Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Preston

Kubernetes (k8s)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.22% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 15.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £712 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £712 £600 -
% change year-on-year +18.70% - -

All Systems Management Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 13 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 14.44% 10.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 0
10th Percentile £185 £350 -
25th Percentile £205 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.71% - -
75th Percentile £575 £606 -
90th Percentile £630 £685 -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.53 - -
Median hourly rate £42.69 - -
75th Percentile £45.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £42.69 £53.20 £27.50
% change year-on-year -19.77% +93.45% -35.29%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in Preston

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft