Kubernetes Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Kubernetes (k8s)
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Kubernetes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 21.62% - 4.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.44% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.90%
75th Percentile £488 - £519
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate £475 - £463
% change year-on-year - - -11.90%

All Systems Management Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 18 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea 48.65% 10.71% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 1
10th Percentile - £435 -
25th Percentile £206 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -9.76%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £519
90th Percentile - £565 -
West Wales median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £17.83 - -
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £18.75 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £19.44 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £19.48 - -
West Wales median hourly rate £18.75 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

Kubernetes
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kubernetes relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Kubernetes job vacancy trend in Swansea

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 8 (100.00%) Spring
1 8 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Ruby
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Docker