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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 44 33
Rank change year-on-year -39 -11 -6
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 471 1,111 1,623
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.11% 5.64% 7.46%
As % of the Systems Management category 36.37% 45.70% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 371 557 1,373
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,000 £104,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -3.23%

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 1,295 2,431 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.54% 12.35% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 971 1,407 3,024
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,165 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -2.80%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -3.70%

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 17 November 2025.

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 12 (2.55%) IIS
2 11 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.27%) Apache
4 6 (1.27%) nginx
5 5 (1.06%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.85%) Confluence
6 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.64%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.42%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.42%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Shopify
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 284 (60.30%) AWS
2 255 (54.14%) Azure
3 124 (26.33%) GCP
4 115 (24.42%) GitHub
5 72 (15.29%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (15.29%) GitHub Actions
6 53 (11.25%) SaaS
7 52 (11.04%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (9.77%) Serverless
9 45 (9.55%) Azure AKS
10 42 (8.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 40 (8.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 34 (7.22%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (6.58%) Amazon ECS
14 28 (5.94%) OpenShift
15 25 (5.31%) Amazon S3
16 19 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (3.61%) Datadog
18 16 (3.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 14 (2.97%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.43%) Firewall
2 16 (3.40%) DNS
3 14 (2.97%) VPN
4 12 (2.55%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.34%) WAN
6 9 (1.91%) LAN
7 8 (1.70%) Network Security
8 6 (1.27%) Broadband
8 6 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (1.27%) Internet
9 5 (1.06%) DHCP
10 4 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.85%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.64%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.42%) AMQP
12 2 (0.42%) VLAN
12 2 (0.42%) VSAN
13 1 (0.21%) 5G
13 1 (0.21%) IOS XR
13 1 (0.21%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (12.95%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (10.62%) NoSQL
3 43 (9.13%) SQL Server
4 38 (8.07%) MongoDB
5 18 (3.82%) Relational Database
6 17 (3.61%) MySQL
7 14 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (2.55%) DynamoDB
8 12 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (2.34%) Redis
10 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.27%) Big Data
11 5 (1.06%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.06%) Power BI
12 4 (0.85%) Flink
13 3 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.64%) Apache Ignite
13 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 73 (15.50%) Git
2 60 (12.74%) Jenkins
3 49 (10.40%) GitLab
4 21 (4.46%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.91%) JUnit
6 8 (1.70%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.70%) Selenium
7 7 (1.49%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (1.06%) JIRA
10 4 (0.85%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.64%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.42%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.42%) JMeter
12 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.42%) TestRail
General
1 92 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 83 (17.62%) Finance
3 37 (7.86%) Law
4 34 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.79%) Banking
6 31 (6.58%) Financial Institution
7 29 (6.16%) Retail
8 25 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (4.67%) Back Office
10 20 (4.25%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.34%) Front Office
12 9 (1.91%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (1.49%) Legal
14 6 (1.27%) Games
15 5 (1.06%) Automotive
15 5 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.06%) Marketing
15 5 (1.06%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.64%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 136 (28.87%) Senior
2 89 (18.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (14.65%) Software Engineer
4 68 (14.44%) Developer
5 54 (11.46%) Lead
6 53 (11.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (7.86%) Architect
9 32 (6.79%) Platform Engineer
10 31 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
11 27 (5.73%) Senior DevOps
11 27 (5.73%) Senior Software Engineer
12 24 (5.10%) Python Engineer
13 23 (4.88%) Senior Developer
14 20 (4.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 19 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (3.82%) AWS DevOps
16 18 (3.82%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (3.82%) Software Developer
17 17 (3.61%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (15.71%) .NET
2 55 (11.68%) React
3 53 (11.25%) Spring
4 51 (10.83%) Spring Boot
5 45 (9.55%) Kafka
6 43 (9.13%) RESTful
7 39 (8.28%) REST
8 30 (6.37%) Elastic Stack
9 28 (5.94%) Node.js
10 25 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
11 24 (5.10%) Django
11 24 (5.10%) Flask
12 21 (4.46%) .NET Core
12 21 (4.46%) Web Services
13 19 (4.03%) AngularJS
14 18 (3.82%) FastAPI
15 17 (3.61%) gRPC
15 17 (3.61%) YAML
16 14 (2.97%) .NET Framework
17 12 (2.55%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 150 (31.85%) Cloud Native
2 41 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.94%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.67%) Data Centre
4 22 (4.67%) Product Ownership
5 19 (4.03%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.40%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.70%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.49%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.49%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.27%) BYOD
11 6 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.06%) Blog
12 5 (1.06%) Derivative
12 5 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 116 (24.63%) Linux
2 70 (14.86%) Windows
3 27 (5.73%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.03%) Unix
5 13 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.12%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.91%) Android
8 8 (1.70%) Rocky
9 7 (1.49%) VMS
10 6 (1.27%) CentOS
11 4 (0.85%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.64%) Debian
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (62.85%) DevOps
2 292 (62.00%) CI/CD
3 195 (41.40%) Containerisation
4 162 (34.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 135 (28.66%) Microservices
6 126 (26.75%) Agile
7 111 (23.57%) Software Engineering
8 100 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (18.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 81 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (15.50%) Mentoring
12 71 (15.07%) AI
13 65 (13.80%) Observability
14 55 (11.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 54 (11.46%) Platform Engineering
16 46 (9.77%) Cloud Security
16 46 (9.77%) Test Automation
17 45 (9.55%) Machine Learning
18 43 (9.13%) Coaching
18 43 (9.13%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 206 (43.74%) Python
2 109 (23.14%) Java
3 97 (20.59%) SQL
4 67 (14.23%) C#
4 67 (14.23%) PowerShell
5 64 (13.59%) Bash
6 54 (11.46%) JavaScript
7 39 (8.28%) Bicep
8 38 (8.07%) TypeScript
9 35 (7.43%) Go
10 8 (1.70%) Delphi
11 7 (1.49%) PHP
11 7 (1.49%) Scala
12 6 (1.27%) C++
12 6 (1.27%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.06%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.85%) F#
14 4 (0.85%) OCaml
14 4 (0.85%) Ruby
14 4 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 60 (12.74%) SC Cleared
3 49 (10.40%) AWS Certification
4 48 (10.19%) Degree
5 38 (8.07%) Azure Certification
6 27 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (5.10%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.27%) PhD
13 5 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.06%) CISM
13 5 (1.06%) CISSP
14 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 3 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
16 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.52%) QA
2 24 (5.10%) GDPR
3 16 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.55%) NIST
5 11 (2.34%) HIPAA
5 11 (2.34%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.34%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.06%) SLA
8 4 (0.85%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) ECSS
10 1 (0.21%) MiFID
System Software
1 287 (60.93%) Docker
2 26 (5.52%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.18%) Hyper-V
3 15 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.34%) vSphere
5 6 (1.27%) NFS
6 5 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.21%) Postfix
9 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 206 (43.74%) Terraform
2 100 (21.23%) Ansible
3 94 (19.96%) Grafana
4 54 (11.46%) Prometheus
5 19 (4.03%) Argo
6 5 (1.06%) Cilium
7 4 (0.85%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.85%) Puppet
8 3 (0.64%) Kibana
8 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.64%) SCCM
8 3 (0.64%) SCOM
8 3 (0.64%) WSUS
9 2 (0.42%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.42%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.21%) logstash
10 1 (0.21%) Nagios
Vendors
1 50 (10.62%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.52%) Google
3 25 (5.31%) Oracle
4 22 (4.67%) VMware
5 20 (4.25%) Red Hat
6 17 (3.61%) Dell
7 13 (2.76%) Splunk
8 12 (2.55%) Cisco
9 8 (1.70%) Commvault
9 8 (1.70%) SAP
10 7 (1.49%) Databricks
10 7 (1.49%) Pure Storage
11 6 (1.27%) Trayport
12 5 (1.06%) Epicor
12 5 (1.06%) Foundry
12 5 (1.06%) IBM
12 5 (1.06%) Infor
12 5 (1.06%) Informatica
12 5 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.06%) Talend