Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
UK
The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 580 | 551 | 630 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | +79 | -124 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer | 18 | 169 | 222 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.28% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.045% | 0.30% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 131 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £450 | £550 | £550 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £575 | £588 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £650 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | -7.14% | +27.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £800 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £863 | £888 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £563 | £645 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.79% | +17.27% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £60.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £62.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
Kubernetes Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Kubernetes Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Kubernetes Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer.
Kubernetes Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Kubernetes Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer.
Kubernetes Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer 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 |
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| England | -8 | 13 | £563 | -15.98% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 7 | £525 | -27.59% | 6 |
| London | -19 | 7 | £575 | -20.69% | 5 |
| UK excluding London | +52 | 5 | £563 | -12.79% | 4 |
| North of England | +29 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | +28 | 1 | £700 | +5.11% | |
| South East | +24 | 1 | £525 | -4.55% | |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 1 | - | - | |
| East of England | +14 | 1 | £600 | +4.35% | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £450 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £450 | - | 2 |
Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Kubernetes Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Kubernetes Engineer in the job title.
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Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
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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