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 3 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 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 646 | 783 | 772 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +137 | -11 | +245 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer | 53 | 95 | 206 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.096% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.10% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 35 | 79 | 175 |
| 10th Percentile | £64,500 | £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 | £134,250 | £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 | 47,358 | 93,248 | 95,013 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.32% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,451 | 66,908 | 59,769 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 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 | £52,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.21% | +5.50% |
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 3 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 3 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 | +149 | 49 | £100,000 | - | 17 |
| London | +80 | 42 | £103,750 | -1.19% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +164 | 22 | £80,000 | - | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +187 | 7 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 11 |
| South East | - | 5 | £60,000 | - | 2 |
| Scotland | +132 | 1 | £100,000 | - | 2 |
| North of England | +67 | 1 | £100,000 | +33.33% | 7 |
| Midlands | +64 | 1 | £45,000 | -21.74% | |
| East Midlands | +46 | 1 | £45,000 | -21.74% | |
| North West | +21 | 1 | £100,000 | +33.33% | 7 |
Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 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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