Kubernetes Jobs in the North of England

Kubernetes (k8s)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Kubernetes skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kubernetes over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 60 29
Rank change year-on-year -30 -31 -1
Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes 488 864 1,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.59% 5.35% 7.95%
As % of the Systems Management category 34.98% 41.96% 50.38%
Number of salaries quoted 337 564 973
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £69,447 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% +6.84% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,919 £89,852 £87,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +10.71%

All Systems Management Skills
North of England

Kubernetes is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,395 2,059 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.40% 12.76% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 1,291 1,933
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +5.21%
75th Percentile £69,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in the North of England

Kubernetes
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in the North of England.

Salary trend for Kubernetes in the North of England

Kubernetes
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Kubernetes in the North of England

Kubernetes
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -30 280 £62,500 -10.71% 64
Yorkshire -11 177 £60,000 -11.11% 28
North East -19 31 £69,250 +6.54% 6
Kubernetes
England

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (6.56%) Apache
2 19 (3.89%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.82%) CMS
5 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.61%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.41%) Confluence
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) Jetty
8 1 (0.20%) Moodle
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 268 (54.92%) Azure
2 258 (52.87%) AWS
3 88 (18.03%) GCP
4 76 (15.57%) Azure DevOps
5 70 (14.34%) GitHub
6 60 (12.30%) Amazon S3
7 56 (11.48%) Amazon EKS
8 47 (9.63%) GitHub Actions
9 40 (8.20%) OCI
10 37 (7.58%) Serverless
11 36 (7.38%) Amazon ECR
11 36 (7.38%) IBM Cloud
11 36 (7.38%) Route 53
12 30 (6.15%) SaaS
13 29 (5.94%) Azure AKS
14 27 (5.53%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
18 17 (3.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.99%) Firewall
2 32 (6.56%) WAN
3 31 (6.35%) SD-WAN
4 24 (4.92%) VPN
5 17 (3.48%) Network Security
6 15 (3.07%) Internet
6 15 (3.07%) IPsec
6 15 (3.07%) SNMP
7 11 (2.25%) AMQP
7 11 (2.25%) DNS
8 10 (2.05%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.23%) HTTP
9 6 (1.23%) MQTT
10 5 (1.02%) DHCP
11 4 (0.82%) BGP
11 4 (0.82%) MPLS
11 4 (0.82%) OSPF
12 1 (0.20%) SAN
12 1 (0.20%) SMTP
12 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.40%) Amazon RDS
2 36 (7.38%) MySQL
3 33 (6.76%) SQL Server
4 32 (6.56%) Elasticsearch
5 29 (5.94%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (5.74%) MongoDB
7 21 (4.30%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.48%) Big Data
9 15 (3.07%) Redis
10 14 (2.87%) Relational Database
11 13 (2.66%) BigQuery
12 12 (2.46%) Hadoop
13 11 (2.25%) Cloudera CDH
14 7 (1.43%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.23%) MariaDB
16 5 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
17 4 (0.82%) Flink
18 3 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 65 (13.32%) Jenkins
2 51 (10.45%) Git
3 37 (7.58%) CircleCI
3 37 (7.58%) JIRA
4 33 (6.76%) GitLab
5 10 (2.05%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (1.84%) Gradle
7 8 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.82%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.82%) Spinnaker
9 3 (0.61%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.61%) git-flow
9 3 (0.61%) MSBuild
9 3 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.61%) Subversion
9 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.61%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 91 (18.65%) Public Sector
2 73 (14.96%) Social Skills
3 49 (10.04%) Finance
4 42 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (7.17%) Retail
6 32 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (5.74%) Aerospace
9 20 (4.10%) Banking
10 8 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.64%) Marketing
11 7 (1.43%) Games
12 5 (1.02%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.82%) Publishing
13 4 (0.82%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.61%) Automotive
14 3 (0.61%) Law
15 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.41%) Legal
16 1 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (27.05%) Senior
2 129 (26.43%) DevOps Engineer
3 114 (23.36%) Developer
4 72 (14.75%) Lead
5 63 (12.91%) Software Engineer
6 56 (11.48%) Architect
7 50 (10.25%) Senior DevOps
7 50 (10.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 43 (8.81%) Software Developer
9 33 (6.76%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.74%) C# Developer
11 27 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (5.33%) Security Architect
13 25 (5.12%) Consultant
14 24 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
14 24 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
15 23 (4.71%) C# Software Developer
16 20 (4.10%) AWS Engineer
16 20 (4.10%) Lead Architect
16 20 (4.10%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (20.08%) React
2 97 (19.88%) .NET
3 66 (13.52%) Node.js
4 65 (13.32%) AngularJS
5 53 (10.86%) .NET Core
6 51 (10.45%) RESTful
7 45 (9.22%) Spring
8 43 (8.81%) RabbitMQ
9 34 (6.97%) Spring Boot
10 33 (6.76%) REST
11 29 (5.94%) .NET Framework
12 27 (5.53%) ASP.NET
12 27 (5.53%) CSS
13 26 (5.33%) YAML
14 25 (5.12%) Kafka
15 24 (4.92%) Entity Framework
16 23 (4.71%) HTML
17 20 (4.10%) ASP.NET Web API
18 16 (3.28%) Razor View Engine
19 15 (3.07%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.86%) Public Cloud
2 42 (8.61%) Blockchain
3 39 (7.99%) Distributed Systems
4 38 (7.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 36 (7.38%) e-Learning
6 35 (7.17%) Management Information System
7 29 (5.94%) Cloud Native
8 28 (5.74%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (5.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 25 (5.12%) Product Ownership
11 22 (4.51%) Data Centre
12 12 (2.46%) Private Cloud
13 10 (2.05%) Podcast
14 8 (1.64%) IoT
14 8 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
15 7 (1.43%) NHS
16 6 (1.23%) Client/Server
16 6 (1.23%) NFT
16 6 (1.23%) Onboarding
16 6 (1.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 103 (21.11%) Linux
2 44 (9.02%) Windows
3 17 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.07%) Data ONTAP
5 14 (2.87%) CentOS
6 13 (2.66%) Ubuntu
7 12 (2.46%) Debian
8 11 (2.25%) Unix
9 8 (1.64%) Android
10 6 (1.23%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
13 2 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (52.66%) DevOps
2 235 (48.16%) CI/CD
3 223 (45.70%) Agile
4 145 (29.71%) Containerisation
5 117 (23.98%) Mentoring
6 115 (23.57%) Software Engineering
7 112 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 111 (22.75%) Microservices
9 73 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (12.30%) Coaching
10 60 (12.30%) Full Stack Development
11 58 (11.89%) TDD
12 56 (11.48%) Scrum
13 55 (11.27%) Test Automation
14 52 (10.66%) Continuous Integration
15 50 (10.25%) Artificial Intelligence
16 46 (9.43%) Observability
17 45 (9.22%) Secrets Management
18 42 (8.61%) Deployment Automation
19 41 (8.40%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 112 (22.95%) Python
2 102 (20.90%) C#
3 93 (19.06%) JavaScript
4 89 (18.24%) Java
5 56 (11.48%) PowerShell
6 52 (10.66%) SQL
7 49 (10.04%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.94%) Go
9 28 (5.74%) Bash
10 20 (4.10%) Ruby
11 18 (3.69%) PHP
12 11 (2.25%) Perl
13 9 (1.84%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.43%) Bicep
15 6 (1.23%) C++
16 5 (1.02%) C
16 5 (1.02%) Groovy
17 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
18 1 (0.20%) XAML
Qualifications
1 47 (9.63%) Azure Certification
2 44 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 39 (7.99%) AWS Certification
4 34 (6.97%) Degree
4 34 (6.97%) DV Cleared
5 31 (6.35%) CISSP
6 27 (5.53%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 26 (5.33%) CCSK
7 26 (5.33%) CCSP
7 26 (5.33%) CISM
8 25 (5.12%) SC Cleared
9 22 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.61%) PhD
13 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.20%) CCNP
14 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.20%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.94%) NIST
2 11 (2.25%) QA
3 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 305 (62.50%) Docker
2 18 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.66%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.25%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.61%) Firmware
5 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Lustre
6 1 (0.20%) Postfix
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 213 (43.65%) Terraform
2 87 (17.83%) Ansible
3 69 (14.14%) Prometheus
4 30 (6.15%) Puppet
5 27 (5.53%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (4.10%) Grafana
7 18 (3.69%) Progress Chef
8 15 (3.07%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.02%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.02%) SCOM
11 4 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.82%) Kibana
11 4 (0.82%) Podman
11 4 (0.82%) WSUS
12 2 (0.41%) Istio
13 1 (0.20%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.20%) Icinga
13 1 (0.20%) Kiali
13 1 (0.20%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 70 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 68 (13.93%) Red Hat
3 37 (7.58%) IBM
4 36 (7.38%) Dynatrace
4 36 (7.38%) Google
5 24 (4.92%) VMware
6 23 (4.71%) Oracle
7 16 (3.28%) SaltStack
8 15 (3.07%) NetApp
8 15 (3.07%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.07%) SolidFire
9 9 (1.84%) Facebook
10 7 (1.43%) SAP
11 5 (1.02%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.02%) New Relic
11 5 (1.02%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.82%) Confluent
12 4 (0.82%) Remedy
12 4 (0.82%) Splunk
13 3 (0.61%) LogicMonitor