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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 135 159
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 -35
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,477 1,180 1,235
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 2.38% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 2.67% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 915 588 756
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,250
25th Percentile £55,613 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £108,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 86,437 44,202 61,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 89.12% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59,483 24,460 33,440
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -22 1,289 £72,500 -3.33% 1,804
UK excluding London -9 914 £67,500 +3.85% 965
London -37 457 £80,000 -5.88% 998
Work from Home -46 456 £69,014 +0.75% 760
North of England -15 268 £66,000 +1.54% 242
South West +14 218 £68,750 +5.77% 168
South East -4 172 £67,500 -6.90% 212
North West -37 146 £75,000 +15.38% 136
Midlands -62 97 £70,000 - 112
North East -9 72 £60,000 - 41
Northern Ireland -33 59 - - 43
West Midlands -55 59 £77,500 +10.71% 69
Wales -41 51 £60,000 -17.24% 22
Yorkshire -18 50 £70,932 +3.93% 66
East of England -45 49 £72,500 +23.40% 72
East Midlands -53 38 £70,000 +27.27% 43
Scotland -56 11 £90,000 +33.33% 96

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 56 (3.79%) Apache
2 44 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.71%) Confluence
4 30 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.08%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.34%) nginx
9 4 (0.27%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
10 3 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 1 (0.068%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.068%) JBoss
11 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.068%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.20%) Blender
4 3 (0.20%) Maya
5 2 (0.14%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 6 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
3 2 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.068%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 845 (57.21%) AWS
2 777 (52.61%) Azure
3 344 (23.29%) GCP
4 240 (16.25%) GitHub
5 174 (11.78%) AWS CloudFormation
6 172 (11.65%) GitHub Actions
7 151 (10.22%) Serverless
8 125 (8.46%) Cloud Computing
9 120 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
10 104 (7.04%) OpenShift
11 91 (6.16%) Azure AKS
12 86 (5.82%) Amazon ECS
13 84 (5.69%) Amazon S3
14 76 (5.15%) Amazon EC2
14 76 (5.15%) AWS Lambda
15 74 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
16 73 (4.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 55 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
18 54 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
19 51 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (5.08%) WAN
2 68 (4.60%) LAN
3 66 (4.47%) Firewall
4 57 (3.86%) DNS
5 51 (3.45%) Network Security
6 43 (2.91%) VPN
7 40 (2.71%) Internet
8 33 (2.23%) TCP/IP
9 28 (1.90%) MQTT
10 19 (1.29%) BGP
11 18 (1.22%) OSPF
12 17 (1.15%) VXLAN
13 16 (1.08%) VLAN
14 15 (1.02%) DMARC
15 12 (0.81%) Wireshark
16 10 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
17 9 (0.61%) Broadband
18 8 (0.54%) 3GPP
18 8 (0.54%) HTTP
18 8 (0.54%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (6.16%) NoSQL
3 71 (4.81%) MongoDB
4 62 (4.20%) MySQL
5 48 (3.25%) Relational Database
6 44 (2.98%) DynamoDB
7 41 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
8 40 (2.71%) Redis
9 30 (2.03%) SQL Server
10 27 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
11 20 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
11 20 (1.35%) Big Data
12 17 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.02%) Hadoop
13 15 (1.02%) Metadata
14 14 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
14 14 (0.95%) Pinecone
15 13 (0.88%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.68%) DTS
Development Applications
1 323 (21.87%) Git
2 214 (14.49%) Jenkins
3 181 (12.25%) GitLab
4 38 (2.57%) JIRA
5 29 (1.96%) Bitbucket
6 24 (1.62%) JUnit
6 24 (1.62%) Maven
7 22 (1.49%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.29%) Selenium
8 19 (1.29%) SonarQube
9 17 (1.15%) Mockito
10 16 (1.08%) CircleCI
10 16 (1.08%) Claude Code
11 15 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 11 (0.74%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.74%) MLflow
12 11 (0.74%) Vite
13 9 (0.61%) Robot Framework
13 9 (0.61%) TeamCity
13 9 (0.61%) TestRail
General
1 464 (31.42%) Social Skills
2 348 (23.56%) Finance
3 197 (13.34%) Public Sector
4 129 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (6.16%) Law
7 88 (5.96%) Banking
8 71 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (2.91%) Aerospace
10 35 (2.37%) Legal
11 34 (2.30%) Retail
12 29 (1.96%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.42%) Games
14 15 (1.02%) Telecoms
15 14 (0.95%) Marketing
16 13 (0.88%) Publishing
17 12 (0.81%) Electronics
18 11 (0.74%) Financial Institution
18 11 (0.74%) Front Office
19 9 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 301 (20.38%) Senior
2 260 (17.60%) Developer
3 250 (16.93%) DevOps Engineer
4 232 (15.71%) Architect
5 212 (14.35%) Software Engineer
6 184 (12.46%) Lead
7 106 (7.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 84 (5.69%) Platform Engineer
9 76 (5.15%) Senior Developer
10 68 (4.60%) Java Developer
11 67 (4.54%) Systems Architect
12 62 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 58 (3.93%) Senior Software Engineer
14 52 (3.52%) Azure Engineer
15 45 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
15 45 (3.05%) Lead DevOps
15 45 (3.05%) Senior DevOps
16 44 (2.98%) Software Developer
16 44 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
17 42 (2.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 544 (36.83%) Terraform
2 217 (14.69%) Spring
3 207 (14.01%) RESTful
4 203 (13.74%) Spring Boot
5 190 (12.86%) React
6 155 (10.49%) Kafka
7 151 (10.22%) Node.js
8 131 (8.87%) REST
9 120 (8.12%) .NET
10 84 (5.69%) RabbitMQ
11 70 (4.74%) AngularJS
12 55 (3.72%) OAuth
13 50 (3.39%) CSS
13 50 (3.39%) FastAPI
14 45 (3.05%) OpenAPI
15 44 (2.98%) OAuth2
16 40 (2.71%) Swagger
17 39 (2.64%) LangChain
18 38 (2.57%) Middleware
19 37 (2.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 423 (28.64%) Cloud Native
2 169 (11.44%) Distributed Systems
3 58 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 53 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
6 42 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (2.30%) AI Agents
8 34 (2.30%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
9 29 (1.96%) PKI
9 29 (1.96%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.90%) Virtual Team
11 27 (1.83%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.76%) Blog
12 26 (1.76%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
14 19 (1.29%) Management Information System
15 18 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 341 (23.09%) Linux
2 89 (6.03%) Windows
3 44 (2.98%) Unix
4 35 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 28 (1.90%) CentOS
6 20 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.35%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.81%) Debian
8 8 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Android
10 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.14%) Rocky
11 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.068%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.068%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,010 (68.38%) CI/CD
2 762 (51.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 755 (51.12%) DevOps
4 525 (35.55%) Agile
5 456 (30.87%) Software Engineering
6 417 (28.23%) Microservices
7 357 (24.17%) Mentoring
8 330 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
9 304 (20.58%) Observability
10 299 (20.24%) AI
11 292 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 272 (18.42%) Test Automation
13 262 (17.74%) Platform Engineering
14 252 (17.06%) Event-Driven
15 207 (14.01%) Roadmaps
16 180 (12.19%) DevSecOps
17 176 (11.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 174 (11.78%) Technical Leadership
19 152 (10.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 151 (10.22%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 646 (43.74%) Python
2 405 (27.42%) Java
3 214 (14.49%) JavaScript
4 193 (13.07%) Bash
5 170 (11.51%) SQL
6 169 (11.44%) TypeScript
7 140 (9.48%) C#
8 128 (8.67%) PowerShell
9 88 (5.96%) Go
10 63 (4.27%) C++
11 62 (4.20%) Bicep
12 49 (3.32%) Shell Script
13 37 (2.51%) Ruby
14 35 (2.37%) Rust
15 20 (1.35%) Groovy
16 17 (1.15%) Scala
17 15 (1.02%) Kotlin
17 15 (1.02%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.95%) C
19 13 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 474 (32.09%) Security Cleared
2 235 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 186 (12.59%) DV Cleared
4 166 (11.24%) Degree
5 101 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 68 (4.60%) AWS Certification
7 51 (3.45%) Azure Certification
8 28 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.83%) CISSP
10 14 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (0.88%) CCNP
11 13 (0.88%) OSCP
11 13 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.68%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.61%) CISM
14 9 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.12%) QA
2 72 (4.87%) GRC
3 59 (3.99%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.71%) Data Quality
5 31 (2.10%) NCSC
6 30 (2.03%) GDPR
7 28 (1.90%) NIST
8 22 (1.49%) PCI DSS
9 19 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 17 (1.15%) WCAG
11 10 (0.68%) JSP 440
12 9 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.54%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.27%) SLA
17 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
17 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 837 (56.67%) Docker
2 48 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (3.05%) Active Directory
4 32 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.61%) KVM
7 8 (0.54%) Squid
7 8 (0.54%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.54%) vSphere
8 6 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.34%) NDS
9 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.14%) Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) Lustre
10 2 (0.14%) QEMU
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 839 (56.80%) Kubernetes
2 218 (14.76%) Ansible
3 144 (9.75%) Grafana
4 118 (7.99%) Prometheus
5 41 (2.78%) Puppet
6 37 (2.51%) Argo
7 33 (2.23%) Progress Chef
8 21 (1.42%) Istio
9 16 (1.08%) Kibana
9 16 (1.08%) linkerd
10 15 (1.02%) FortiGate
11 14 (0.95%) Nagios
12 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (0.81%) Podman
13 11 (0.74%) ZABBIX
14 10 (0.68%) Packer
15 9 (0.61%) logstash
16 8 (0.54%) Rancher
17 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
18 6 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 273 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 123 (8.33%) Google
3 63 (4.27%) Splunk
4 54 (3.66%) VMware
5 51 (3.45%) Oracle
5 51 (3.45%) Red Hat
6 26 (1.76%) OpenAI
7 20 (1.35%) Dynatrace
8 18 (1.22%) Fortinet
8 18 (1.22%) Palo Alto
8 18 (1.22%) Zscaler
9 15 (1.02%) SendGrid
10 14 (0.95%) IBM
11 12 (0.81%) Databricks
12 11 (0.74%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.74%) Mistral
13 10 (0.68%) Cisco
13 10 (0.68%) Okta
14 9 (0.61%) ForgeRock
14 9 (0.61%) Rapid7