Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 190 | 214 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +24 | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing Google Kubernetes Engine | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.018% | 0.087% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | 0.074% | 0.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £556 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £571 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | £620 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.23% | -4.62% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £646 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £649 |
| England median daily rate | £615 | £556 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.56% | -17.59% | -3.57% |
All Cloud Skills
South East
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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 894 | 1,360 | 1,704 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 29.78% | 24.53% | 29.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 607 | 927 | 1,250 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £247 | £252 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.10% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £635 |
| 90th Percentile | £668 | £675 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 30 | 52 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.78 | £16.25 | £16.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.95 | £17.80 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.50 | £22.36 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.47% | -6.84% | +14.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.58 | £52.38 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.05 | £61.59 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.98 | £20.77 | £30.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.06% | -31.90% | +45.24% |
Google Kubernetes Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Google Kubernetes Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google Kubernetes Engine in the South East.