Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure AKS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure AKS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 491 | 404 | 442 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -87 | +38 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure AKS | 107 | 339 | 489 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.25% | 0.57% | 0.55% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.76% | 1.54% | 1.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 71 | 238 | 335 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £463 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £430 | £511 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £600 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | - | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £611 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £775 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | - | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £68.50 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Cloud Skills
UK
Azure AKS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,989 | 22,053 | 34,308 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.31% | 36.87% | 38.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,925 | 15,944 | 24,923 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 355 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.38 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.99 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.04% | +62.79% | -5.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.09% | +31.31% | -6.25% |
Azure AKS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure AKS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Azure AKS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure AKS.
Azure AKS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure AKS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Azure AKS
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AKS within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -50 | 85 | £525 | -12.50% | 66 |
| London | -49 | 51 | £550 | -12.00% | 35 |
| UK excluding London | +35 | 40 | £450 | -14.29% | 34 |
| Work from Home | +12 | 37 | £450 | -18.18% | 45 |
| South East | +10 | 13 | £450 | -12.62% | 14 |
| Midlands | +27 | 7 | £607 | +12.93% | 4 |
| West Midlands | - | 7 | £607 | - | 2 |
| Wales | +21 | 6 | £500 | -23.08% | |
| North of England | +18 | 5 | £475 | - | 8 |
| South West | +20 | 4 | £500 | -18.37% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +6 | 3 | £475 | -13.64% | 2 |
| Scotland | +29 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +7 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| East of England | +16 | 1 | £400 | -17.95% | 1 |
| North West | +14 | 1 | £525 | +10.53% | 5 |
| North East | - | 1 | £413 | - | 1 |
Azure AKS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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