Kubernetes Engineer Contract Job Trends in England
Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
UK > England
The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) daily rate in England is £598, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 589 | 495 | 477 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -94 | -18 | +30 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer | 50 | 36 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 27 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £444 | £496 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £544 | £513 | £523 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £598 | £550 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.64% | -12.00% | -0.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £649 | £720 |
| 90th Percentile | £681 | £750 | £788 |
| UK median daily rate | £565 | £550 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.73% | -12.00% | -0.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £59.39 |
| Median hourly rate | £77.00 | £95.00 | £63.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.95% | +48.94% | +2.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | - | £68.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £91.40 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £77.00 | £95.00 | £63.79 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.95% | +48.94% | +2.06% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
England
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title | 42,882 | 25,893 | 29,455 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.79% | 91.10% | 93.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,266 | 16,657 | 17,977 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £280 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £403 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,836 | 1,478 | 1,188 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.36 | £13.80 | £15.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.00 | £17.30 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -40.82% | -7.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £50.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -37.13% | -10.11% |
Kubernetes Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England
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 England.
Kubernetes Engineer Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Kubernetes Engineer job vacancies in England.
Kubernetes Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
Kubernetes Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Kubernetes Engineer job vacancies in England.
Kubernetes Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
Kubernetes Engineer Contract Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -86 | 30 | £625 | +4.17% | 92 |
| North of England | -56 | 13 | £592 | -15.39% | 13 |
| North West | -46 | 7 | £612 | -12.54% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | - | 6 | £418 | - | 3 |
| South East | -62 | 2 | £488 | - | 10 |
| South West | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £628 | - | 2 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | £628 | - | 4 |
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Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 23 October 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 England region featuring Kubernetes Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 50 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 54.0% | 27 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 42.0% | 21 |
| 3 | Terraform | 42.0% | 21 |
| 5 | DevOps | 40.0% | 20 |
| 5 | Python | 40.0% | 20 |
| 7 | Observability | 38.0% | 19 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 38.0% | 19 |
| 9 | Infrastructure Automation | 36.0% | 18 |
| 10 | AWS | 32.0% | 16 |
| 10 | Security Cleared | 32.0% | 16 |
| 12 | Linux | 30.0% | 15 |
| 13 | Containerisation | 26.0% | 13 |
| 13 | Docker | 26.0% | 13 |
| 13 | Java | 26.0% | 13 |
| 16 | Azure | 22.0% | 11 |
| 16 | OpenShift | 22.0% | 11 |
| 18 | Grafana | 20.0% | 10 |
| 18 | Jenkins | 20.0% | 10 |
| 18 | Prometheus | 20.0% | 10 |
| 18 | Spring Boot | 20.0% | 10 |
| 22 | Bash | 18.0% | 9 |
| 22 | Git | 18.0% | 9 |
| 22 | High Availability | 18.0% | 9 |
| 22 | Incident Management | 18.0% | 9 |
| 22 | Root Cause Analysis | 18.0% | 9 |
| 22 | Spring | 18.0% | 9 |
| 28 | Agile | 16.0% | 8 |
| 28 | Continuous Improvement | 16.0% | 8 |
| 28 | GitOps | 16.0% | 8 |
Kubernetes Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps Engineer | 28.0% | 14 |
| 2 | Platform Engineer | 20.0% | 10 |
| 3 | AWS Engineer | 18.0% | 9 |
| 4 | Cloud Engineer | 16.0% | 8 |
| 5 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 14.0% | 7 |
| 5 | Java Engineer | 14.0% | 7 |
| 7 | Azure Engineer | 12.0% | 6 |
| 7 | Linux Engineer | 12.0% | 6 |
| 7 | Network Engineer | 12.0% | 6 |
| 10 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 10.0% | 5 |
| 11 | Data Engineer | 8.0% | 4 |
| 11 | Infrastructure Engineer | 8.0% | 4 |
| 11 | Senior Platform Engineer | 8.0% | 4 |
| 14 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |
| 14 | AWS Platform Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Java Software Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Kafka Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Python Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Senior Java Engineer | 6.0% | 3 |