Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire
Kubernetes (k8s)
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire citing Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 28 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Kubernetes | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | 0.50% | - | - |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 12.50% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £713 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £725 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £738 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £490 | £537 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.75% | -10.50% | +14.29% |
All Systems Management Skills
Staffordshire
Kubernetes falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing systems management skills in Staffordshire.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing systems management skills | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 4.02% | 12.70% | 5.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £166 | £163 |
| 25th Percentile | £203 | £206 | £234 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £220 | £300 | £403 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | -25.47% | -15.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £313 | £350 | £481 |
| 90th Percentile | £539 | £494 | £506 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £489 | £513 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.67% | +2.50% | +14.29% |
Kubernetes Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kubernetes relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Kubernetes Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 1 |