Kubernetes Contracts in Central London

Kubernetes (k8s)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Kubernetes skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kubernetes over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 33 29
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 113 145 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.49% 6.30% 7.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 35.42% 42.52% 44.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 106 162
10th Percentile £401 £481 £488
25th Percentile £477 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £625 £631
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% -0.99% +0.04%
75th Percentile £688 £729 £738
90th Percentile £724 £844 £850
London median daily rate £564 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -1.96% -8.00% -3.85%

All Systems Management Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 319 341 574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 15.49% 14.81% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 236 388
10th Percentile £281 £350 £370
25th Percentile £413 £459 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £554 £590
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -6.11% +0.34%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £791
London median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £26.51 - £23.88
25th Percentile £26.60 - £27.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -25.52% +54.26%
75th Percentile £47.91 - £45.31
90th Percentile £58.51 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £40.00 £24.59 £63.00
% change year-on-year +62.67% -60.97% +163.49%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in Central London

Kubernetes
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Kubernetes in Central London

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Central London over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kubernetes in Central London

Kubernetes
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Kubernetes in Central London

Kubernetes
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Live
Jobs
City of London -7 104 £625 +4.17% 41
City of Westminster 0 3 £475 -34.48%
West End of London +2 2 £475 - 1
Kubernetes
London

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.77%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) Camunda
3 1 (0.88%) Mattermost
3 1 (0.88%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 50 (44.25%) AWS
2 38 (33.63%) Azure
3 24 (21.24%) GitHub
4 21 (18.58%) GCP
5 15 (13.27%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (10.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 10 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (7.96%) OpenShift
9 8 (7.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (7.08%) Azure AKS
9 8 (7.08%) Serverless
10 7 (6.19%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (6.19%) SaaS
11 6 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (3.54%) Slack
12 4 (3.54%) Stackdriver
13 3 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (2.65%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.19%) DNS
2 6 (5.31%) Firewall
3 4 (3.54%) VPN
4 2 (1.77%) DHCP
4 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.88%) HTTP
5 1 (0.88%) Network Security
5 1 (0.88%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.88%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.58%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (13.27%) MongoDB
3 11 (9.73%) NoSQL
4 9 (7.96%) Redis
5 6 (5.31%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (4.42%) Hadoop
6 5 (4.42%) Oracle Database
6 5 (4.42%) SQL Server
7 4 (3.54%) Big Data
7 4 (3.54%) Data Lake
7 4 (3.54%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.65%) BigQuery
8 3 (2.65%) DynamoDB
8 3 (2.65%) MemSQL
9 2 (1.77%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.77%) DB2
9 2 (1.77%) Spark SQL
9 2 (1.77%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 25 (22.12%) Jenkins
2 16 (14.16%) GitLab
3 15 (13.27%) Git
4 12 (10.62%) Maven
5 10 (8.85%) SonarQube
6 8 (7.08%) JIRA
7 7 (6.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (6.19%) Gradle
7 7 (6.19%) JUnit
8 5 (4.42%) Mockito
8 5 (4.42%) Postman
8 5 (4.42%) REST Assured
8 5 (4.42%) SoapUI
8 5 (4.42%) Subversion
8 5 (4.42%) Xcode
8 5 (4.42%) XCTest
9 4 (3.54%) Selenium
10 3 (2.65%) TeamCity
11 2 (1.77%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.88%) Terragrunt
General
1 33 (29.20%) Finance
2 32 (28.32%) Social Skills
3 19 (16.81%) Banking
4 17 (15.04%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.19%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.42%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Advertising
10 1 (0.88%) Billing
10 1 (0.88%) Military
10 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (29.20%) Developer
2 20 (17.70%) Java Developer
3 18 (15.93%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (13.27%) Senior
5 10 (8.85%) Architect
6 9 (7.96%) GCP Engineer
6 9 (7.96%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 8 (7.08%) Lead
7 8 (7.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 7 (6.19%) Senior Developer
8 7 (6.19%) Site Engineer
9 6 (5.31%) Data Engineer
10 5 (4.42%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) Angular Developer
11 4 (3.54%) Applications Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) AWS DevOps
11 4 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (3.54%) Python Engineer
12 3 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
12 3 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.01%) Kafka
2 19 (16.81%) Spring
3 16 (14.16%) Spring Boot
4 14 (12.39%) REST
5 12 (10.62%) Node.js
6 11 (9.73%) React
7 10 (8.85%) AngularJS
8 9 (7.96%) .NET
8 9 (7.96%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (7.08%) Hibernate
9 8 (7.08%) HTML
9 8 (7.08%) Web Services
10 7 (6.19%) CSS
10 7 (6.19%) GraphQL
11 6 (5.31%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (5.31%) Swagger
12 5 (4.42%) JPA
12 5 (4.42%) RESTful
12 5 (4.42%) SOAP
12 5 (4.42%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.01%) Cloud Native
2 18 (15.93%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (5.31%) Fixed Income
3 6 (5.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.54%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.65%) Distributed Applications
5 3 (2.65%) Distributed Architecture
5 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.65%) IVR
5 3 (2.65%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.77%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.77%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.77%) PKI
6 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.81%) Linux
2 11 (9.73%) Unix
3 2 (1.77%) Windows
4 1 (0.88%) VMS
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (61.06%) DevOps
2 53 (46.90%) CI/CD
3 40 (35.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (32.74%) Containerisation
5 35 (30.97%) Agile
6 34 (30.09%) Microservices
7 28 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (15.93%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 17 (15.04%) Infrastructure Automation
10 16 (14.16%) Software Engineering
11 15 (13.27%) Observability
12 14 (12.39%) API Development
13 13 (11.50%) Event-Driven
13 13 (11.50%) TDD
14 12 (10.62%) Full-Stack Development
14 12 (10.62%) SDLC
15 11 (9.73%) Analytics
15 11 (9.73%) Cloud Security
16 10 (8.85%) Code Quality
16 10 (8.85%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 60 (53.10%) Python
2 35 (30.97%) Java
3 29 (25.66%) SQL
4 26 (23.01%) JavaScript
5 13 (11.50%) Bash
6 11 (9.73%) C#
6 11 (9.73%) Go
7 10 (8.85%) Shell Script
8 8 (7.08%) PowerShell
9 7 (6.19%) Bicep
10 6 (5.31%) Groovy
11 4 (3.54%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.77%) C++
12 2 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (1.77%) Perl
12 2 (1.77%) PromQL
12 2 (1.77%) Rust
13 1 (0.88%) COBOL
13 1 (0.88%) CodeQL
13 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.85%) AWS Certified Developer
4 5 (4.42%) Degree
4 5 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) QA
2 4 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.65%) GDPR
3 3 (2.65%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (46.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (0.88%) Platform Symphony
2 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (46.02%) Terraform
2 18 (15.93%) Ansible
3 15 (13.27%) Grafana
3 15 (13.27%) Prometheus
4 12 (10.62%) Argo
5 8 (7.08%) Puppet
6 7 (6.19%) Istio
7 6 (5.31%) ITRS Geneos
7 6 (5.31%) Kibana
8 5 (4.42%) logstash
9 3 (2.65%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.77%) Cilium
11 1 (0.88%) CASB
11 1 (0.88%) Consul
11 1 (0.88%) Packer
11 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (14.16%) Google
2 11 (9.73%) Splunk
3 8 (7.08%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.08%) Oracle
4 6 (5.31%) Dynatrace
5 5 (4.42%) CA Agile Central
5 5 (4.42%) Solace
6 3 (2.65%) IBM
6 3 (2.65%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.77%) Foundry
7 2 (1.77%) Palantir
7 2 (1.77%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.88%) Databricks
8 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.88%) Tenable
8 1 (0.88%) TIBCO