Kubernetes Engineer Contract Job Trends in Blackpool

Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
Lancashire > Blackpool

The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) daily rate in Blackpool is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool 2.78% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Blackpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Blackpool. 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 Blackpool with a recognized job title 34 10 11
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 6
10th Percentile - £223 £200
25th Percentile £563 £329 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £419 £380
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% +10.13% -32.14%
75th Percentile £588 £469 £623
90th Percentile £663 £503 £650
Lancashire median daily rate £600 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £21.14 £18.87 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.03% +71.55% -
75th Percentile £22.30 - -
90th Percentile £24.38 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £51.62 £28.75 £40.33
% change year-on-year +79.55% -28.70% -0.65%

Kubernetes Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Kubernetes Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.

Kubernetes Engineer job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Kubernetes Engineer contract job roles required 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 Blackpool region featuring Kubernetes Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Kubernetes Engineer jobs