Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer)
UK > Work from Home
The median Kubernetes Engineer (K8s Engineer) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
8 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
287 |
340 |
350 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+53 |
+10 |
+117 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Kubernetes Engineer |
28 |
12 |
112 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option |
0.27% |
0.083% |
0.46% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.29% |
0.088% |
0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
14 |
6 |
102 |
| 10th Percentile |
£513 |
£425 |
£529 |
| 25th Percentile |
£516 |
£463 |
£563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£570 |
£500 |
£750 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+14.00% |
-33.33% |
+3.45% |
| 75th Percentile |
£625 |
£519 |
£863 |
| 90th Percentile |
£634 |
£656 |
- |
| UK median daily rate |
£600 |
£575 |
£725 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.35% |
-20.69% |
+7.41% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title |
9,565 |
13,622 |
23,180 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.88% |
93.69% |
95.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
6,421 |
9,168 |
16,367 |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£325 |
£350 |
| 25th Percentile |
£413 |
£425 |
£440 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£513 |
£525 |
£538 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-2.38% |
-2.33% |
+2.38% |
| 75th Percentile |
£638 |
£635 |
£650 |
| 90th Percentile |
£760 |
£750 |
£750 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£525 |
£538 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
-2.33% |
+1.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
276 |
535 |
554 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.85 |
£14.13 |
£16.98 |
| 25th Percentile |
£17.51 |
£22.50 |
£25.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£34.57 |
£43.00 |
£50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-19.62% |
-14.00% |
+25.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65.00 |
£63.38 |
£67.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75.00 |
£74.30 |
£79.19 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£26.39 |
£37.50 |
£43.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-29.64% |
-12.79% |
+68.63% |
