Hybrid/Remote Kubernetes Job Trends

Kubernetes (k8s)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 76 69
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 -41
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 741 768 930
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 4.64% 3.77%
As % of the Systems Management category 38.80% 40.66% 34.59%
Number of salaries quoted 531 375 707
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% - +3.33%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

Kubernetes falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,910 1,889 2,689
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.34% 11.42% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,409 1,086 1,878
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £37,101
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.54%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kubernetes and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Kubernetes job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Kubernetes
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kubernetes.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kubernetes over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Kubernetes salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 11 (1.48%) Apache Spark
2 7 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.81%) IIS
4 5 (0.67%) nginx
4 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.54%) Camunda
5 4 (0.54%) Confluence
6 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 429 (57.89%) Azure
2 409 (55.20%) AWS
3 201 (27.13%) GitHub
4 191 (25.78%) GCP
5 141 (19.03%) GitHub Copilot
6 81 (10.93%) Amazon EKS
7 77 (10.39%) SaaS
8 76 (10.26%) Azure AI
9 58 (7.83%) Serverless
10 47 (6.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 46 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (6.07%) Azure AKS
13 42 (5.67%) OpenShift
14 30 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
15 26 (3.51%) Amazon S3
16 22 (2.97%) PaaS
17 21 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
17 21 (2.83%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.37%) DNS
1 25 (3.37%) Firewall
2 21 (2.83%) VPN
3 20 (2.70%) Internet
4 18 (2.43%) Broadband
5 15 (2.02%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.35%) DHCP
7 8 (1.08%) BGP
7 8 (1.08%) Network Security
7 8 (1.08%) VLAN
8 6 (0.81%) OSPF
8 6 (0.81%) VXLAN
9 5 (0.67%) WAN
10 4 (0.54%) HTTP
11 3 (0.40%) SAN
12 2 (0.27%) iSCSI
12 2 (0.27%) LAN
12 2 (0.27%) MQTT
12 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (21.59%) MongoDB
2 142 (19.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 71 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
4 50 (6.75%) Elasticsearch
5 32 (4.32%) NoSQL
6 31 (4.18%) SQL Server
7 27 (3.64%) MySQL
8 25 (3.37%) Relational Database
9 21 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.81%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.81%) Redis
12 5 (0.67%) Metadata
13 4 (0.54%) Power BI
13 4 (0.54%) Tableau
14 3 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.40%) Big Data
14 3 (0.40%) GIS
14 3 (0.40%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 98 (13.23%) Git
2 53 (7.15%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.75%) GitLab
4 49 (6.61%) TeamCity
5 27 (3.64%) JUnit
6 17 (2.29%) Maven
6 17 (2.29%) Selenium
7 15 (2.02%) Mockito
8 14 (1.89%) JIRA
9 12 (1.62%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.62%) Postman
9 12 (1.62%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 9 (1.21%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.08%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.81%) Gatling
13 6 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.67%) JMeter
14 5 (0.67%) Locust
14 5 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 171 (23.08%) Finance
2 132 (17.81%) Social Skills
3 74 (9.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 71 (9.58%) Banking
5 67 (9.04%) Law
5 67 (9.04%) Retail
6 61 (8.23%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.26%) Financial Institution
8 38 (5.13%) Back Office
9 37 (4.99%) Advertising
10 24 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
11 21 (2.83%) Marketing
12 20 (2.70%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.75%) Games
14 11 (1.48%) Legal
15 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.40%) Front Office
17 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 214 (28.88%) Developer
2 197 (26.59%) Senior
3 135 (18.22%) .NET Developer
4 113 (15.25%) Software Engineer
5 80 (10.80%) DevOps Engineer
6 73 (9.85%) Lead
7 55 (7.42%) Cloud Engineer
8 52 (7.02%) Platform Engineer
9 48 (6.48%) Architect
10 47 (6.34%) Azure Engineer
11 39 (5.26%) Senior Developer
12 33 (4.45%) Java Developer
13 30 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 28 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
16 27 (3.64%) AWS Engineer
17 26 (3.51%) Lead Software Engineer
18 24 (3.24%) Python Engineer
18 24 (3.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 23 (3.10%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (27.53%) .NET
2 142 (19.16%) .NET Core
2 142 (19.16%) ASP.NET
3 136 (18.35%) ASP.NET Core
4 89 (12.01%) Node.js
5 82 (11.07%) AngularJS
6 81 (10.93%) CSS
6 81 (10.93%) HTML
7 78 (10.53%) React
8 74 (9.99%) ML.NET
9 68 (9.18%) Vue
10 65 (8.77%) Spring
11 62 (8.37%) REST
12 57 (7.69%) Kafka
13 47 (6.34%) RESTful
14 41 (5.53%) Spring Boot
15 28 (3.78%) Blazor
16 23 (3.10%) OAuth
16 23 (3.10%) OpenID
17 22 (2.97%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 192 (25.91%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (6.21%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.70%) Digital TV
6 18 (2.43%) Blog
7 17 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.16%) AI Agents
8 16 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.89%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.48%) IoT
11 11 (1.48%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.08%) PKI
13 7 (0.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 138 (18.62%) Linux
2 45 (6.07%) Windows
3 24 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.02%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.94%) Android
6 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.81%) Debian
8 5 (0.67%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (65.86%) CI/CD
2 299 (40.35%) DevOps
3 269 (36.30%) Agile
4 240 (32.39%) Microservices
5 227 (30.63%) Infrastructure as Code
6 209 (28.21%) AI
7 199 (26.86%) Containerisation
8 198 (26.72%) Full-Stack Development
9 194 (26.18%) Software Engineering
10 186 (25.10%) Mentoring
11 133 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 129 (17.41%) Test Automation
13 127 (17.14%) Observability
14 118 (15.92%) Machine Learning
14 118 (15.92%) Platform Engineering
15 107 (14.44%) TDD
16 103 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
17 92 (12.42%) Clean Code
18 89 (12.01%) Scrum
19 72 (9.72%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 237 (31.98%) Python
2 219 (29.55%) SQL
3 212 (28.61%) C#
4 163 (22.00%) Java
5 111 (14.98%) TypeScript
6 87 (11.74%) JavaScript
7 78 (10.53%) Bash
8 73 (9.85%) PowerShell
9 45 (6.07%) Go
10 22 (2.97%) Bicep
11 15 (2.02%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.89%) Scala
13 11 (1.48%) PHP
14 8 (1.08%) Ruby
15 7 (0.94%) Groovy
16 6 (0.81%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.54%) C++
17 4 (0.54%) Rust
18 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 119 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.09%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.23%) Degree
4 44 (5.94%) Azure Certification
5 28 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.43%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.35%) CISSP
9 8 (1.08%) GIAC
10 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.81%) CISM
12 5 (0.67%) CEH
12 5 (0.67%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.67%) OSCP
13 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.54%) ISACA
13 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.54%) OCP
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.26%) QA
2 27 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.70%) NIST
4 13 (1.75%) WCAG
5 12 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.40%) NCSC
10 2 (0.27%) GDPR
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 479 (64.64%) Docker
2 31 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.54%) Firmware
5 4 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (0.40%) iptables
7 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.13%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) QEMU
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 284 (38.33%) Terraform
2 107 (14.44%) Grafana
3 90 (12.15%) Ansible
4 52 (7.02%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.64%) Argo
6 25 (3.37%) Istio
7 21 (2.83%) Puppet
8 12 (1.62%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.94%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.94%) Packer
10 6 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.81%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.54%) linkerd
12 3 (0.40%) Cilium
12 3 (0.40%) Kibana
12 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.27%) SCCM
13 2 (0.27%) SCOM
13 2 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.07%) Google
3 31 (4.18%) Oracle
4 26 (3.51%) VMware
5 23 (3.10%) Red Hat
6 21 (2.83%) Facebook
6 21 (2.83%) Okta
7 18 (2.43%) Splunk
8 16 (2.16%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.89%) Ping Identity
10 12 (1.62%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.62%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.21%) Databricks
12 8 (1.08%) Cisco
12 8 (1.08%) Confluent
13 7 (0.94%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.94%) EMC
13 7 (0.94%) ForgeRock
13 7 (0.94%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.81%) New Relic