Kubernetes Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Kubernetes Consultant (K8s Consultant)
England > London

The median Kubernetes Consultant (K8s Consultant) daily rate in London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 368 403
Rank change year-on-year -10 +35 -
Contract jobs requiring a Kubernetes Consultant 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.007% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.007% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £600
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile £498 - -
England median daily rate £475 - £600

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,283 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Kubernetes Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Kubernetes Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Kubernetes Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Kubernetes Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Kubernetes Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Kubernetes Consultant job vacancies in London

Kubernetes Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Kubernetes Consultant 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 London region featuring Kubernetes Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform

Kubernetes Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform