Rancher Job Trends
Rancher
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Rancher skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 791 | 667 | 743 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -124 | +76 | -61 |
| Permanent jobs citing Rancher | 24 | 5 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.020% | 0.010% | 0.022% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.43% | 0.11% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 4 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | - | £59,425 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | - | £72,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £120,000 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.00% | +54.84% | -43.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | - | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £85,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £61,250 | - | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +33.62% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
Rancher falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing systems management skills.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing systems management skills | 5,520 | 4,563 | 5,958 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 4.56% | 9.23% | 8.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,723 | 2,843 | 3,546 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £30,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,750 | £39,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £66,375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.60% | +2.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £102,500 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £56,000 | £49,875 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.28% | -9.32% | -2.70% |
Rancher Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rancher relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Rancher Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Rancher.
Rancher Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Rancher over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
Rancher Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rancher within the UK over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -134 | 24 | £60,000 | -50.00% | 12 |
| London | -66 | 12 | £60,000 | -50.00% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | -118 | 12 | £61,250 | - | 7 |
| South West | - | 10 | - | - | 2 |
| South East | - | 2 | £61,250 | - | 3 |
Rancher Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Systems Management
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 24 |
| 2 | Grafana | 45.8% | 11 |
| 2 | Prometheus | 45.8% | 11 |
| 4 | Argo | 41.7% | 10 |
| 4 | Puppet | 41.7% | 10 |
| 6 | yum | 33.3% | 8 |
| 7 | Ansible | 20.8% | 5 |
| 8 | FlexNet | 8.3% | 2 |
| 8 | ZABBIX | 8.3% | 2 |