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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 32 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Kubernetes 613 1,461 3,103
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.19% 6.03% 7.02%
As % of the Systems Management category 37.20% 37.40% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 1,078 2,304
10th Percentile £409 £463 £456
25th Percentile £485 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £700
90th Percentile £725 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £610
% change year-on-year -10.20% +0.41% +10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 2
10th Percentile - £39.60 £55.13
25th Percentile - £53.75 £59.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £66.88
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% -4.30% +48.61%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £73.44
90th Percentile - £77.25 £76.63
UK median hourly rate £67.25 £72.50 £48.31
% change year-on-year -7.24% +50.06% +1.71%

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 1,648 3,906 7,095
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.25% 16.11% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 2,893 5,298
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £448 £473 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £564
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -1.15% +7.43%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 78 45
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +85.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £85.75 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -47.83% +165.71% -45.22%

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 2 June 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 39 (6.36%) Confluence
2 38 (6.20%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (2.45%) Apache
5 13 (2.12%) nginx
5 13 (2.12%) OpenStack
6 10 (1.63%) Apache Spark
7 8 (1.31%) Cloud Foundry
8 7 (1.14%) CMS
9 6 (0.98%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.49%) JBoss
10 3 (0.49%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.16%) Magnolia
12 1 (0.16%) SAS
12 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.33%) Endur
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 369 (60.20%) AWS
2 237 (38.66%) Azure
3 110 (17.94%) GCP
4 53 (8.65%) Serverless
5 52 (8.48%) Amazon EKS
6 49 (7.99%) OpenShift
7 47 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (7.67%) GitHub
8 45 (7.34%) Amazon S3
9 43 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (6.36%) Amazon EC2
11 37 (6.04%) AWS CloudFormation
12 33 (5.38%) PaaS
13 32 (5.22%) Amazon ECS
14 31 (5.06%) Snowflake
15 30 (4.89%) IaaS
16 25 (4.08%) Azure Storage
17 24 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
17 24 (3.92%) Entra ID
17 24 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.14%) Firewall
2 41 (6.69%) DNS
3 28 (4.57%) DHCP
4 18 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.77%) Network Security
6 15 (2.45%) HTTP
7 13 (2.12%) VPN
8 10 (1.63%) SAN
9 6 (0.98%) Kerberos
9 6 (0.98%) NAS
10 5 (0.82%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.82%) LAN
10 5 (0.82%) VLAN
10 5 (0.82%) WAN
10 5 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.65%) IPsec
11 4 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.65%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.49%) OpenLDAP
13 2 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (7.18%) Apache Cassandra
3 33 (5.38%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (5.22%) NoSQL
5 25 (4.08%) Big Data
5 25 (4.08%) Data Lake
5 25 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
5 25 (4.08%) MySQL
6 24 (3.92%) Amazon Athena
6 24 (3.92%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.92%) Relational Database
7 18 (2.94%) Apache Arrow
7 18 (2.94%) Dremio
8 17 (2.77%) SQL Server
9 14 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (1.63%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.31%) Flink
12 7 (1.14%) Amazon QuickSight
12 7 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 132 (21.53%) Jenkins
2 99 (16.15%) Git
3 88 (14.36%) GitLab
4 58 (9.46%) JIRA
5 26 (4.24%) SonarQube
6 22 (3.59%) Selenium
7 20 (3.26%) Bitbucket
8 19 (3.10%) Artifactory
9 16 (2.61%) Cucumber
9 16 (2.61%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 11 (1.79%) REST Assured
12 10 (1.63%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (1.31%) JMeter
15 7 (1.14%) Gradle
15 7 (1.14%) Maven
15 7 (1.14%) Snyk
16 6 (0.98%) Travis CI
17 5 (0.82%) CircleCI
General
1 143 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 80 (13.05%) Finance
3 43 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.85%) Public Sector
5 24 (3.92%) Banking
6 18 (2.94%) Law
7 16 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.47%) Tech for Good
9 7 (1.14%) Police
10 5 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.65%) Legal
12 3 (0.49%) Front Office
12 3 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.49%) Marketing
12 3 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Retail
12 3 (0.49%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (22.68%) DevOps Engineer
2 132 (21.53%) Developer
3 90 (14.68%) Senior
4 72 (11.75%) AWS Engineer
5 49 (7.99%) Software Engineer
6 43 (7.01%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 41 (6.69%) Lead
8 39 (6.36%) AWS DevOps
8 39 (6.36%) Site Engineer
9 36 (5.87%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 33 (5.38%) Architect
11 32 (5.22%) Platform Engineer
12 31 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
13 30 (4.89%) Senior DevOps
14 28 (4.57%) Cloud Engineer
15 25 (4.08%) Java Developer
16 24 (3.92%) Full Stack Developer
16 24 (3.92%) Python Engineer
16 24 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (16.64%) Kafka
2 52 (8.48%) Node.js
3 50 (8.16%) React
4 49 (7.99%) REST
5 46 (7.50%) ARM Templates
6 35 (5.71%) RESTful
7 33 (5.38%) Spring Boot
8 32 (5.22%) .NET
9 28 (4.57%) Elastic Stack
10 24 (3.92%) RabbitMQ
10 24 (3.92%) Spring
11 22 (3.59%) gRPC
12 20 (3.26%) GraphQL
12 20 (3.26%) HTML
13 19 (3.10%) YAML
14 18 (2.94%) AngularJS
14 18 (2.94%) Protocol Buffers
15 17 (2.77%) CSS
16 14 (2.28%) OAuth
17 13 (2.12%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (4.73%) Clustering
3 28 (4.57%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (4.08%) Cloud Native
6 24 (3.92%) Algorithms
7 23 (3.75%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (3.59%) PKI
9 21 (3.43%) Public Cloud
10 20 (3.26%) Hedge funds
11 17 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.77%) Product Ownership
12 15 (2.45%) Management Information System
13 13 (2.12%) Data Centre
13 13 (2.12%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.47%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
16 7 (1.14%) Mobile App
16 7 (1.14%) Replication
17 6 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 151 (24.63%) Linux
2 59 (9.62%) Windows
3 35 (5.71%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.73%) Unix
5 21 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.47%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.31%) Android
8 8 (1.31%) Solaris
9 7 (1.14%) CentOS
9 7 (1.14%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.98%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.33%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.33%) VMS
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (57.42%) DevOps
2 240 (39.15%) CI/CD
3 191 (31.16%) Agile
4 132 (21.53%) Containerisation
5 128 (20.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 98 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (15.66%) Microservices
8 95 (15.50%) Software Engineering
9 89 (14.52%) Test Automation
10 61 (9.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 53 (8.65%) Continuous Integration
12 45 (7.34%) Full Stack Development
13 42 (6.85%) Configuration Management
14 41 (6.69%) SDLC
15 39 (6.36%) User Experience
16 38 (6.20%) Computer Science
16 38 (6.20%) Release Management
17 37 (6.04%) Migration
18 36 (5.87%) DevSecOps
18 36 (5.87%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 229 (37.36%) Python
2 157 (25.61%) Java
3 115 (18.76%) Go
4 91 (14.85%) JavaScript
5 67 (10.93%) SQL
6 64 (10.44%) Bash
7 54 (8.81%) PowerShell
8 44 (7.18%) TypeScript
9 42 (6.85%) C#
10 32 (5.22%) Shell Script
11 27 (4.40%) Bicep
12 24 (3.92%) Scala
13 20 (3.26%) VB
13 20 (3.26%) VBScript
14 18 (2.94%) Perl
15 16 (2.61%) PHP
16 15 (2.45%) C++
17 13 (2.12%) Ruby
18 12 (1.96%) C
19 10 (1.63%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 143 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 124 (20.23%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.30%) Degree
4 33 (5.38%) DV Cleared
5 25 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (3.59%) AWS Certification
7 20 (3.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (2.61%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.16%) CISSP
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.26%) QA
2 13 (2.12%) GDPR
3 12 (1.96%) NCSC
4 8 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.14%) NIST
6 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.98%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.33%) SLA
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 350 (57.10%) Docker
2 44 (7.18%) Active Directory
3 32 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (2.12%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.96%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 6 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.82%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.49%) Firmware
11 2 (0.33%) Postfix
11 2 (0.33%) vSphere
12 1 (0.16%) vCloud
12 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 258 (42.09%) Terraform
2 131 (21.37%) Ansible
3 88 (14.36%) Prometheus
4 70 (11.42%) Grafana
5 27 (4.40%) Puppet
6 22 (3.59%) Progress Chef
7 20 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (3.26%) SCCM
7 20 (3.26%) SCOM
7 20 (3.26%) WSUS
8 18 (2.94%) Consul
9 17 (2.77%) Docker Swarm
10 16 (2.61%) Kibana
11 12 (1.96%) Argo
12 8 (1.31%) Istio
12 8 (1.31%) Podman
13 7 (1.14%) Packer
14 6 (0.98%) Nagios
15 5 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 79 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.04%) VMware
3 36 (5.87%) Splunk
4 34 (5.55%) Google
4 34 (5.55%) Oracle
5 20 (3.26%) Databricks
6 15 (2.45%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.96%) CyberArk
7 12 (1.96%) SaltStack
8 9 (1.47%) Cisco
8 9 (1.47%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.47%) IBM
9 8 (1.31%) Dell
9 8 (1.31%) SAP
10 7 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.98%) Confluent
11 6 (0.98%) HP
12 5 (0.82%) EMC
12 5 (0.82%) F5
12 5 (0.82%) Serena