Kubernetes Contracts with Work from Home Options

Kubernetes (k8s)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Kubernetes skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kubernetes over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 31 25
Rank change year-on-year -15 -6 -4
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 597 1,540 3,101
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.03% 6.25% 7.06%
As % of the Systems Management category 36.58% 37.97% 43.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 1,137 2,302
10th Percentile £411 £456 £450
25th Percentile £480 £509 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £658 £700 £700
90th Percentile £725 £778 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 16 2
10th Percentile £55.13 £44.64 £55.13
25th Percentile £55.31 £59.38 £59.06
Median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £66.88
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -2.80% +48.61%
75th Percentile £57.81 £70.38 £73.44
90th Percentile £58.38 £86.25 £76.63
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 £50.77
% change year-on-year -7.86% +37.88% +6.95%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

Kubernetes is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,632 4,056 7,087
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 16.46% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 3,003 5,288
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £472 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £561 £565
% change year-on-year -8.38% -0.71% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 75 46
10th Percentile £19.98 £25.28 £15.63
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.13 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -24.28%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.25 £64.19
90th Percentile £62.75 £87.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -53.15% +144.44% -43.75%

Kubernetes
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kubernetes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kubernetes trend for jobs with a WFH option

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kubernetes.

Kubernetes daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kubernetes
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Kubernetes over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Kubernetes daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Kubernetes
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kubernetes.

Kubernetes hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kubernetes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (6.20%) Confluence
2 32 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (2.35%) nginx
5 13 (2.18%) Apache
5 13 (2.18%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.51%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 6 (1.01%) CMS
9 4 (0.67%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.50%) JBoss
10 3 (0.50%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.50%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.17%) SAS
12 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.34%) Endur
3 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 368 (61.64%) AWS
2 228 (38.19%) Azure
3 104 (17.42%) GCP
4 55 (9.21%) Serverless
5 52 (8.71%) OpenShift
6 51 (8.54%) Amazon EKS
7 47 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (7.71%) Amazon S3
9 45 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (7.54%) GitHub
10 37 (6.20%) Amazon EC2
10 37 (6.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 32 (5.36%) PaaS
12 31 (5.19%) IaaS
13 30 (5.03%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (4.52%) Snowflake
15 24 (4.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 24 (4.02%) SaaS
16 23 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (3.69%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 52 (8.71%) Firewall
2 38 (6.37%) DNS
3 25 (4.19%) DHCP
4 18 (3.02%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.85%) Network Security
6 14 (2.35%) HTTP
7 11 (1.84%) SAN
7 11 (1.84%) VPN
8 7 (1.17%) Kerberos
8 7 (1.17%) NAS
9 6 (1.01%) VLAN
10 5 (0.84%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.84%) LAN
10 5 (0.84%) WAN
11 4 (0.67%) IPsec
11 4 (0.67%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.67%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.50%) 4G
12 3 (0.50%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.04%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (7.04%) Apache Cassandra
3 31 (5.19%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.86%) Amazon RDS
5 27 (4.52%) MongoDB
6 26 (4.36%) Big Data
7 24 (4.02%) Data Lake
7 24 (4.02%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (4.02%) MySQL
7 24 (4.02%) Relational Database
8 21 (3.52%) Amazon Athena
9 17 (2.85%) SQL Server
10 16 (2.68%) Apache Arrow
10 16 (2.68%) Dremio
11 14 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.68%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.34%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.17%) Couchbase
14 7 (1.17%) Flink
Development Applications
1 130 (21.78%) Jenkins
2 101 (16.92%) Git
3 86 (14.41%) GitLab
4 57 (9.55%) JIRA
5 27 (4.52%) SonarQube
6 21 (3.52%) Selenium
7 18 (3.02%) Bitbucket
7 18 (3.02%) Cucumber
7 18 (3.02%) TeamCity
8 16 (2.68%) Artifactory
9 12 (2.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 11 (1.84%) Cypress.io
10 11 (1.84%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.68%) Maven
12 9 (1.51%) Gradle
13 8 (1.34%) CircleCI
13 8 (1.34%) JMeter
13 8 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (1.17%) Snyk
14 7 (1.17%) Travis CI
General
1 135 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.40%) Finance
3 42 (7.04%) Public Sector
4 40 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (3.52%) Banking
6 19 (3.18%) Law
7 16 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.68%) Tech for Good
9 7 (1.17%) Police
10 6 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.67%) Legal
13 3 (0.50%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.50%) Front Office
13 3 (0.50%) Marketing
13 3 (0.50%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.34%) Electronics
14 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 141 (23.62%) DevOps Engineer
2 134 (22.45%) Developer
3 88 (14.74%) Senior
4 70 (11.73%) AWS Engineer
5 51 (8.54%) Software Engineer
6 40 (6.70%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 38 (6.37%) AWS DevOps
7 38 (6.37%) Lead
8 36 (6.03%) Site Engineer
9 35 (5.86%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 32 (5.36%) Architect
11 30 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
12 28 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
13 27 (4.52%) Python Engineer
13 27 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
14 26 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
15 25 (4.19%) Full Stack Developer
15 25 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (4.02%) Java Developer
17 21 (3.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (16.75%) Kafka
2 53 (8.88%) Node.js
3 50 (8.38%) REST
4 49 (8.21%) React
5 42 (7.04%) ARM Templates
6 32 (5.36%) RESTful
7 31 (5.19%) Spring Boot
8 30 (5.03%) .NET
9 28 (4.69%) Elastic Stack
10 25 (4.19%) Spring
11 23 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
12 21 (3.52%) YAML
13 20 (3.35%) gRPC
14 19 (3.18%) HTML
15 17 (2.85%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.85%) CSS
15 17 (2.85%) GraphQL
16 16 (2.68%) Protocol Buffers
17 14 (2.35%) OAuth
18 13 (2.18%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
2 28 (4.69%) Clustering
2 28 (4.69%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 24 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.69%) Algorithms
5 22 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.18%) PKI
6 19 (3.18%) Public Cloud
7 18 (3.02%) Hedge funds
8 17 (2.85%) Data Centre
9 16 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.51%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.51%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.51%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.34%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.34%) Replication
13 6 (1.01%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 151 (25.29%) Linux
2 58 (9.72%) Windows
3 37 (6.20%) Windows Server
4 28 (4.69%) Unix
5 22 (3.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (2.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.51%) Solaris
8 8 (1.34%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.17%) Android
9 7 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
9 7 (1.17%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.01%) CentOS
11 2 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.17%) VMS
12 1 (0.17%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.17%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (56.95%) DevOps
2 231 (38.69%) CI/CD
3 183 (30.65%) Agile
4 124 (20.77%) Containerisation
5 123 (20.60%) Infrastructure as Code
6 97 (16.25%) Software Engineering
7 95 (15.91%) Microservices
8 91 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (14.57%) Test Automation
10 55 (9.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 51 (8.54%) Continuous Integration
12 46 (7.71%) Full Stack Development
13 42 (7.04%) Configuration Management
14 41 (6.87%) SDLC
15 39 (6.53%) Computer Science
15 39 (6.53%) User Experience
16 38 (6.37%) Fintech
17 36 (6.03%) DevSecOps
18 35 (5.86%) Mentoring
18 35 (5.86%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 236 (39.53%) Python
2 149 (24.96%) Java
3 107 (17.92%) Go
4 90 (15.08%) JavaScript
5 67 (11.22%) Bash
6 62 (10.39%) SQL
7 58 (9.72%) PowerShell
8 46 (7.71%) TypeScript
9 38 (6.37%) C#
10 34 (5.70%) Shell Script
11 23 (3.85%) Bicep
12 20 (3.35%) Perl
12 20 (3.35%) Scala
13 17 (2.85%) PHP
13 17 (2.85%) VB
13 17 (2.85%) VBScript
14 13 (2.18%) C++
14 13 (2.18%) Ruby
15 12 (2.01%) C
16 9 (1.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 141 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 119 (19.93%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.05%) Degree
4 34 (5.70%) DV Cleared
5 25 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (3.69%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (2.18%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.34%) CISSP
14 1 (0.17%) CEH
14 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.02%) QA
2 14 (2.35%) GDPR
3 12 (2.01%) NCSC
4 11 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.34%) NIST
6 6 (1.01%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.34%) SLA
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 346 (57.96%) Docker
2 41 (6.87%) Active Directory
3 28 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (3.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (2.18%) Hyper-V
7 12 (2.01%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 6 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.84%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.50%) Firmware
11 2 (0.34%) Postfix
11 2 (0.34%) vSphere
12 1 (0.17%) vCloud
12 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 245 (41.04%) Terraform
2 132 (22.11%) Ansible
3 85 (14.24%) Prometheus
4 69 (11.56%) Grafana
5 25 (4.19%) Puppet
6 24 (4.02%) Progress Chef
7 19 (3.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (3.02%) Consul
8 18 (3.02%) Kibana
9 17 (2.85%) Docker Swarm
9 17 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 17 (2.85%) SCCM
9 17 (2.85%) SCOM
9 17 (2.85%) WSUS
10 10 (1.68%) Argo
11 8 (1.34%) Istio
11 8 (1.34%) Nagios
11 8 (1.34%) Packer
11 8 (1.34%) Podman
12 6 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 77 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.04%) VMware
3 38 (6.37%) Splunk
4 33 (5.53%) Oracle
5 32 (5.36%) Google
6 19 (3.18%) Databricks
6 19 (3.18%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.18%) CyberArk
8 12 (2.01%) SaltStack
9 10 (1.68%) Cisco
9 10 (1.68%) IBM
10 9 (1.51%) Dell
10 9 (1.51%) SAP
11 8 (1.34%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.17%) HP
13 6 (1.01%) EMC
13 6 (1.01%) Isilon
13 6 (1.01%) Qualys
13 6 (1.01%) Serena