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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 75 70
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 -42
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 732 748 919
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.06% 4.60% 3.95%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.88% 44.13% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 504 363 626
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £111,000 £118,750
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 1,631 1,695 2,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.82% 10.42% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 892 1,393
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,550 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +1.56% -5.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,875 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

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 14 September 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 10 (1.37%) Apache Spark
2 7 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.82%) IIS
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.68%) nginx
4 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.55%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.55%) Confluence
5 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.41%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.14%) Hedera
7 1 (0.14%) JBoss
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 12 (1.64%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 415 (56.69%) AWS
2 410 (56.01%) Azure
3 210 (28.69%) GCP
4 197 (26.91%) GitHub
5 135 (18.44%) GitHub Copilot
6 89 (12.16%) Amazon EKS
7 79 (10.79%) SaaS
8 72 (9.84%) Azure AI
9 50 (6.83%) Serverless
10 47 (6.42%) OpenShift
11 46 (6.28%) GitHub Actions
12 44 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
13 42 (5.74%) AWS CloudFormation
13 42 (5.74%) Azure AKS
14 26 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
16 18 (2.46%) Amazon S3
16 18 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
17 17 (2.32%) PaaS
17 17 (2.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.87%) DNS
2 20 (2.73%) Firewall
2 20 (2.73%) Internet
2 20 (2.73%) VPN
3 17 (2.32%) Broadband
4 13 (1.78%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.23%) Network Security
6 8 (1.09%) BGP
6 8 (1.09%) VLAN
7 7 (0.96%) DHCP
8 6 (0.82%) OSPF
8 6 (0.82%) VXLAN
9 5 (0.68%) WAN
10 4 (0.55%) HTTP
11 2 (0.27%) LAN
11 2 (0.27%) SAN
11 2 (0.27%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.14%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.14%) MQTT
12 1 (0.14%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (21.31%) MongoDB
2 136 (18.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 75 (10.25%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (6.01%) Elasticsearch
5 35 (4.78%) NoSQL
6 27 (3.69%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.28%) MySQL
7 24 (3.28%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.82%) Delta Lake
10 6 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.68%) Metadata
11 5 (0.68%) Power BI
11 5 (0.68%) Tableau
12 4 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (0.55%) Big Data
12 4 (0.55%) GIS
12 4 (0.55%) QGIS
12 4 (0.55%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 89 (12.16%) Git
2 64 (8.74%) TeamCity
3 52 (7.10%) Jenkins
4 46 (6.28%) GitLab
5 27 (3.69%) JUnit
6 18 (2.46%) Maven
7 16 (2.19%) Mockito
7 16 (2.19%) Selenium
8 15 (2.05%) JIRA
9 12 (1.64%) Postman
10 10 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (1.23%) Bitbucket
11 9 (1.23%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.23%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.82%) Gatling
12 6 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.68%) Subversion
14 3 (0.41%) Appium
14 3 (0.41%) NUnit
General
1 183 (25.00%) Finance
2 129 (17.62%) Social Skills
3 90 (12.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (12.16%) Banking
5 86 (11.75%) Retail
6 85 (11.61%) Law
7 63 (8.61%) Public Sector
8 51 (6.97%) Financial Institution
9 50 (6.83%) Back Office
10 33 (4.51%) Advertising
11 26 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (2.87%) Aerospace
13 19 (2.60%) Marketing
14 11 (1.50%) Games
15 10 (1.37%) Legal
16 6 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.82%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.41%) Aviation
17 3 (0.41%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 209 (28.55%) Developer
2 192 (26.23%) Senior
3 129 (17.62%) .NET Developer
4 126 (17.21%) Software Engineer
5 76 (10.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 67 (9.15%) Lead
7 52 (7.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 48 (6.56%) Architect
9 45 (6.15%) Platform Engineer
10 43 (5.87%) Azure Engineer
11 36 (4.92%) Senior Developer
12 32 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
13 30 (4.10%) Java Developer
14 27 (3.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 26 (3.55%) Java Engineer
16 25 (3.42%) Lead Software Engineer
16 25 (3.42%) Team Leader
17 24 (3.28%) AWS Engineer
17 24 (3.28%) Full-Stack Developer
18 22 (3.01%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (38.93%) Terraform
2 194 (26.50%) .NET
3 135 (18.44%) ASP.NET
4 134 (18.31%) .NET Core
5 130 (17.76%) ASP.NET Core
6 95 (12.98%) Node.js
7 82 (11.20%) React
8 81 (11.07%) AngularJS
9 77 (10.52%) CSS
9 77 (10.52%) HTML
10 70 (9.56%) ML.NET
11 67 (9.15%) Vue
12 66 (9.02%) Spring
13 61 (8.33%) REST
14 54 (7.38%) Kafka
15 45 (6.15%) RESTful
16 43 (5.87%) Spring Boot
17 27 (3.69%) Blazor
18 21 (2.87%) Django
19 20 (2.73%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 195 (26.64%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
3 54 (7.38%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.42%) Blog
5 24 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.60%) Digital TV
7 16 (2.19%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.91%) Public Cloud
9 12 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.50%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.23%) PKI
12 8 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 8 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.09%) IoT
12 8 (1.09%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.09%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 131 (17.90%) Linux
2 44 (6.01%) Windows
3 22 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.19%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.96%) Android
7 6 (0.82%) CentOS
7 6 (0.82%) Debian
7 6 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.41%) VMS
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (66.26%) CI/CD
2 287 (39.21%) DevOps
3 263 (35.93%) Agile
4 242 (33.06%) Microservices
5 206 (28.14%) AI
6 204 (27.87%) Infrastructure as Code
7 200 (27.32%) Software Engineering
8 197 (26.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 195 (26.64%) Mentoring
10 181 (24.73%) Containerisation
11 137 (18.72%) Test Automation
12 130 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 124 (16.94%) Observability
14 114 (15.57%) Machine Learning
15 110 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
16 104 (14.21%) Platform Engineering
17 100 (13.66%) Clean Code
17 100 (13.66%) TDD
18 86 (11.75%) Scrum
19 80 (10.93%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 222 (30.33%) Python
2 213 (29.10%) SQL
3 199 (27.19%) C#
4 180 (24.59%) Java
5 113 (15.44%) TypeScript
6 93 (12.70%) JavaScript
7 80 (10.93%) Bash
8 72 (9.84%) PowerShell
9 45 (6.15%) Go
10 22 (3.01%) Bicep
11 15 (2.05%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.78%) Scala
13 8 (1.09%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.09%) PHP
13 8 (1.09%) Ruby
14 7 (0.96%) Groovy
15 4 (0.55%) C++
15 4 (0.55%) Rust
16 3 (0.41%) C
16 3 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 122 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.51%) Degree
4 38 (5.19%) Azure Certification
5 26 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.09%) CISSP
9 7 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.96%) GIAC
10 6 (0.82%) CISM
11 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (0.68%) CEH
12 4 (0.55%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.55%) OCP
12 4 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.55%) OSCP
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.10%) QA
2 22 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.60%) NIST
4 9 (1.23%) WCAG
5 8 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.09%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.55%) NCSC
8 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.27%) GDPR
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.14%) PSD2
10 1 (0.14%) SEPA
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 468 (63.93%) Docker
2 25 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.41%) iptables
7 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.14%) Firmware
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
8 1 (0.14%) QEMU
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 118 (16.12%) Grafana
2 84 (11.48%) Ansible
3 52 (7.10%) Prometheus
4 26 (3.55%) Argo
5 24 (3.28%) Istio
6 20 (2.73%) Puppet
7 13 (1.78%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.09%) Kustomize
8 8 (1.09%) Packer
9 6 (0.82%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.55%) linkerd
12 3 (0.41%) Cilium
12 3 (0.41%) Kibana
12 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.27%) Nagios
13 2 (0.27%) SCCM
13 2 (0.27%) SCOM
13 2 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 202 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.87%) Google
3 32 (4.37%) Oracle
4 23 (3.14%) Red Hat
5 22 (3.01%) OpenAI
5 22 (3.01%) VMware
6 21 (2.87%) Splunk
7 19 (2.60%) Facebook
7 19 (2.60%) Okta
8 15 (2.05%) Ping Identity
9 11 (1.50%) Databricks
9 11 (1.50%) Palo Alto
10 10 (1.37%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.96%) Cisco
11 7 (0.96%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.96%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.82%) Confluent
12 6 (0.82%) EMC
12 6 (0.82%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.82%) Zscaler