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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 41 62
Rank change year-on-year -36 +21 -36
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 611 964 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.21% 6.64% 4.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 38.92% 46.39% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 389 507 1,169
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,200 £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £115,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £138,750 £116,500
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 1,570 2,078 3,715
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.24% 14.32% 11.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,195 2,921
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,626 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.88% +4.04% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £61,353
% change year-on-year -5.80% +12.46% -9.11%

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 27 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 (1.47%) OpenStack
2 6 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.65%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.65%) GeoServer
3 4 (0.65%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (0.49%) Camunda
4 3 (0.49%) Confluence
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) 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 (0.65%) Weka
2 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 367 (60.07%) AWS
2 274 (44.84%) Azure
3 165 (27.00%) GCP
4 118 (19.31%) GitHub
5 115 (18.82%) Amazon EKS
6 79 (12.93%) SaaS
7 69 (11.29%) Serverless
8 55 (9.00%) GitHub Actions
9 49 (8.02%) GitHub Copilot
10 44 (7.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 40 (6.55%) Amazon EC2
12 39 (6.38%) Amazon S3
12 39 (6.38%) Azure AKS
13 37 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (5.07%) AWS Lambda
15 29 (4.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 28 (4.58%) Amazon ECS
16 28 (4.58%) Azure AI
17 25 (4.09%) OpenShift
18 22 (3.60%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 49 (8.02%) Broadband
2 29 (4.75%) Firewall
3 21 (3.44%) DNS
4 18 (2.95%) VPN
5 12 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.64%) DHCP
7 8 (1.31%) Network Security
8 6 (0.98%) Internet
8 6 (0.98%) VLAN
9 4 (0.65%) AMQP
9 4 (0.65%) MQTT
9 4 (0.65%) WAN
10 3 (0.49%) BGP
10 3 (0.49%) HTTP
10 3 (0.49%) OSPF
10 3 (0.49%) SAN
10 3 (0.49%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.49%) VoIP
10 3 (0.49%) VXLAN
10 3 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.44%) MongoDB
2 64 (10.47%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (8.51%) NoSQL
4 45 (7.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 40 (6.55%) Relational Database
6 33 (5.40%) SQL Server
7 32 (5.24%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (3.60%) Elasticsearch
8 22 (3.60%) MySQL
9 18 (2.95%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.31%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.31%) Redis
11 7 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.98%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.82%) Flink
14 4 (0.65%) GIS
14 4 (0.65%) QGIS
15 3 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
16 2 (0.33%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 79 (12.93%) TeamCity
2 70 (11.46%) Git
3 66 (10.80%) Jenkins
4 54 (8.84%) GitLab
5 18 (2.95%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.96%) JUnit
6 12 (1.96%) Maven
6 12 (1.96%) Visual Studio Code
7 11 (1.80%) JIRA
8 9 (1.47%) Mockito
9 8 (1.31%) JMeter
10 6 (0.98%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.98%) Locust
10 6 (0.98%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.82%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.82%) Selenium
11 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.65%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.65%) MLflow
13 3 (0.49%) REST Assured
General
1 146 (23.90%) Finance
2 117 (19.15%) Social Skills
3 100 (16.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (15.06%) Retail
5 90 (14.73%) Banking
6 83 (13.58%) Law
7 44 (7.20%) Financial Institution
8 38 (6.22%) Back Office
9 37 (6.06%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (2.13%) Advertising
12 10 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.31%) Front Office
14 7 (1.15%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.98%) Aviation
15 6 (0.98%) Games
15 6 (0.98%) Legal
15 6 (0.98%) Military
16 5 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 184 (30.11%) Senior
2 127 (20.79%) Developer
3 115 (18.82%) Software Engineer
4 111 (18.17%) Lead
5 77 (12.60%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (9.49%) Cloud Engineer
7 49 (8.02%) Platform Engineer
8 44 (7.20%) .NET Developer
9 41 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
10 40 (6.55%) Senior Software Engineer
11 37 (6.06%) Senior Developer
12 34 (5.56%) Java Developer
13 33 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
14 32 (5.24%) Java Engineer
15 31 (5.07%) Senior DevOps
16 30 (4.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 30 (4.91%) Team Leader
17 29 (4.75%) Lead Software Engineer
18 26 (4.26%) Python Engineer
19 24 (3.93%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (15.88%) .NET
2 69 (11.29%) Spring
3 67 (10.97%) React
4 60 (9.82%) .NET Core
5 58 (9.49%) Kafka
6 49 (8.02%) Node.js
6 49 (8.02%) Spring Boot
7 48 (7.86%) ASP.NET
8 47 (7.69%) REST
9 46 (7.53%) ASP.NET Core
10 37 (6.06%) AngularJS
10 37 (6.06%) RESTful
11 30 (4.91%) Elastic Stack
12 28 (4.58%) CSS
12 28 (4.58%) HTML
12 28 (4.58%) Vue
13 26 (4.26%) Django
14 24 (3.93%) ML.NET
14 24 (3.93%) OpenTelemetry
15 23 (3.76%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 180 (29.46%) Cloud Native
2 51 (8.35%) Product Ownership
3 46 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.93%) Blog
5 22 (3.60%) Over-the-Top Content
5 22 (3.60%) Video\Live Streaming
6 18 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.95%) Private Cloud
7 15 (2.45%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.29%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.13%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.64%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.47%) Digital TV
11 9 (1.47%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.98%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.98%) CMDB
14 6 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 135 (22.09%) Linux
2 33 (5.40%) Windows
3 18 (2.95%) Unix
3 18 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.62%) Android
5 14 (2.29%) Ubuntu
6 13 (2.13%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.15%) CentOS
9 5 (0.82%) VMS
10 4 (0.65%) Debian
11 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (64.48%) CI/CD
2 318 (52.05%) DevOps
3 244 (39.93%) Agile
4 224 (36.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 203 (33.22%) Containerisation
6 195 (31.91%) Microservices
7 168 (27.50%) Software Engineering
8 155 (25.37%) Mentoring
9 130 (21.28%) Test Automation
10 126 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (18.82%) AI
12 109 (17.84%) Platform Engineering
13 106 (17.35%) Observability
14 100 (16.37%) Clean Code
15 93 (15.22%) Full-Stack Development
16 86 (14.08%) Deployment Automation
17 85 (13.91%) TDD
18 82 (13.42%) Scrum
19 76 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
20 73 (11.95%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 237 (38.79%) Python
2 194 (31.75%) Java
3 120 (19.64%) SQL
4 97 (15.88%) C#
5 92 (15.06%) JavaScript
6 81 (13.26%) Bash
7 77 (12.60%) Go
8 71 (11.62%) TypeScript
9 53 (8.67%) PowerShell
10 31 (5.07%) Scala
11 19 (3.11%) Bicep
12 10 (1.64%) C++
12 10 (1.64%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.47%) PHP
14 7 (1.15%) C
14 7 (1.15%) Rust
15 4 (0.65%) Groovy
15 4 (0.65%) Ruby
16 3 (0.49%) Korn
16 3 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 83 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.29%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.66%) Degree
4 46 (7.53%) Azure Certification
5 36 (5.89%) AWS Certification
6 26 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.13%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.47%) CREST Certified
8 9 (1.47%) OSCP
9 7 (1.15%) CISSP
9 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.98%) GIAC
10 6 (0.98%) ISACA
11 5 (0.82%) SANS
12 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.33%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (0.33%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.71%) QA
2 17 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.45%) NIST
4 14 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.64%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.82%) WCAG
8 4 (0.65%) GDPR
8 4 (0.65%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 365 (59.74%) Docker
2 31 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.82%) Firmware
7 4 (0.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.49%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.33%) vSphere
10 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
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
1 314 (51.39%) Terraform
2 127 (20.79%) Grafana
3 115 (18.82%) Ansible
4 82 (13.42%) Prometheus
5 48 (7.86%) Argo
6 22 (3.60%) Kustomize
7 17 (2.78%) Puppet
8 16 (2.62%) Istio
9 13 (2.13%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.31%) Packer
11 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.15%) Proxmox
11 7 (1.15%) ZABBIX
12 6 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.65%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.65%) Kibana
14 3 (0.49%) logstash
15 2 (0.33%) MIIS
15 2 (0.33%) Nagios
15 2 (0.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 109 (17.84%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.38%) Google
3 34 (5.56%) VMware
4 19 (3.11%) Oracle
5 18 (2.95%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.64%) Splunk
7 9 (1.47%) Okta
7 9 (1.47%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.47%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.31%) Cisco
8 8 (1.31%) Confluent
8 8 (1.31%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.15%) EMC
9 7 (1.15%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.98%) Citrix
10 6 (0.98%) Databricks
10 6 (0.98%) F5
11 5 (0.82%) Facebook
11 5 (0.82%) ForgeRock
11 5 (0.82%) HubSpot