Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Kubernetes (k8s)
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 21.82% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 80.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £513 £350 £585
% change year-on-year +46.43% -40.17% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £59.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 15 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 27.27% 5.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £200 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.11% - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £505 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +6.32% -13.64% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 0
10th Percentile £59.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year +132.14% -50.44% -

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in Guildford

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Kubernetes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Hourly Rate Histogram in Guildford

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kubernetes in Guildford over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kubernetes in Guildford

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 12 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (8.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
1 8 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Java Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 12 (100.00%) Quarkus
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
1 12 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 12 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 11 (91.67%) Front End Development
2 11 (91.67%) Scrum
2 11 (91.67%) SDLC
2 11 (91.67%) Software Engineering
2 11 (91.67%) Test Automation
3 10 (83.33%) Sprint Planning
3 10 (83.33%) Sprint Review
4 1 (8.33%) Clean Code
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
4 1 (8.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 12 (100.00%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Red Hat