Skills: pay and hiring demand

Kubernetes jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for Kubernetes, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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3,331 open roles · 2.5% of postings · Median $184,500/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

Kubernetes appears in 3,331 open roles (2.5% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 184,500 (P25 135,200 – P75 228,950), as of 2026-10-18.

n=3,331, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

3,331
Open roles
2.5%
Share of all postings
of postings
1,519
Postings with a salary range
$184,500
Median stated pay
P25 $135,200 · P75 $228,950

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering73.1% (2,436)Data & ML18.9% (629)Consulting3.6% (120)Other1.7% (57)Product0.9% (30)Sales0.8% (28)Operations0.4% (12)Support0.2% (8)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 2,436 73.1%
Data & ML 629 18.9%
Consulting 120 3.6%
Other 57 1.7%
Product 30 0.9%
Sales 28 0.8%
Operations 12 0.4%
Support 8 0.2%
People & HR 5 0.2%
Design 3 0.1%
Marketing 2 0.1%
Legal 1 0.0%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 1,296 38.9%
India 275 8.3%
Canada 191 5.7%
United Kingdom 173 5.2%
Germany 105 3.2%
Singapore 102 3.1%
Spain 90 2.7%
France 79 2.4%
Poland 78 2.3%
Brazil 62 1.9%
Slovakia 46 1.4%
Australia 41 1.2%
Japan 41 1.2%
Ireland 40 1.2%
Portugal 39 1.2%
Netherlands 31 0.9%
Sweden 26 0.8%
Czechia 21 0.6%
Greece 21 0.6%
Switzerland 18 0.5%
Israel 15 0.5%
South Korea 15 0.5%
UA 14 0.4%
Bulgaria 13 0.4%
AR 12 0.4%
Mexico 12 0.4%
Belgium 10 0.3%
CO 10 0.3%
Italy 10 0.3%
EG 9 0.3%
Lithuania 9 0.3%
China 8 0.2%
Denmark 8 0.2%
MT 8 0.2%
Finland 7 0.2%
United Arab Emirates 6 0.2%
Hungary 6 0.2%
Romania 6 0.2%
VN 6 0.2%
CR 5 0.2%
ID 5 0.2%
SA 5 0.2%
Estonia 4 0.1%
MA 4 0.1%
PH 4 0.1%
Taiwan 4 0.1%
Luxembourg 3 0.1%
MY 3 0.1%
New Zealand 3 0.1%
QA 3 0.1%
RS 3 0.1%
ZA 3 0.1%
KE 2 0.1%
TH 2 0.1%
Austria 1 0.0%
CL 1 0.0%
CY 1 0.0%
Hong Kong 1 0.0%
Norway 1 0.0%
Slovenia 1 0.0%
UY 1 0.0%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as Kubernetes.

Python n=9,576 Excel n=8,931 SQL n=7,308 Roadmapping n=7,143 AWS n=6,206 LLM n=5,041 Agile n=4,498 CI/CD n=4,442 iOS n=4,366 Salesforce n=4,057 CRM n=3,908 Procurement n=3,886

Related skills

Azure n=3,876 Supply Chain n=3,807 GCP n=3,510 Negotiation n=3,217 React n=3,196 Java n=3,007 Git n=2,894 Account Management n=2,711 A/B Testing n=2,652 TypeScript n=2,590 Payroll n=2,497 Linux n=2,319

Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →