Kubernetes Engineer Job Trends in Worcester

Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
Worcestershire > Worcester

The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) salary in Worcester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 1.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Worcester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Worcester. 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 Worcester with a recognized job title 51 102 39
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.44% 96.23% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 39 56 38
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,250 £26,425
25th Percentile £31,000 £39,375 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +35.88% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £56,563
90th Percentile £80,000 - £64,650
Worcestershire median annual salary £40,000 £58,191 £37,500
% change year-on-year -31.26% +55.18% -11.76%

Kubernetes Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Kubernetes Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Worcester.

Kubernetes Engineer job vacancy trend in Worcester

Kubernetes Engineer
Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for Kubernetes Engineer job vacancies in Worcester.

Salary distribution trend for Kubernetes Engineer job vacancies in Worcester

Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Kubernetes Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Worcester region featuring Kubernetes Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform