Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Kubernetes (k8s)
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 11.11% - 1.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 31.82% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £482 - -
25th Percentile £575 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 - £300
75th Percentile £599 - £325
90th Percentile £600 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £540 £600 £675
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% +25.00%

All Systems Management Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 22 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 34.92% 22.50% 22.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 7
10th Percentile £263 £345 -
25th Percentile £386 £393 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £449 £300
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +49.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £335
90th Percentile £598 - £414
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Job vacancy trend for Kubernetes in Solihull

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Histogram in Solihull

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Solihull over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kubernetes in Solihull

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull 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 (14.29%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) GCP
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) IBM Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (42.86%) NoSQL
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) Maven
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Product Owner
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Architect
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Architect
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Applications Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Java Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Lead DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Lead DevOps Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Architect
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) Java SE
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) Spring
2 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Coaching
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
4 2 (28.57%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Argo
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Google
2 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat