Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Google Kubernetes Engine skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Google Kubernetes Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire | 0.15% | - | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.44% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £621 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £589 | - | - |
All Cloud Computing Skills
Cheshire
Google Kubernetes Engine falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 227 | 134 | 188 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 34.19% | 30.18% | 36.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 171 | 88 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £297 | £265 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £356 | £358 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.35% | -10.53% | -2.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £512 | £553 | £527 |
| 90th Percentile | £621 | £638 | £588 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £470 | £487 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.26% | -3.54% | -2.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 6 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21.05 | £17.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £21.83 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.31 | £24.18 | £19.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.28% | +21.75% | -53.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.13 | £64.17 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.48 | £82.50 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £45.46 | £26.47 | £17.86 |
| % change year-on-year | +71.77% | +48.18% | -64.28% |
Google Kubernetes Engine
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Kubernetes Engine within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 February 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | - | 1 | £621 | - | 2 |
| Google Kubernetes Engine North West |
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Google Kubernetes Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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: