diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index ce3425051e0..2b78c5d098d 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -109,18 +109,24 @@ GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
     )
 
 # Tests which cannot be run on GKE, e.g. because they require
-# master ssh access or experimental api.
+# master ssh access.
 GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS=(
     "Nodes"
     "Etcd\sFailure"
     "MasterCerts"
-    "Daemon\sset"
-    "Deployment"
     "experimental\sresource\susage\stracking" # Expect --max-pods=100
     "ServiceLoadBalancer" # issue: #16602
     "Shell"
     )
 
+# Specialized tests which should be skipped by default for GKE.
+GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
+    "Daemon\sset"
+    "Deployment"
+    "Jobs"
+    "${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}"
+    )
+
 # Tests which cannot be run on AWS.
 AWS_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS=(
     "experimental\sresource\susage\stracking" # Expect --max-pods=100
@@ -481,7 +487,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-prod"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -497,7 +503,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-staging"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -513,7 +519,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-test"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -529,7 +535,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-ci"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
@@ -546,7 +552,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-ci-reboot"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_PARALLEL_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_PARALLEL_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
@@ -563,8 +569,11 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${JENKINS_PUBLISHED_VERSION:="ci/latest-1.1"}
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-release-1-1"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
+    # Note Daemon sets and Deployments are experimental features in 1.1,
+    # and are turned off in GKE.
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
           ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          "Daemon\sset|Deployment" \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
@@ -623,7 +632,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="false"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -657,7 +666,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="false"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -677,7 +686,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
@@ -738,7 +747,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="false"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -774,7 +783,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="false"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -792,7 +801,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
@@ -853,7 +862,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="false"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -889,7 +898,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="false"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -910,7 +919,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_TEST:="true"}
     : ${E2E_DOWN:="true"}
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
diff --git a/test/e2e/job.go b/test/e2e/job.go
index 6b0d3e2aac6..e1a26142891 100644
--- a/test/e2e/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/job.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const (
 	jobSelectorKey = "job"
 )
 
-// TODO: Activate these tests for GKE when we support experimental APIs there.
 var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 	f := NewFramework("job")
 	parallelism := 2
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 
 	// Simplest case: all pods succeed promptly
 	It("should run a job to completion when tasks succeed", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		By("Creating a job")
 		job := newTestJob("succeed", "all-succeed", api.RestartPolicyNever, parallelism, completions)
 		job, err := createJob(f.Client, f.Namespace.Name, job)
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 
 	// Pods sometimes fail, but eventually succeed.
 	It("should run a job to completion when tasks sometimes fail and are locally restarted", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		By("Creating a job")
 		// One failure, then a success, local restarts.
 		// We can't use the random failure approach used by the
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 
 	// Pods sometimes fail, but eventually succeed, after pod restarts
 	It("should run a job to completion when tasks sometimes fail and are not locally restarted", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		By("Creating a job")
 		// 50% chance of container success, local restarts.
 		// Can't use the failOnce approach because that relies
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should keep restarting failed pods", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		By("Creating a job")
 		job := newTestJob("fail", "all-fail", api.RestartPolicyNever, parallelism, completions)
 		job, err := createJob(f.Client, f.Namespace.Name, job)
@@ -117,7 +112,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should scale a job up", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		startParallelism := 1
 		endParallelism := 2
 		By("Creating a job")
@@ -143,7 +137,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should scale a job down", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		startParallelism := 2
 		endParallelism := 1
 		By("Creating a job")
@@ -169,7 +162,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should stop a job", func() {
-		SkipIfProviderIs("gke")
 		By("Creating a job")
 		job := newTestJob("notTerminate", "foo", api.RestartPolicyNever, parallelism, completions)
 		job, err := createJob(f.Client, f.Namespace.Name, job)