Kubernetes (k8s)
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Kubernetes skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kubernetes over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 27 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -3 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Kubernetes | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | 0.97% | 4.39% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | - | 8.33% | 40.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £610 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £463 | £619 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £725 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -34.48% | +11.54% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £773 |
| South West median daily rate | £600 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | +3.29% |
All Systems Management Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 12 | 24 | 22 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 8.57% | 11.59% | 10.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 12 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £200 | £306 |
| 25th Percentile | £369 | £204 | £442 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £348 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.08% | -44.40% | +39.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £488 | £738 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £504 | £750 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £74.35 | £40.00 | £69.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +85.88% | -42.03% | +245.00% |
Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
Kubernetes
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in Somerset.
Kubernetes
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Kubernetes in Somerset.