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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 42 63
Rank change year-on-year -35 +21 -37
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 622 963 1,374
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.25% 6.60% 4.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 39.27% 46.28% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 395 506 1,161
10th Percentile £47,930 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,613 £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £83,938 £115,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £104,500 £138,750 £117,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.12% +10.00% -

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 1,584 2,081 3,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.27% 14.27% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,089 1,198 2,910
10th Percentile £37,200 £36,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,384 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.92% +8.41% -7.84%
75th Percentile £79,250 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,212 £61,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +13.46% -9.63%

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 28 May 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 9 (1.45%) OpenStack
2 6 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.96%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.64%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.64%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.64%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.48%) Camunda
4 3 (0.48%) Confluence
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) JBoss
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Weka
2 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 373 (59.97%) AWS
2 281 (45.18%) Azure
3 165 (26.53%) GCP
4 121 (19.45%) GitHub
5 115 (18.49%) Amazon EKS
6 79 (12.70%) SaaS
7 69 (11.09%) Serverless
8 55 (8.84%) GitHub Actions
9 52 (8.36%) GitHub Copilot
10 44 (7.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 40 (6.43%) Amazon EC2
11 40 (6.43%) Azure AKS
12 39 (6.27%) Amazon S3
13 37 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
15 30 (4.82%) Azure AI
16 29 (4.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 28 (4.50%) Amazon ECS
18 25 (4.02%) OpenShift
19 23 (3.70%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 50 (8.04%) Broadband
2 30 (4.82%) Firewall
3 21 (3.38%) DNS
4 18 (2.89%) VPN
5 12 (1.93%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.61%) DHCP
7 8 (1.29%) Network Security
8 7 (1.13%) Internet
9 6 (0.96%) VLAN
10 4 (0.64%) AMQP
10 4 (0.64%) MQTT
10 4 (0.64%) WAN
11 3 (0.48%) BGP
11 3 (0.48%) HTTP
11 3 (0.48%) OSPF
11 3 (0.48%) RTP
11 3 (0.48%) SAN
11 3 (0.48%) SCCP
11 3 (0.48%) VoIP
11 3 (0.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (12.86%) MongoDB
2 64 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (8.36%) NoSQL
4 48 (7.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 40 (6.43%) Relational Database
6 33 (5.31%) SQL Server
7 32 (5.14%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
8 22 (3.54%) MySQL
9 18 (2.89%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.29%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.29%) Redis
11 7 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.96%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.80%) Flink
14 4 (0.64%) GIS
14 4 (0.64%) QGIS
15 3 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (0.32%) MariaDB
16 2 (0.32%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 79 (12.70%) TeamCity
2 75 (12.06%) Git
3 66 (10.61%) Jenkins
4 56 (9.00%) GitLab
5 18 (2.89%) Jaeger
6 14 (2.25%) JUnit
7 12 (1.93%) Maven
7 12 (1.93%) Visual Studio Code
8 11 (1.77%) JIRA
9 9 (1.45%) Mockito
10 8 (1.29%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.29%) JMeter
11 7 (1.13%) Selenium
12 6 (0.96%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.96%) Locust
12 6 (0.96%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.80%) Postman
13 5 (0.80%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.64%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.64%) MLflow
General
1 147 (23.63%) Finance
2 121 (19.45%) Social Skills
3 100 (16.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (14.79%) Retail
5 90 (14.47%) Banking
6 83 (13.34%) Law
7 43 (6.91%) Financial Institution
8 38 (6.11%) Back Office
9 37 (5.95%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
11 14 (2.25%) Advertising
12 10 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.29%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.29%) Front Office
14 7 (1.13%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.96%) Aviation
15 6 (0.96%) Games
15 6 (0.96%) Legal
15 6 (0.96%) Military
16 5 (0.80%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 186 (29.90%) Senior
2 132 (21.22%) Developer
3 115 (18.49%) Software Engineer
4 113 (18.17%) Lead
5 78 (12.54%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
7 50 (8.04%) Platform Engineer
8 47 (7.56%) .NET Developer
9 42 (6.75%) Azure Engineer
10 39 (6.27%) Senior Software Engineer
11 37 (5.95%) Senior Developer
12 34 (5.47%) Java Developer
13 33 (5.31%) AWS Engineer
14 32 (5.14%) Java Engineer
15 31 (4.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 31 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
16 30 (4.82%) Lead Software Engineer
16 30 (4.82%) Team Leader
17 26 (4.18%) Python Engineer
18 24 (3.86%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (16.08%) .NET
2 69 (11.09%) React
3 68 (10.93%) Spring
4 63 (10.13%) .NET Core
5 59 (9.49%) Kafka
6 51 (8.20%) ASP.NET
7 50 (8.04%) Node.js
8 49 (7.88%) ASP.NET Core
8 49 (7.88%) REST
9 48 (7.72%) Spring Boot
10 38 (6.11%) AngularJS
11 37 (5.95%) RESTful
12 30 (4.82%) CSS
12 30 (4.82%) Elastic Stack
12 30 (4.82%) HTML
13 29 (4.66%) Vue
14 26 (4.18%) Django
14 26 (4.18%) ML.NET
15 24 (3.86%) OpenTelemetry
16 23 (3.70%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 183 (29.42%) Cloud Native
2 51 (8.20%) Product Ownership
3 47 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.86%) Blog
5 22 (3.54%) Over-the-Top Content
5 22 (3.54%) Video\Live Streaming
6 18 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.89%) Private Cloud
7 15 (2.41%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.25%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.09%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.61%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.45%) Digital TV
11 9 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.45%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.96%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.96%) CMDB
13 6 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 139 (22.35%) Linux
2 34 (5.47%) Windows
3 18 (2.89%) Unix
3 18 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.57%) Android
5 15 (2.41%) Ubuntu
6 13 (2.09%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.13%) CentOS
9 5 (0.80%) Debian
9 5 (0.80%) VMS
10 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (64.63%) CI/CD
2 322 (51.77%) DevOps
3 249 (40.03%) Agile
4 225 (36.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 203 (32.64%) Containerisation
6 196 (31.51%) Microservices
7 171 (27.49%) Software Engineering
8 158 (25.40%) Mentoring
9 132 (21.22%) Test Automation
10 128 (20.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 118 (18.97%) AI
12 111 (17.85%) Platform Engineering
13 108 (17.36%) Observability
14 100 (16.08%) Clean Code
15 99 (15.92%) Full-Stack Development
16 88 (14.15%) TDD
17 86 (13.83%) Deployment Automation
18 82 (13.18%) Scrum
19 79 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
20 74 (11.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 238 (38.26%) Python
2 193 (31.03%) Java
3 123 (19.77%) SQL
4 100 (16.08%) C#
5 94 (15.11%) JavaScript
6 83 (13.34%) Bash
7 80 (12.86%) Go
8 74 (11.90%) TypeScript
9 55 (8.84%) PowerShell
10 31 (4.98%) Scala
11 20 (3.22%) Bicep
12 10 (1.61%) C++
12 10 (1.61%) PHP
12 10 (1.61%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.13%) C
13 7 (1.13%) Rust
14 4 (0.64%) Groovy
14 4 (0.64%) Ruby
15 3 (0.48%) Korn
15 3 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 71 (11.41%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.49%) Degree
4 46 (7.40%) Azure Certification
5 36 (5.79%) AWS Certification
6 26 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.09%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.45%) CREST Certified
8 9 (1.45%) OSCP
9 7 (1.13%) CISSP
9 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.96%) GIAC
10 6 (0.96%) ISACA
11 5 (0.80%) SANS
12 3 (0.48%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.32%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.32%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (0.32%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.59%) QA
2 19 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.41%) NIST
4 14 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.13%) WCAG
7 6 (0.96%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.64%) GDPR
8 4 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 372 (59.81%) Docker
2 31 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.80%) Firmware
7 4 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.48%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.32%) vSphere
10 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.16%) iptables
10 1 (0.16%) KVM
10 1 (0.16%) QEMU
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 315 (50.64%) Terraform
2 127 (20.42%) Grafana
3 116 (18.65%) Ansible
4 82 (13.18%) Prometheus
5 49 (7.88%) Argo
6 22 (3.54%) Kustomize
7 18 (2.89%) Puppet
8 16 (2.57%) Istio
9 13 (2.09%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.29%) Packer
11 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.13%) Proxmox
11 7 (1.13%) ZABBIX
12 6 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.64%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.64%) Kibana
14 3 (0.48%) logstash
15 2 (0.32%) MIIS
15 2 (0.32%) Nagios
15 2 (0.32%) Podman
Vendors
1 112 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.27%) Google
3 34 (5.47%) VMware
4 19 (3.05%) Oracle
5 18 (2.89%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.61%) Splunk
7 9 (1.45%) Okta
7 9 (1.45%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.29%) Cisco
8 8 (1.29%) Confluent
8 8 (1.29%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.13%) EMC
9 7 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.96%) Citrix
10 6 (0.96%) Databricks
10 6 (0.96%) F5
11 5 (0.80%) Facebook
11 5 (0.80%) ForgeRock
11 5 (0.80%) HubSpot
375 hybrid/remote Kubernetes jobs