0.56%) WAN
10 5 (0.47%) MQTT
10 5 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (0.37%) InfiniBand
11 4 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.37%) VSAN
12 3 (0.28%) RTP
12 3 (0.28%) VLAN
12 3 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (14.90%) NoSQL
2 103 (9.65%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 79 (7.40%) Relational Database
5 74 (6.94%) MongoDB
6 61 (5.72%) Amazon RDS
7 56 (5.25%) MySQL
8 38 (3.56%) DynamoDB
9 33 (3.09%) RDBMS
10 28 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (2.34%) Pinecone
12 19 (1.78%) Redis
13 16 (1.50%) Big Data
14 12 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (1.12%) Metadata
15 10 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (0.84%) BigQuery
16 9 (0.84%) Power BI
17 8 (0.75%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 183 (17.15%) Git
2 148 (13.87%) Jenkins
3 132 (12.37%) GitLab
4 36 (3.37%) CircleCI
5 32 (3.00%) JIRA
6 24 (2.25%) JUnit
7 23 (2.16%) Cucumber
8 22 (2.06%) MLflow
9 20 (1.87%) Bitbucket
10 19 (1.78%) Jaeger
11 16 (1.50%) Selenium
12 15 (1.41%) JMeter
13 13 (1.22%) Cypress.io
13 13 (1.22%) Locust
13 13 (1.22%) TeamCity
14 12 (1.12%) Mockito
15 11 (1.03%) Vite
16 10 (0.94%) Maven
17 9 (0.84%) SonarQube
18 8 (0.75%) Robot Framework
General
1 311 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 229 (21.46%) Finance
3 94 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (7.78%) Telecoms
5 77 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 70 (6.56%) Banking
7 69 (6.47%) Law
8 47 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (2.53%) Front Office
9 27 (2.53%) Games
10 17 (1.59%) Billing
11 15 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.41%) Retail
12 13 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.22%) Legal
12 13 (1.22%) Marketing
13 12 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.94%) Advertising
14 10 (0.94%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 259 (24.27%) Senior
2 235 (22.02%) Developer
3 133 (12.46%) Software Engineer
4 129 (12.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 125 (11.72%) Lead
6 82 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 74 (6.94%) Architect
8 71 (6.65%) Senior Developer
9 47 (4.40%) Java Developer
9 47 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
10 46 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
11 41 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 40 (3.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 38 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
14 37 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
15 36 (3.37%) Data Engineer
16 32 (3.00%) AWS Engineer
17 31 (2.91%) Python Developer
18 30 (2.81%) Scala Engineer
18 30 (2.81%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (13.96%) React
2 143 (13.40%) RESTful
3 142 (13.31%) .NET
4 117 (10.97%) REST
4 117 (10.97%) Spring
5 108 (10.12%) Spring Boot
6 96 (9.00%) Kafka
7 89 (8.34%) gRPC
8 88 (8.25%) Node.js
9 79 (7.40%) Elastic Stack
10 69 (6.47%) .NET Core
11 62 (5.81%) AngularJS
12 56 (5.25%) Django
13 53 (4.97%) FastAPI
14 51 (4.78%) OAuth
15 49 (4.59%) Flask
16 44 (4.12%) RabbitMQ
17 37 (3.47%) Vue
18 33 (3.09%) HTML
18 33 (3.09%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 267 (25.02%) Cloud Native
2 139 (13.03%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (5.90%) Product Ownership
4 45 (4.22%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (4.22%) Video\Live Streaming
5 44 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (2.81%) Blockchain
8 26 (2.44%) Public Cloud
9 25 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (2.25%) Fixed Income
11 22 (2.06%) Low-Code
12 21 (1.97%) Onboarding
13 20 (1.87%) AI Agents
13 20 (1.87%) PKI
14 19 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (1.59%) Algorithms
15 17 (1.59%) Management Information System
16 16 (1.50%) Web3
17 14 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 218 (20.43%) Linux
2 92 (8.62%) Windows
3 47 (4.40%) Unix
4 39 (3.66%) Ubuntu
5 27 (2.53%) CentOS
6 26 (2.44%) Windows Server
7 20 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.22%) Android
9 12 (1.12%) VMS
10 8 (0.75%) Debian
11 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.19%) zOS
14 1 (0.094%) Rocky
14 1 (0.094%) Solaris
14 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 707 (66.26%) CI/CD
2 545 (51.08%) DevOps
3 400 (37.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 396 (37.11%) Agile
5 378 (35.43%) Microservices
6 307 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
7 290 (27.18%) Software Engineering
8 237 (22.21%) AI
9 218 (20.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 206 (19.31%) Mentoring
11 173 (16.21%) Machine Learning
11 173 (16.21%) Test Automation
12 164 (15.37%) Observability
13 136 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
13 136 (12.75%) High Availability
14 128 (12.00%) Continuous Delivery
15 124 (11.62%) Continuous Integration
16 117 (10.97%) Clean Code
17 111 (10.40%) Analytics
18 100 (9.37%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 532 (49.86%) Python
2 249 (23.34%) Java
3 215 (20.15%) SQL
4 204 (19.12%) JavaScript
5 165 (15.46%) Bash
6 152 (14.25%) Go
7 118 (11.06%) C#
8 98 (9.18%) PowerShell
9 85 (7.97%) TypeScript
10 47 (4.40%) Scala
11 33 (3.09%) Bicep
12 31 (2.91%) C++
13 30 (2.81%) PHP
14 21 (1.97%) Kotlin
15 12 (1.12%) C
16 11 (1.03%) Ruby
17 9 (0.84%) Rust
18 8 (0.75%) Delphi
18 8 (0.75%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.66%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 189 (17.71%) Security Cleared
2 127 (11.90%) Degree
3 108 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 78 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (6.84%) DV Cleared
6 62 (5.81%) AWS Certification
7 37 (3.47%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (1.31%) AWS Certified Developer
10 12 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.75%) CISSP
12 7 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 4 (0.37%) CISM
15 4 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (7.40%) QA
2 43 (4.03%) GDPR
3 38 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 34 (3.19%) PCI DSS
5 25 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.16%) NIST
7 20 (1.87%) SOC 2
8 14 (1.31%) WCAG
9 12 (1.12%) GRC
10 11 (1.03%) NCSC
11 10 (0.94%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.37%) SLA
14 3 (0.28%) EMIR
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.19%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.19%) ECSS
15 2 (0.19%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.19%) PSD2
System Software
1 702 (65.79%) Docker
2 35 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (2.81%) Active Directory
4 24 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.12%) vSphere
6 7 (0.66%) Firmware
6 7 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.66%) KVM
6 7 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.37%) iptables
7 4 (0.37%) Lustre
7 4 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.28%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.19%) Ceph
9 2 (0.19%) GPFS
9 2 (0.19%) RACF
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 665 (62.32%) Kubernetes
2 404 (37.86%) Terraform
3 182 (17.06%) Ansible
4 179 (16.78%) Grafana
5 154 (14.43%) Prometheus
6 43 (4.03%) Argo
7 20 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (1.78%) Kustomize
9 18 (1.69%) Puppet
10 17 (1.59%) Istio
11 12 (1.12%) Nagios
12 10 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
13 8 (0.75%) linkerd
13 8 (0.75%) Mesos
14 7 (0.66%) Podman
15 6 (0.56%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.56%) Progress Chef
16 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
16 5 (0.47%) Control-M
16 5 (0.47%) Kibana
Vendors
1 100 (9.37%) Google
2 91 (8.53%) Microsoft
3 50 (4.69%) Red Hat
4 45 (4.22%) Typelevel
5 42 (3.94%) Oracle
6 39 (3.66%) Splunk
7 30 (2.81%) OpenAI
7 30 (2.81%) VMware
8 21 (1.97%) Dynatrace
9 19 (1.78%) Palo Alto
10 18 (1.69%) Cisco
10 18 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.59%) Databricks
12 15 (1.41%) SAP
13 13 (1.22%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.22%) Automation Anywhere
13 13 (1.22%) NVIDIA
13 13 (1.22%) UiPath
14 11 (1.03%) Dell
15 10 (0.94%) Fortinet