Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Google Kubernetes Engine skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Google Kubernetes Engine over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 119 | - | 148 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +36 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Google Kubernetes Engine | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.18% | - | 0.039% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.54% | - | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £460 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £461 | - | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £468 | - | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £481 | - | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £485 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | -14.29% |
All Cloud Skills
Scotland
Google Kubernetes Engine falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Scotland.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 554 | 611 | 883 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 33.88% | 32.74% | 34.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 352 | 392 | 636 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £190 | £287 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £373 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | -2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £538 | £545 |
| 90th Percentile | £606 | £600 | £619 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | -1.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £15.44 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £16.50 | £20.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.09 | £18.69 | £43.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.25% | -57.29% | +146.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £23.30 | £60.10 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24.18 | £68.28 |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.50 | £27.00 | £35.13 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -23.13% | +66.17% |
Google Kubernetes Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Google Kubernetes Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Google Kubernetes Engine.
Google Kubernetes Engine
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Kubernetes Engine within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | - | 2 | £460 | - | 2 |
| Edinburgh | - | 1 | £475 | - | |
| Google Kubernetes Engine UK |
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Google Kubernetes Engine
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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: