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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 116 193
Rank change year-on-year -49 +77 -47
Permanent jobs citing Containerisation 1,121 1,238 1,457
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 2.85% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 3.06% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 730 688 1,099
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 £87,500 £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 66,447 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42,708 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £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 £78,938 £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 13 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 13 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 -43 1,026 £72,500 -6.22% 435
UK excluding London -80 567 £62,500 -7.41% 291
London -8 456 £82,500 -8.33% 180
Work from Home -41 410 £70,932 +3.51% 201
North of England -60 176 £65,000 -1.54% 80
South East +3 145 £70,000 +12.00% 86
South West -11 123 £55,000 -23.60% 56
North West -50 87 £67,500 +3.85% 41
Midlands -94 60 £70,000 +16.67% 35
Yorkshire -70 57 £65,000 -7.14% 20
East of England -34 34 £60,000 -7.69% 16
North East -19 32 £51,000 -22.75% 19
West Midlands -59 32 £70,932 +9.13% 19
East Midlands -57 27 £64,500 +7.50% 16
Wales -22 18 £61,496 +2.49% 5
Scotland -67 13 £60,000 -19.46% 12
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 27 (2.41%) Apache
2 26 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.25%) Appian
4 14 (1.25%) Confluence
5 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.45%) IIS
7 5 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.27%) Camunda
8 3 (0.27%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Qpid
10 1 (0.089%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.089%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.089%) JBoss
10 1 (0.089%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.089%) nginx
10 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.62%) Maya
2 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.45%) 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%) Endur
3 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 656 (58.52%) AWS
2 580 (51.74%) Azure
3 323 (28.81%) GCP
4 193 (17.22%) GitHub
5 164 (14.63%) Serverless
6 138 (12.31%) GitHub Actions
7 128 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (10.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 101 (9.01%) Azure AKS
10 92 (8.21%) AWS Lambda
11 89 (7.94%) OpenShift
12 87 (7.76%) Datadog
13 85 (7.58%) Amazon S3
14 68 (6.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 60 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
15 60 (5.35%) SaaS
16 46 (4.10%) Amazon EKS
17 45 (4.01%) IaaS
18 44 (3.93%) Amazon ECS
19 38 (3.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (6.78%) Broadband
2 75 (6.69%) Firewall
3 60 (5.35%) DNS
4 33 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 31 (2.77%) Network Security
6 28 (2.50%) HTTP
7 17 (1.52%) VPN
8 9 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
9 8 (0.71%) AMQP
9 8 (0.71%) MQTT
10 7 (0.62%) DMZ
11 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.54%) DHCP
12 5 (0.45%) IPv4
12 5 (0.45%) WAN
13 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.27%) Modbus
14 3 (0.27%) RTP
14 3 (0.27%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (13.56%) NoSQL
2 94 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (6.69%) MongoDB
4 74 (6.60%) SQL Server
5 70 (6.24%) Relational Database
6 63 (5.62%) Amazon RDS
7 49 (4.37%) MySQL
8 44 (3.93%) DynamoDB
9 31 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (2.77%) RDBMS
10 27 (2.41%) Pinecone
11 25 (2.23%) Redis
12 12 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.98%) Big Data
13 11 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.89%) InfluxDB
14 10 (0.89%) Metadata
14 10 (0.89%) Power BI
15 9 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 202 (18.02%) Git
2 169 (15.08%) Jenkins
3 142 (12.67%) GitLab
4 47 (4.19%) CircleCI
5 36 (3.21%) JIRA
6 26 (2.32%) Bitbucket
7 23 (2.05%) JUnit
8 21 (1.87%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.69%) Maven
9 19 (1.69%) MLflow
10 18 (1.61%) Jaeger
10 18 (1.61%) Mockito
11 17 (1.52%) Vite
12 16 (1.43%) SonarQube
13 14 (1.25%) Cucumber
14 11 (0.98%) Selenium
15 9 (0.80%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.80%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.71%) Storybook
16 8 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 306 (27.30%) Social Skills
2 237 (21.14%) Finance
3 89 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (7.40%) Public Sector
5 74 (6.60%) Banking
6 67 (5.98%) Law
7 64 (5.71%) Telecoms
8 59 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 22 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 20 (1.78%) Games
11 17 (1.52%) Front Office
11 17 (1.52%) Retail
12 14 (1.25%) Billing
12 14 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (0.98%) Legal
14 10 (0.89%) Electronics
14 10 (0.89%) Marketing
15 8 (0.71%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 263 (23.46%) Senior
2 237 (21.14%) Developer
3 155 (13.83%) Software Engineer
4 142 (12.67%) Lead
5 137 (12.22%) DevOps Engineer
6 108 (9.63%) Cloud Engineer
7 79 (7.05%) Architect
8 68 (6.07%) Senior Developer
9 67 (5.98%) Azure Engineer
10 59 (5.26%) Java Developer
11 52 (4.64%) Senior Software Engineer
12 45 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 42 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
13 42 (3.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 37 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
15 36 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
16 30 (2.68%) Scala Engineer
16 30 (2.68%) Senior DevOps
17 28 (2.50%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 28 (2.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (14.90%) React
2 153 (13.65%) .NET
2 153 (13.65%) RESTful
3 126 (11.24%) REST
4 118 (10.53%) Spring
5 108 (9.63%) Spring Boot
6 106 (9.46%) Kafka
7 100 (8.92%) Node.js
8 88 (7.85%) gRPC
9 68 (6.07%) AngularJS
9 68 (6.07%) Elastic Stack
10 61 (5.44%) .NET Core
11 60 (5.35%) RabbitMQ
12 55 (4.91%) OAuth
13 45 (4.01%) FastAPI
14 35 (3.12%) JSON
15 34 (3.03%) Django
15 34 (3.03%) JWT
15 34 (3.03%) Vue
16 33 (2.94%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 262 (23.37%) Cloud Native
2 147 (13.11%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (6.42%) Product Ownership
4 45 (4.01%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (4.01%) Video\Live Streaming
5 33 (2.94%) Blockchain
6 29 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 29 (2.59%) Public Cloud
7 27 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.14%) PKI
10 23 (2.05%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.87%) AI Agents
12 21 (1.87%) Web3
13 19 (1.69%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.43%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 224 (19.98%) Linux
2 82 (7.31%) Windows
3 39 (3.48%) Ubuntu
4 38 (3.39%) Unix
5 31 (2.77%) CentOS
6 27 (2.41%) Windows Server
7 21 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.80%) Android
8 9 (0.80%) Debian
8 9 (0.80%) VMS
9 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.089%) Rocky
11 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 761 (67.89%) CI/CD
2 547 (48.80%) DevOps
3 457 (40.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 429 (38.27%) Agile
5 380 (33.90%) Microservices
6 335 (29.88%) Software Engineering
7 299 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
8 230 (20.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 226 (20.16%) AI
10 214 (19.09%) Mentoring
10 214 (19.09%) Test Automation
11 198 (17.66%) Observability
12 153 (13.65%) Full-Stack Development
13 151 (13.47%) Machine Learning
14 146 (13.02%) High Availability
15 132 (11.78%) Continuous Delivery
15 132 (11.78%) Continuous Integration
16 123 (10.97%) Clean Code
17 121 (10.79%) Platform Engineering
18 118 (10.53%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 526 (46.92%) Python
2 263 (23.46%) Java
3 223 (19.89%) JavaScript
4 201 (17.93%) SQL
5 170 (15.17%) Bash
6 153 (13.65%) Go
7 135 (12.04%) C#
8 123 (10.97%) PowerShell
9 117 (10.44%) TypeScript
10 49 (4.37%) Scala
11 34 (3.03%) Bicep
12 33 (2.94%) C++
13 25 (2.23%) PHP
14 20 (1.78%) Kotlin
15 19 (1.69%) Rust
16 16 (1.43%) C
17 14 (1.25%) Ruby
18 12 (1.07%) Groovy
19 9 (0.80%) PL/SQL
20 8 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 224 (19.98%) Security Cleared
2 119 (10.62%) SC Cleared
3 115 (10.26%) Degree
4 79 (7.05%) DV Cleared
5 71 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 55 (4.91%) AWS Certification
7 52 (4.64%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.80%) CISSP
12 8 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.62%) OSCP
14 6 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.76%) QA
2 37 (3.30%) GDPR
3 33 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (2.77%) PCI DSS
5 29 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.50%) Data Quality
7 25 (2.23%) NIST
8 18 (1.61%) 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 (0.54%) WCAG
14 4 (0.36%) 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
1 707 (63.07%) Docker
2 37 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
3 29 (2.59%) Active Directory
4 27 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.80%) vSphere
6 8 (0.71%) KVM
6 8 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.54%) Firmware
8 5 (0.45%) 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
1 681 (60.75%) Kubernetes
2 434 (38.72%) Terraform
3 193 (17.22%) Ansible
4 163 (14.54%) Grafana
5 152 (13.56%) Prometheus
6 40 (3.57%) Argo
7 25 (2.23%) Puppet
8 21 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (1.61%) Istio
9 18 (1.61%) Kustomize
10 16 (1.43%) Nagios
10 16 (1.43%) Podman
11 14 (1.25%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
12 9 (0.80%) Packer
13 8 (0.71%) Kibana
14 7 (0.62%) linkerd
14 7 (0.62%) Mesos
15 5 (0.45%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.45%) Rancher
Vendors
1 112 (9.99%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.37%) Google
3 57 (5.08%) Red Hat
4 45 (4.01%) Typelevel
5 39 (3.48%) Splunk
6 35 (3.12%) OpenAI
7 33 (2.94%) Oracle
8 31 (2.77%) VMware
9 23 (2.05%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.43%) NVIDIA
11 15 (1.34%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.25%) Cisco
13 12 (1.07%) Atlassian
13 12 (1.07%) Automation Anywhere
13 12 (1.07%) UiPath
14 11 (0.98%) Databricks
14 11 (0.98%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.89%) Confluent
16 7 (0.62%) Rapid7
16 7 (0.62%) Zscaler