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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 74 70
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -42
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 741 767 935
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 4.65% 3.78%
As % of the Systems Management category 38.86% 40.69% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 531 374 706
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £75,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +2.65% +0.67%
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 1,907 1,885 2,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.33% 11.43% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 1,081 1,877
10th Percentile £36,875 £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 19 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
1 426 (57.49%) Azure
2 411 (55.47%) AWS
3 201 (27.13%) GitHub
4 194 (26.18%) GCP
5 141 (19.03%) GitHub Copilot
6 84 (11.34%) Amazon EKS
7 80 (10.80%) 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%) Firewall
2 24 (3.24%) DNS
3 21 (2.83%) VPN
4 20 (2.70%) Internet
5 18 (2.43%) Broadband
6 15 (2.02%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.21%) DHCP
8 8 (1.08%) BGP
8 8 (1.08%) Network Security
8 8 (1.08%) VLAN
9 6 (0.81%) OSPF
9 6 (0.81%) VXLAN
10 5 (0.67%) WAN
11 4 (0.54%) HTTP
12 3 (0.40%) SAN
13 2 (0.27%) iSCSI
13 2 (0.27%) LAN
13 2 (0.27%) MQTT
13 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
13 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 97 (13.09%) Git
2 52 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 52 (7.02%) TeamCity
3 50 (6.75%) GitLab
4 27 (3.64%) JUnit
5 17 (2.29%) Maven
5 17 (2.29%) Selenium
6 15 (2.02%) Mockito
7 14 (1.89%) JIRA
8 12 (1.62%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.62%) Postman
8 12 (1.62%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (1.21%) Bitbucket
11 8 (1.08%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.81%) Gatling
12 6 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.67%) JMeter
13 5 (0.67%) Locust
13 5 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 173 (23.35%) Finance
2 131 (17.68%) Social Skills
3 77 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 74 (9.99%) Banking
5 70 (9.45%) Retail
6 69 (9.31%) Law
7 61 (8.23%) Public Sector
8 42 (5.67%) Financial Institution
9 41 (5.53%) Back Office
10 37 (4.99%) Advertising
11 24 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (2.83%) Marketing
13 20 (2.70%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.75%) Games
15 11 (1.48%) Legal
16 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.40%) Front Office
18 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 214 (28.88%) Developer
2 197 (26.59%) Senior
3 135 (18.22%) .NET Developer
4 116 (15.65%) Software Engineer
5 79 (10.66%) DevOps Engineer
6 72 (9.72%) 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 31 (4.18%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 28 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
16 27 (3.64%) AWS Engineer
16 27 (3.64%) Lead Software Engineer
17 24 (3.24%) Python Engineer
17 24 (3.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 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 22 (2.97%) Django
16 22 (2.97%) OAuth
16 22 (2.97%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 194 (26.18%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (6.48%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.70%) Digital TV
6 18 (2.43%) Blog
7 17 (2.29%) AI Agents
7 17 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.89%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.48%) IoT
12 9 (1.21%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.08%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 134 (18.08%) Linux
2 45 (6.07%) Windows
3 24 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.02%) Ubuntu
5 7 (0.94%) Android
5 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.81%) Debian
7 5 (0.67%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) VMS
9 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (65.86%) CI/CD
2 297 (40.08%) DevOps
3 268 (36.17%) Agile
4 242 (32.66%) Microservices
5 224 (30.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 210 (28.34%) AI
7 199 (26.86%) Containerisation
8 198 (26.72%) Full-Stack Development
9 197 (26.59%) Software Engineering
10 189 (25.51%) Mentoring
11 135 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 132 (17.81%) Test Automation
13 126 (17.00%) Observability
14 118 (15.92%) Machine Learning
14 118 (15.92%) Platform Engineering
15 107 (14.44%) TDD
16 101 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
17 95 (12.82%) Clean Code
18 89 (12.01%) Scrum
19 75 (10.12%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 237 (31.98%) Python
2 219 (29.55%) SQL
3 212 (28.61%) C#
4 166 (22.40%) 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
1 118 (15.92%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.09%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.10%) 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 9 (1.21%) CISSP
9 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.94%) GIAC
10 6 (0.81%) CISM
11 5 (0.67%) CEH
11 5 (0.67%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.67%) OSCP
12 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.54%) OCP
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.40%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.26%) QA
2 27 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.56%) 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
1 478 (64.51%) Docker
2 30 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.43%) 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
1 286 (38.60%) Terraform
2 110 (14.84%) Grafana
3 89 (12.01%) 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 44 (5.94%) Google
3 31 (4.18%) Oracle
4 24 (3.24%) VMware
5 21 (2.83%) Facebook
5 21 (2.83%) Red Hat
6 20 (2.70%) 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%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.81%) ForgeRock
14 6 (0.81%) New Relic