Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Chester

Kubernetes (k8s)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 3.31% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £668 - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £756 - -
90th Percentile £760 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £404 £356 £550
% change year-on-year +13.34% -35.27% +25.00%

All Systems Management Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 20 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 16.53% 9.09% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £190 £445 £524
25th Percentile £301 £513 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +12.98%
75th Percentile £719 - £641
90th Percentile £755 £565 £661
Cheshire median daily rate £388 £488 £535
% change year-on-year -20.51% -8.88% +21.59%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kubernetes relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in Chester

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Kubernetes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Mule
1 2 (50.00%) Mule ESB
1 2 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (25.00%) Anypoint
2 1 (25.00%) JBoss
2 1 (25.00%) OpenStack
2 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (25.00%) JUnit
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) J2EE
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
2 1 (25.00%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) API Design
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) AppDynamics
1 3 (75.00%) Dynatrace
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) MuleSoft