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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 80 59
Rank change year-on-year +1 -21 -30
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 777 723 950
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.13% 4.37% 4.23%
As % of the Systems Management category 45.76% 43.09% 41.61%
Number of salaries quoted 515 340 582
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -5.84% +2.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £118,625
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +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 1,698 1,678 2,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.84% 10.13% 10.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,221 861 1,308
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,000 £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 29 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 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (0.77%) IIS
4 6 (0.77%) nginx
5 5 (0.64%) Camunda
5 5 (0.64%) Confluence
6 4 (0.51%) Apache
6 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.51%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.26%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.26%) Hedera
7 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (1.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 445 (57.27%) AWS
2 417 (53.67%) Azure
3 231 (29.73%) GCP
4 203 (26.13%) GitHub
5 135 (17.37%) GitHub Copilot
6 106 (13.64%) Amazon EKS
7 103 (13.26%) SaaS
8 72 (9.27%) Azure AI
9 53 (6.82%) Serverless
10 47 (6.05%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (5.92%) Azure AKS
11 46 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
12 44 (5.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 40 (5.15%) OpenShift
14 26 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
16 21 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
17 20 (2.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 19 (2.45%) Amazon S3
18 19 (2.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.22%) VPN
2 23 (2.96%) Firewall
3 21 (2.70%) DNS
3 21 (2.70%) Internet
4 17 (2.19%) Broadband
5 15 (1.93%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.67%) Network Security
7 11 (1.42%) BGP
8 10 (1.29%) VLAN
9 6 (0.77%) DHCP
9 6 (0.77%) OSPF
9 6 (0.77%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.51%) HTTP
10 4 (0.51%) WAN
11 2 (0.26%) SAN
11 2 (0.26%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.13%) MQTT
12 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (20.59%) MongoDB
2 139 (17.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 85 (10.94%) PostgreSQL
4 43 (5.53%) Elasticsearch
5 35 (4.50%) NoSQL
6 29 (3.73%) SQL Server
7 28 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.22%) Relational Database
9 23 (2.96%) MySQL
10 11 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.90%) Redis
12 6 (0.77%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.77%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.64%) Metadata
13 5 (0.64%) Power BI
13 5 (0.64%) Tableau
14 4 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (0.51%) Big Data
14 4 (0.51%) GIS
Development Applications
1 88 (11.33%) Git
2 82 (10.55%) TeamCity
3 55 (7.08%) Jenkins
4 45 (5.79%) GitLab
5 29 (3.73%) JUnit
6 18 (2.32%) JIRA
6 18 (2.32%) Maven
6 18 (2.32%) Mockito
7 16 (2.06%) Selenium
8 12 (1.54%) Postman
9 10 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 10 (1.29%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.16%) SonarQube
11 8 (1.03%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.77%) Gatling
12 6 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.64%) Subversion
13 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.51%) Vagrant
15 3 (0.39%) Appium
General
1 196 (25.23%) Finance
2 145 (18.66%) Social Skills
3 116 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 112 (14.41%) Retail
5 108 (13.90%) Law
6 106 (13.64%) Banking
7 71 (9.14%) Public Sector
8 63 (8.11%) Financial Institution
9 62 (7.98%) Back Office
10 33 (4.25%) Advertising
11 30 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
12 20 (2.57%) Aerospace
13 19 (2.45%) Marketing
14 11 (1.42%) Games
15 9 (1.16%) Legal
16 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.51%) Front Office
18 3 (0.39%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.39%) Military
18 3 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (27.93%) Senior
2 216 (27.80%) Developer
3 144 (18.53%) Software Engineer
4 130 (16.73%) .NET Developer
5 76 (9.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 68 (8.75%) Lead
7 54 (6.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 51 (6.56%) Architect
9 43 (5.53%) Platform Engineer
10 41 (5.28%) Senior Developer
11 39 (5.02%) Azure Engineer
12 37 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.99%) Java Engineer
14 30 (3.86%) Java Developer
15 27 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
16 26 (3.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 26 (3.35%) Team Leader
17 25 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
17 25 (3.22%) Senior DevOps
18 22 (2.83%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (39.25%) Terraform
2 198 (25.48%) .NET
3 136 (17.50%) .NET Core
3 136 (17.50%) ASP.NET
4 132 (16.99%) ASP.NET Core
5 95 (12.23%) Node.js
6 91 (11.71%) React
7 82 (10.55%) AngularJS
8 79 (10.17%) CSS
8 79 (10.17%) HTML
9 72 (9.27%) Spring
10 70 (9.01%) ML.NET
11 67 (8.62%) Vue
12 61 (7.85%) REST
13 53 (6.82%) Kafka
14 51 (6.56%) RESTful
15 46 (5.92%) Spring Boot
16 27 (3.47%) Blazor
16 27 (3.47%) OpenTelemetry
17 20 (2.57%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 222 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 68 (8.75%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (7.72%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.50%) Blog
5 27 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.45%) Digital TV
7 18 (2.32%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.29%) Replication
12 9 (1.16%) IoT
12 9 (1.16%) PKI
13 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 130 (16.73%) Linux
2 42 (5.41%) Windows
3 17 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.06%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.03%) Android
7 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.51%) Debian
8 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.39%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Unix
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (66.02%) CI/CD
2 300 (38.61%) DevOps
3 281 (36.16%) Agile
4 269 (34.62%) Microservices
5 224 (28.83%) Software Engineering
6 218 (28.06%) AI
7 213 (27.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 213 (27.41%) Mentoring
8 204 (26.25%) Full-Stack Development
9 187 (24.07%) Containerisation
10 150 (19.31%) Test Automation
11 141 (18.15%) Observability
12 140 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 125 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
14 121 (15.57%) Machine Learning
15 114 (14.67%) Clean Code
16 106 (13.64%) TDD
17 103 (13.26%) Fintech
18 100 (12.87%) Platform Engineering
19 93 (11.97%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 232 (29.86%) Python
2 229 (29.47%) SQL
3 218 (28.06%) Java
4 205 (26.38%) C#
5 118 (15.19%) TypeScript
6 96 (12.36%) JavaScript
7 91 (11.71%) Bash
8 72 (9.27%) PowerShell
9 52 (6.69%) Go
10 22 (2.83%) Bicep
11 15 (1.93%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.93%) Scala
12 9 (1.16%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.03%) PHP
13 8 (1.03%) Ruby
14 7 (0.90%) Groovy
15 6 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.51%) C
16 4 (0.51%) C++
16 4 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 128 (16.47%) Security Cleared
2 105 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.18%) Degree
4 36 (4.63%) Azure Certification
5 23 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.57%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.67%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.03%) CISSP
8 8 (1.03%) GIAC
9 7 (0.90%) CISM
10 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.64%) CEH
10 5 (0.64%) CREST Certified
10 5 (0.64%) OSCP
11 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.51%) OCP
11 4 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.73%) QA
2 22 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.57%) NIST
4 13 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.67%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.03%) WCAG
6 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.77%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.51%) GDPR
7 4 (0.51%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.13%) PSD2
8 1 (0.13%) SEPA
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 482 (62.03%) Docker
2 21 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.39%) iptables
6 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.13%) HDFS
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) KVM
6 1 (0.13%) QEMU
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 141 (18.15%) Grafana
2 80 (10.30%) Ansible
3 59 (7.59%) Prometheus
4 27 (3.47%) Argo
5 18 (2.32%) Istio
6 17 (2.19%) Puppet
7 15 (1.93%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.03%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.90%) Packer
10 6 (0.77%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.51%) Cilium
11 4 (0.51%) linkerd
11 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.26%) CASB
12 2 (0.26%) Kibana
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.26%) Podman
12 2 (0.26%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 204 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.56%) Google
3 32 (4.12%) Oracle
4 28 (3.60%) Splunk
5 24 (3.09%) OpenAI
6 21 (2.70%) Red Hat
7 19 (2.45%) Facebook
7 19 (2.45%) VMware
8 18 (2.32%) Okta
9 15 (1.93%) Ping Identity
10 12 (1.54%) Databricks
11 10 (1.29%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.16%) New Relic
13 8 (1.03%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.77%) Citrix
14 6 (0.77%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.77%) Zscaler
15 5 (0.64%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.64%) Qualys