The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Kubernetes falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Bedfordshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills
28
24
31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire
12.50%
14.46%
14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted
12
15
19
10th Percentile
£126
£304
£276
25th Percentile
£406
£325
£313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£479
£500
£450
Median % change year-on-year
-4.25%
+11.11%
-7.69%
75th Percentile
£512
£553
£563
90th Percentile
£625
£581
£600
East of England median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-
-
-4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
2
1
10th Percentile
£43.21
£32.00
-
25th Percentile
£45.84
£35.00
£51.25
Median hourly rate
£50.23
£40.00
£52.50
Median % change year-on-year
+25.56%
-23.81%
+400.00%
75th Percentile
£54.61
£45.00
£53.75
90th Percentile
£57.25
£48.00
-
East of England median hourly rate
£63.50
£40.00
£49.00
% change year-on-year
+58.75%
-18.37%
-25.19%
Kubernetes Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kubernetes relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
Kubernetes Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.
Kubernetes Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Kubernetes Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire
For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Kubernetes also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region with a requirement for Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
