International markets · Technology work

Job Market Observatory

The technology job market: United Kingdom

Market signals in the selected country’s latest published sample.

Source data through · Europe/Rome

Statistics published · Europe/Rome

Most requested skills by role

Country sample · United Kingdom. Open a role family to see its most requested skills.

  • Software engineering Adverts (463)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    C# 100 21.6%
    .NET 87 18.8%
    SQL 45 9.7%
    Azure 26 5.6%
    AWS 24 5.2%
    Java 21 4.5%
    Python 17 3.7%
    JavaScript 14 3.0%
    Kubernetes 11 2.4%
    TypeScript 11 2.4%
  • Cloud & infrastructure Adverts (311)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Azure 61 19.6%
    Kubernetes 28 9.0%
    AWS 24 7.7%
    Linux 20 6.4%
    Terraform 20 6.4%
    PowerShell 18 5.8%
    Docker 11 3.5%
    Python 10 3.2%
    SQL 10 3.2%
    Bash 5 1.6%
  • IT support Adverts (147)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Azure 9 6.1%
    SQL 9 6.1%
    PowerShell 6 4.1%
    Linux 4 2.7%
    AWS 2 1.4%
    C# 2 1.4%
    Docker 2 1.4%
    JavaScript 2 1.4%
    Ruby 2 1.4%
    LLM 1 0.7%
  • IT leadership & projects Adverts (65)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Azure 4 6.2%
  • Data & AI Adverts (41)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 12 29.3%
    Python 9 22.0%
    Azure 6 14.6%
    Kubernetes 2 4.9%
    .NET 1 2.4%
    Docker 1 2.4%
  • Business applications Adverts (23)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 5 21.7%
    C# 2 8.7%
    SAP 2 8.7%
    Azure 1 4.3%
    Python 1 4.3%
  • Cybersecurity Adverts (14)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 1 7.1%
  • Other roles Adverts (12)

    No skills were explicitly required in this role family.

  • Industrial & embedded Adverts (2)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    .NET 1 50.0%
    C# 1 50.0%
    Linux 1 50.0%
    SCADA 1 50.0%
    SQL 1 50.0%
  • Product & design Adverts (2)

    No skills were explicitly required in this role family.

How to read the rankings

Each role family shows up to 10 explicitly required skills, ranked by the number of distinct adverts that require them. Shares use all published adverts in that role family. An advert can require several skills.