Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Essex

Kubernetes (k8s)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 19 37
Rank change year-on-year -1 +18 +1
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.92% 1.63% 0.87%
As % of the Systems Management category 50.00% 9.09% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +22.45% -2.00%
East of England median daily rate £500 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% -8.21%

All Systems Management Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2 22 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 1.83% 17.89% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 15
10th Percentile - £259 £430
25th Percentile £538 £275 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £317 £550
Median % change year-on-year +81.67% -42.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £613 £320 £641
90th Percentile - £375 £665
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £63.50 £45.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +41.11% -8.16% -24.90%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in Essex

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Implementation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler