Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
UK
The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 637 | 799 | 784 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +162 | -15 | +216 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer | 55 | 97 | 205 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.098% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.10% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37 | 81 | 174 |
| 10th Percentile | £68,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £68,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £127,500 | £112,500 | £138,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £138,750 | £150,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | -3.45% | +3.57% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Kubernetes Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Kubernetes Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Kubernetes Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer.
Kubernetes Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Kubernetes Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
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| England | +135 | 51 | £100,000 | - | 23 |
| London | +84 | 44 | £107,500 | +2.38% | 14 |
| Work from Home | +192 | 22 | £80,000 | - | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +190 | 7 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 12 |
| South East | +113 | 5 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 2 |
| Scotland | +130 | 1 | £100,000 | - | 2 |
| North of England | +80 | 1 | £100,000 | +33.33% | 8 |
| Midlands | +79 | 1 | £45,000 | -21.74% | |
| East Midlands | +47 | 1 | £45,000 | -21.74% | |
| North West | +27 | 1 | £100,000 | +33.33% | 8 |
Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Kubernetes Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Kubernetes Engineer in the job title.
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Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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