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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 138 136
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 919 1,117 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.48% 2.10% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.31% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 608 734 1,090
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,966 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £110,000 £98,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 23 January 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 January 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 -17 838 £72,500 - 925
London +16 416 £85,000 - 211
UK excluding London -50 407 £65,000 -3.70% 828
Work from Home -20 325 £68,500 -2.14% 340
North of England -9 166 £65,000 +7.92% 172
North West +17 100 £65,000 +8.33% 75
South West -12 91 £55,000 -20.29% 145
South East -46 56 £75,000 +7.53% 252
Midlands -26 46 £70,000 +7.69% 104
Yorkshire -48 37 £70,932 +17.31% 78
North East +8 29 £60,000 -4.00% 19
West Midlands -23 27 £70,932 +9.13% 32
East of England +5 25 £60,100 -7.54% 96
East Midlands -11 18 £65,000 +8.33% 68
Scotland -34 18 £59,000 -15.71% 25
Northern Ireland -15 7 £62,500 -3.33% 16
Wales -5 6 £67,539 +3.91% 37

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 35 (3.81%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (3.16%) Apache
3 20 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.52%) Appian
5 13 (1.41%) IIS
6 7 (0.76%) Apache Solr
6 7 (0.76%) CMS
6 7 (0.76%) Confluence
7 5 (0.54%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.54%) Apache Pulsar
7 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.54%) nginx
7 5 (0.54%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.22%) Apache Qpid
9 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.22%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.11%) FileNet
10 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (2.29%) Maya
2 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (0.87%) Shopify
2 4 (0.44%) Endur
3 2 (0.22%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 515 (56.04%) AWS
2 499 (54.30%) Azure
3 235 (25.57%) GCP
4 196 (21.33%) GitHub
5 141 (15.34%) GitHub Actions
6 133 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
7 121 (13.17%) Serverless
8 80 (8.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 72 (7.83%) AWS Lambda
10 63 (6.86%) Amazon S3
11 59 (6.42%) OpenShift
12 58 (6.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 55 (5.98%) SaaS
14 54 (5.88%) Datadog
15 46 (5.01%) Azure AKS
16 45 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
17 41 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
18 38 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
19 37 (4.03%) Amazon SQS
20 36 (3.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.31%) Firewall
2 31 (3.37%) DNS
3 25 (2.72%) Network Security
4 24 (2.61%) VPN
5 20 (2.18%) Broadband
6 15 (1.63%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.52%) DHCP
8 13 (1.41%) HTTP
8 13 (1.41%) WAN
9 10 (1.09%) AMQP
10 7 (0.76%) DMZ
10 7 (0.76%) LAN
11 6 (0.65%) IPsec
11 6 (0.65%) VLAN
12 5 (0.54%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.44%) InfiniBand
13 4 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.44%) VoIP
13 4 (0.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (13.38%) NoSQL
2 91 (9.90%) PostgreSQL
3 90 (9.79%) SQL Server
4 73 (7.94%) MongoDB
5 67 (7.29%) Relational Database
6 48 (5.22%) MySQL
7 42 (4.57%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (3.16%) DynamoDB
8 29 (3.16%) RDBMS
9 24 (2.61%) Big Data
10 22 (2.39%) Pinecone
11 17 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (1.74%) Hadoop
13 14 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.52%) Metadata
14 10 (1.09%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.98%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.98%) InfluxDB
15 9 (0.98%) Redis
Development Applications
1 163 (17.74%) Git
2 133 (14.47%) Jenkins
3 93 (10.12%) GitLab
4 26 (2.83%) JIRA
5 22 (2.39%) JUnit
6 20 (2.18%) Bitbucket
7 19 (2.07%) Jaeger
7 19 (2.07%) MLflow
8 18 (1.96%) Cucumber
9 17 (1.85%) CircleCI
9 17 (1.85%) Selenium
10 14 (1.52%) TeamCity
11 13 (1.41%) JMeter
12 12 (1.31%) Cypress.io
13 10 (1.09%) Vite
14 9 (0.98%) SonarQube
15 8 (0.87%) Locust
15 8 (0.87%) Mockito
16 7 (0.76%) Maven
16 7 (0.76%) Robot Framework
General
1 259 (28.18%) Social Skills
2 225 (24.48%) Finance
3 81 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 72 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (6.42%) Law
6 58 (6.31%) Telecoms
7 53 (5.77%) Banking
8 40 (4.35%) Games
9 29 (3.16%) Front Office
10 28 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.72%) Marketing
12 23 (2.50%) Manufacturing
13 22 (2.39%) Retail
14 17 (1.85%) Electronics
15 14 (1.52%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.52%) French Language
16 13 (1.41%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.41%) Dutch Language
17 11 (1.20%) Advertising
18 10 (1.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 208 (22.63%) Developer
1 208 (22.63%) Senior
2 118 (12.84%) Lead
3 98 (10.66%) Software Engineer
4 97 (10.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 66 (7.18%) Architect
6 62 (6.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 52 (5.66%) Senior Developer
8 46 (5.01%) Platform Engineer
9 42 (4.57%) Senior Software Engineer
10 38 (4.13%) Data Engineer
11 37 (4.03%) Java Developer
12 35 (3.81%) Python Developer
13 33 (3.59%) Backend Developer
13 33 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
13 33 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 31 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
15 29 (3.16%) Software Developer
16 27 (2.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 24 (2.61%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (15.13%) React
2 132 (14.36%) .NET
3 128 (13.93%) RESTful
4 90 (9.79%) REST
5 89 (9.68%) Spring
6 83 (9.03%) Spring Boot
7 76 (8.27%) Node.js
8 68 (7.40%) Kafka
9 65 (7.07%) Elastic Stack
10 64 (6.96%) FastAPI
11 57 (6.20%) .NET Core
12 54 (5.88%) AngularJS
13 51 (5.55%) Flask
14 45 (4.90%) Django
15 36 (3.92%) HTML
15 36 (3.92%) OAuth
16 35 (3.81%) CSS
17 34 (3.70%) gRPC
18 33 (3.59%) WebSockets
19 31 (3.37%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 233 (25.35%) Cloud Native
2 95 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.01%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (4.68%) Product Ownership
5 41 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (3.70%) Public Cloud
7 31 (3.37%) Blockchain
8 27 (2.94%) Fixed Income
9 25 (2.72%) Management Information System
10 24 (2.61%) Onboarding
11 21 (2.29%) Algorithms
11 21 (2.29%) PKI
12 20 (2.18%) AI Agents
12 20 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (1.85%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.52%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
16 12 (1.31%) Distributed Computing
16 12 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 205 (22.31%) Linux
2 98 (10.66%) Windows
3 37 (4.03%) Unix
4 33 (3.59%) Windows Server
5 25 (2.72%) Ubuntu
6 21 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (2.18%) VMS
8 17 (1.85%) CentOS
9 13 (1.41%) Android
10 8 (0.87%) Debian
11 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.22%) Rocky
13 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.22%) zOS
14 1 (0.11%) Fedora
14 1 (0.11%) Solaris
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (63.11%) CI/CD
2 493 (53.65%) DevOps
3 343 (37.32%) Agile
4 318 (34.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 294 (31.99%) Microservices
6 248 (26.99%) Problem-Solving
7 236 (25.68%) AI
8 191 (20.78%) Software Engineering
9 183 (19.91%) Mentoring
10 164 (17.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 127 (13.82%) Machine Learning
12 124 (13.49%) Observability
12 124 (13.49%) Test Automation
13 104 (11.32%) Analytics
13 104 (11.32%) Full-Stack Development
14 96 (10.45%) Computer Science
15 95 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
16 94 (10.23%) Platform Engineering
17 93 (10.12%) Performance Optimisation
18 84 (9.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 428 (46.57%) Python
2 208 (22.63%) Java
3 188 (20.46%) SQL
4 167 (18.17%) JavaScript
5 130 (14.15%) Bash
6 119 (12.95%) C#
7 87 (9.47%) PowerShell
8 75 (8.16%) Go
8 75 (8.16%) TypeScript
9 34 (3.70%) Bicep
10 24 (2.61%) C++
11 20 (2.18%) PHP
12 11 (1.20%) C
12 11 (1.20%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.87%) Delphi
15 7 (0.76%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.65%) Erlang
16 6 (0.65%) Google Apps Script
16 6 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 169 (18.39%) Security Cleared
2 124 (13.49%) Degree
3 93 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 78 (8.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 72 (7.83%) DV Cleared
6 70 (7.62%) AWS Certification
7 34 (3.70%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.74%) AWS Certified Developer
9 15 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.98%) CISSP
11 7 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.54%) CISM
13 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.54%) PhD
14 4 (0.44%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.44%) PMP
14 4 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.29%) QA
2 36 (3.92%) GDPR
3 34 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.61%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 21 (2.29%) NIST
7 13 (1.41%) NCSC
8 11 (1.20%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.09%) GRC
9 10 (1.09%) JSP 440
10 8 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 8 (0.87%) WCAG
11 4 (0.44%) EMIR
11 4 (0.44%) SLA
12 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.22%) ECSS
13 2 (0.22%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 598 (65.07%) Docker
2 44 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (4.03%) Active Directory
4 21 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.85%) vSphere
6 11 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.76%) KVM
9 6 (0.65%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.54%) NFS
11 4 (0.44%) Lustre
11 4 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.33%) Firmware
13 2 (0.22%) Ceph
13 2 (0.22%) GPFS
13 2 (0.22%) iptables
13 2 (0.22%) RACF
13 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.11%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 592 (64.42%) Kubernetes
2 343 (37.32%) Terraform
3 165 (17.95%) Ansible
4 133 (14.47%) Grafana
5 124 (13.49%) Prometheus
6 39 (4.24%) Argo
7 19 (2.07%) Kustomize
8 16 (1.74%) Puppet
9 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 12 (1.31%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (0.98%) Control-M
12 8 (0.87%) Istio
12 8 (0.87%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.76%) linkerd
13 7 (0.76%) Mesos
13 7 (0.76%) Rancher
14 6 (0.65%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.65%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.54%) Nagios
16 4 (0.44%) vRealize
Vendors
1 106 (11.53%) Microsoft
2 85 (9.25%) Google
3 52 (5.66%) Oracle
3 52 (5.66%) VMware
4 35 (3.81%) Splunk
5 32 (3.48%) Red Hat
6 31 (3.37%) OpenAI
7 22 (2.39%) Palo Alto
7 22 (2.39%) SAP
8 17 (1.85%) Cisco
8 17 (1.85%) Databricks
9 16 (1.74%) Atlassian
10 14 (1.52%) Fortinet
11 13 (1.41%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.31%) Dell
13 11 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (1.20%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.09%) Automation Anywhere
14 10 (1.09%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.09%) UiPath