Kubernetes Architect Contracts in Manchester

Kubernetes Architect (K8s Architect)
North West > Manchester

The median Kubernetes Architect (K8s Architect) daily rate in Manchester is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Kubernetes Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £750 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 851 1,380 1,687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 95.37% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 940 1,261
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% -1.25% +2.56%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £590
90th Percentile £663 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £456 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.46% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 86 45
10th Percentile - £12.12 £14.41
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.36 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.83 £28.50 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% +37.65% +6.18%
75th Percentile £66.25 £62.50 £37.50
90th Percentile £78.38 £73.75 £65.60
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.95 £29.00
% change year-on-year -12.74% +13.61% +17.17%

Kubernetes Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Kubernetes Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes Architect in Manchester

Kubernetes Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, Kubernetes Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Kubernetes Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Kubernetes Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign