OpenShift Job Trends

Red Hat OpenShift
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OpenShift skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 607 386
Rank change year-on-year +61 -221 +112
Permanent jobs citing OpenShift 117 149 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.22% 0.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.66% 0.67% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 61 90 245
10th Percentile £51,250 £53,729 £51,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £70,125 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,500 £82,818
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.63% +3.52%
75th Percentile £105,000 £92,188 £106,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,250 £143,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -20.00% +6.27% +0.82%

All Cloud Skills
UK

OpenShift falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,739 22,088 22,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.49% 32.50% 42.92%
Number of salaries quoted 11,314 13,300 18,918
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

OpenShift
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenShift relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

OpenShift job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenShift
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenShift.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenShift

OpenShift
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenShift over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for OpenShift in the UK

OpenShift
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenShift within the UK over the 6 months to 14 November 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
England +63 102 £75,000 -1.96% 110
London +60 61 £90,000 +13.92% 47
UK excluding London +53 48 £60,000 -20.00% 69
Work from Home +48 30 £63,750 -16.67% 70
South West +8 16 £67,500 -10.00% 18
Scotland +4 12 £60,000 - 1
North of England +37 10 £55,200 - 20
North West +46 9 £48,750 - 12
Midlands +61 7 £55,200 - 12
East Midlands +24 5 £58,000 - 1
South East +18 4 - - 15
West Midlands +41 2 £48,975 - 11
East of England +22 1 - -
Wales +8 1 £55,200 -40.96% 1
North East - 1 £55,200 - 3

OpenShift
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 7 (5.98%) Apache Spark
2 6 (5.13%) Apache
2 6 (5.13%) JBoss
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.27%) Tomcat
4 4 (3.42%) Confluence
4 4 (3.42%) IIS
4 4 (3.42%) nginx
5 3 (2.56%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 77 (65.81%) AWS
2 55 (47.01%) Azure
3 28 (23.93%) GCP
4 15 (12.82%) GitHub
5 13 (11.11%) H2O.ai
6 12 (10.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (8.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (6.84%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (6.84%) Entra ID
9 7 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (5.98%) PaaS
9 7 (5.98%) Serverless
10 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (3.42%) SaaS
12 3 (2.56%) Amazon S3
12 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.71%) IaaS
13 2 (1.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.26%) DNS
2 9 (7.69%) Firewall
3 8 (6.84%) LAN
3 8 (6.84%) WAN
4 6 (5.13%) AMQP
5 5 (4.27%) VoIP
5 5 (4.27%) VSAN
6 4 (3.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 4 (3.42%) Kerberos
6 4 (3.42%) Network Security
7 3 (2.56%) DHCP
7 3 (2.56%) NAS
7 3 (2.56%) SAN
7 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.56%) VPN
8 2 (1.71%) Multicast
9 1 (0.85%) Internet
9 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (11.97%) Data Lake
2 14 (11.97%) SQL Server
3 13 (11.11%) Metadata
4 8 (6.84%) Relational Database
5 7 (5.98%) Big Data
5 7 (5.98%) Hadoop
6 5 (4.27%) Apache Hive
6 5 (4.27%) InfluxDB
7 4 (3.42%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.71%) Cloudera CDH
9 2 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.71%) MySQL
10 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.85%) Power BI
10 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (36.75%) Jenkins
2 31 (26.50%) GitLab
3 27 (23.08%) Git
4 13 (11.11%) JUnit
5 10 (8.55%) Cucumber
6 9 (7.69%) JIRA
7 8 (6.84%) Selenium
7 8 (6.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (5.13%) Bitbucket
8 6 (5.13%) Maven
9 4 (3.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (3.42%) Gradle
9 4 (3.42%) JMeter
9 4 (3.42%) Robot Framework
9 4 (3.42%) SonarQube
10 3 (2.56%) Ant
10 3 (2.56%) Artifactory
10 3 (2.56%) TeamCity
11 2 (1.71%) Eclipse
11 2 (1.71%) TestRail
General
1 47 (40.17%) Finance
2 22 (18.80%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.97%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.13%) Banking
5 6 (5.13%) Games
6 4 (3.42%) Tech for Good
7 3 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.71%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Electronics
9 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Military
9 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (23.93%) Senior
2 13 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 13 (11.11%) Developer
2 13 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (9.40%) Architect
4 9 (7.69%) AWS DevOps
4 9 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
4 9 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
4 9 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 8 (6.84%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.84%) Senior Developer
6 6 (5.13%) Senior Software Developer
6 6 (5.13%) Software Developer
7 5 (4.27%) Java Developer
7 5 (4.27%) Kubernetes Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Data Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Haskell Programmer
8 4 (3.42%) Security Technical Architect
8 4 (3.42%) Senior Programmer
8 4 (3.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (17.09%) Spring
2 19 (16.24%) Kafka
3 18 (15.38%) Spring Boot
4 16 (13.68%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (11.11%) Keras
5 13 (11.11%) PyTorch
5 13 (11.11%) TensorFlow
6 9 (7.69%) React
7 8 (6.84%) Django
7 8 (6.84%) Flask
7 8 (6.84%) Node.js
7 8 (6.84%) pytest
8 6 (5.13%) CSS
8 6 (5.13%) Middleware
8 6 (5.13%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (5.13%) REST
9 5 (4.27%) AngularJS
9 5 (4.27%) HTML
9 5 (4.27%) OAuth
9 5 (4.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.09%) Management Information System
2 16 (13.68%) Data Centre
3 14 (11.97%) Public Cloud
4 11 (9.40%) Cloud Native
4 11 (9.40%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (8.55%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (6.84%) Private Cloud
8 7 (5.98%) PKI
9 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (3.42%) Derivative
10 4 (3.42%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (2.56%) Clustering
12 2 (1.71%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (1.71%) Equities
12 2 (1.71%) Fixed Income
12 2 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 57 (48.72%) Linux
2 26 (22.22%) Windows
3 14 (11.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (11.11%) Unix
5 10 (8.55%) CentOS
6 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
7 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (4.27%) Ubuntu
9 4 (3.42%) Debian
10 3 (2.56%) CoreOS
10 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (52.14%) DevOps
2 48 (41.03%) CI/CD
3 38 (32.48%) Containerisation
4 37 (31.62%) Agile
5 34 (29.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (25.64%) Microservices
7 28 (23.93%) Computer Science
8 26 (22.22%) Observability
9 22 (18.80%) AI
10 21 (17.95%) Test Automation
11 20 (17.09%) DevSecOps
12 19 (16.24%) Machine Learning
13 18 (15.38%) Analytics
13 18 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
13 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (15.38%) Service Delivery
13 18 (15.38%) Software Engineering
14 17 (14.53%) Coaching
14 17 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (14.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 53 (45.30%) Python
2 48 (41.03%) Java
3 25 (21.37%) Bash
4 23 (19.66%) PowerShell
5 14 (11.97%) Go
6 12 (10.26%) JavaScript
7 8 (6.84%) Delphi
7 8 (6.84%) Shell Script
8 6 (5.13%) SQL
9 5 (4.27%) Kotlin
10 4 (3.42%) C++
10 4 (3.42%) F#
10 4 (3.42%) Haskell
10 4 (3.42%) OCaml
10 4 (3.42%) Scala
10 4 (3.42%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.56%) C#
11 3 (2.56%) Groovy
12 2 (1.71%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (1.71%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.51%) Degree
3 20 (17.09%) DV Cleared
4 18 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (14.53%) Master's Degree
6 14 (11.97%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.42%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.42%) CCNA
7 4 (3.42%) CCNP
7 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.42%) PhD
8 3 (2.56%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (1.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.85%) CISM
10 1 (0.85%) CISSP
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.42%) QA
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 43 (36.75%) Docker
2 18 (15.38%) Active Directory
3 11 (9.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (4.27%) XenApp
4 5 (4.27%) XenDesktop
5 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.56%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.56%) vSphere
6 2 (1.71%) KVM
6 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.85%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 75 (64.10%) Kubernetes
2 35 (29.91%) Ansible
3 31 (26.50%) Terraform
4 22 (18.80%) Grafana
5 11 (9.40%) Puppet
6 8 (6.84%) Progress Chef
7 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (5.98%) Prometheus
8 6 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (4.27%) Rancher
9 5 (4.27%) SCCM
10 4 (3.42%) Argo
10 4 (3.42%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (3.42%) vRealize
11 3 (2.56%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (2.56%) Podman
11 3 (2.56%) SCVMM
12 2 (1.71%) Kustomize
12 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.85%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 21 (17.95%) Oracle
2 20 (17.09%) Red Hat
3 18 (15.38%) Dell
4 15 (12.82%) Databricks
5 14 (11.97%) VMware
6 13 (11.11%) NVIDIA
7 10 (8.55%) Microsoft
8 8 (6.84%) Google
9 6 (5.13%) Splunk
10 5 (4.27%) Atlassian
10 5 (4.27%) Citrix
11 4 (3.42%) F5
12 3 (2.56%) AppDynamics
12 3 (2.56%) IBM
12 3 (2.56%) McAfee
12 3 (2.56%) SAP
13 2 (1.71%) SaltStack
14 1 (0.85%) Cisco
14 1 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds