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 to 7 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 811 | 794 | 1028 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | +234 | -370 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer | 96 | 202 | 209 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.097% | 0.20% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.22% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 77 | 171 | 154 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £68,125 | £66,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £95,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +18.75% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £112,500 | £138,750 | £98,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £150,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +3.57% | +21.74% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 93,191 | 92,882 | 151,282 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.46% | 96.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,790 | 58,425 | 84,716 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,517 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
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 7 May 2024.
Kubernetes Engineer
Top 12 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 7 May 2024. 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 | -15 | 89 | £100,000 | +2.56% | 12 |
| London | +59 | 70 | £105,000 | -4.55% | 7 |
| Work from Home | -23 | 29 | £95,000 | +10.14% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | -43 | 25 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 4 |
| East of England | +3 | 8 | £77,500 | - | |
| North of England | +27 | 6 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 3 |
| North West | -2 | 6 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 3 |
| Midlands | -1 | 4 | £57,500 | -22.44% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £57,500 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| South West | -51 | 1 | £65,000 | -10.34% |
Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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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