Docker Contracts with Work from Home Options

Docker
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 Docker skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Docker over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 49 34
Rank change year-on-year -17 -15 -10
Contract jobs citing Docker 456 1,107 2,690
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.02% 4.41% 6.08%
As % of the System Software category 31.69% 35.56% 49.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 790 2,068
10th Percentile £389 £425 £425
25th Percentile £456 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £681 £764 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £586
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.39% +11.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 10
10th Percentile £55.23 £61.25 £46.13
25th Percentile £67.94 £64.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £71.25 £65.52
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +8.75% +31.04%
75th Percentile £86.25 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £88.50 - £66.86
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year -10.00% +27.66% +23.68%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Docker is in the System Software 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 system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,439 3,113 5,464
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.53% 12.39% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 2,226 4,063
10th Percentile £264 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £685 £722 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 103 104
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.20 £14.55
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £54.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.90 £65.86
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Docker trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Docker.

Docker daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Docker over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Docker daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Docker.

Docker hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Docker over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Docker hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 22 (4.82%) Confluence
2 11 (2.41%) nginx
3 10 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.54%) CMS
5 5 (1.10%) Apache
5 5 (1.10%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.88%) JBoss
6 4 (0.88%) Luigi
6 4 (0.88%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.66%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.66%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.66%) WordPress
8 2 (0.44%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 5 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.44%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 283 (62.06%) AWS
2 164 (35.96%) Azure
3 64 (14.04%) GCP
4 49 (10.75%) Serverless
5 47 (10.31%) GitHub
6 41 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (8.77%) Amazon S3
7 40 (8.77%) AWS Lambda
8 30 (6.58%) OpenShift
9 29 (6.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (5.92%) IaaS
11 25 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (5.26%) SaaS
13 23 (5.04%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (4.61%) PaaS
14 21 (4.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 20 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (4.39%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (3.51%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.04%) Firewall
2 21 (4.61%) DNS
3 19 (4.17%) Network Security
4 17 (3.73%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.41%) DHCP
6 9 (1.97%) VPN
7 8 (1.75%) HTTP
7 8 (1.75%) Kerberos
8 7 (1.54%) NAS
8 7 (1.54%) SAN
8 7 (1.54%) VLAN
9 3 (0.66%) Intranet
9 3 (0.66%) LAN
9 3 (0.66%) WLAN
10 2 (0.44%) 4G
10 2 (0.44%) Internet
10 2 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.44%) SSL
11 1 (0.22%) MQTT
11 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.65%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.89%) Apache Cassandra
3 31 (6.80%) NoSQL
4 30 (6.58%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (5.70%) MySQL
6 22 (4.82%) Relational Database
7 20 (4.39%) MongoDB
8 19 (4.17%) SQL Server
9 16 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (2.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.75%) Big Data
12 8 (1.75%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.75%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.75%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
14 6 (1.32%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.32%) Redis
15 5 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 110 (24.12%) Jenkins
2 93 (20.39%) Git
3 57 (12.50%) GitLab
4 42 (9.21%) JIRA
5 29 (6.36%) SonarQube
6 23 (5.04%) Selenium
7 19 (4.17%) Cucumber
7 19 (4.17%) Maven
8 15 (3.29%) TeamCity
9 13 (2.85%) Cypress.io
10 11 (2.41%) Bitbucket
10 11 (2.41%) Gradle
10 11 (2.41%) JUnit
10 11 (2.41%) REST Assured
10 11 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (1.54%) Postman
12 6 (1.32%) JMeter
12 6 (1.32%) Travis CI
12 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio
13 5 (1.10%) webpack
General
1 92 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 53 (11.62%) Finance
3 44 (9.65%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.39%) Banking
6 19 (4.17%) Law
6 19 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.41%) Retail
8 7 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.54%) Police
8 7 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.32%) Marketing
9 6 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.10%) Electronics
10 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (27.63%) Developer
2 90 (19.74%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (15.13%) Senior
4 54 (11.84%) Software Engineer
5 45 (9.87%) AWS Engineer
6 34 (7.46%) AWS DevOps
7 31 (6.80%) Full Stack Developer
7 31 (6.80%) Java Developer
8 30 (6.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 28 (6.14%) Lead
10 25 (5.48%) Cloud Engineer
10 25 (5.48%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (4.61%) Architect
11 21 (4.61%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (4.39%) Data Engineer
13 18 (3.95%) Java Engineer
13 18 (3.95%) Senior Developer
14 16 (3.51%) Python Engineer
15 14 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
16 13 (2.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (16.01%) Kafka
2 64 (14.04%) REST
3 58 (12.72%) Node.js
4 47 (10.31%) Spring Boot
5 44 (9.65%) React
5 44 (9.65%) Spring
6 31 (6.80%) .NET
7 28 (6.14%) AngularJS
8 25 (5.48%) RESTful
9 24 (5.26%) ARM Templates
9 24 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
10 20 (4.39%) HTML
11 17 (3.73%) CSS
12 14 (3.07%) GraphQL
12 14 (3.07%) JSON
12 14 (3.07%) OAuth
12 14 (3.07%) YAML
13 13 (2.85%) Web Services
14 12 (2.63%) OAuth2
14 12 (2.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.07%) Public Cloud
4 13 (2.85%) Clustering
4 13 (2.85%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.41%) Algorithms
6 11 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (1.75%) Replication
9 6 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.10%) Distributed Applications
10 5 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.66%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.66%) Verilog
11 3 (0.66%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 83 (18.20%) Linux
2 28 (6.14%) Windows
3 17 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.29%) Unix
5 13 (2.85%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.75%) Oracle Linux
7 7 (1.54%) Solaris
8 3 (0.66%) Android
8 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.44%) CentOS
9 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.44%) VMS
10 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (49.12%) DevOps
2 177 (38.82%) CI/CD
3 152 (33.33%) Agile
4 121 (26.54%) Containerisation
5 96 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 88 (19.30%) Software Engineering
7 74 (16.23%) Microservices
8 73 (16.01%) Test Automation
9 69 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (13.60%) Continuous Integration
11 46 (10.09%) Full Stack Development
12 44 (9.65%) User Experience
13 41 (8.99%) DevSecOps
14 35 (7.68%) Mentoring
14 35 (7.68%) UX Design
15 34 (7.46%) Scrum
16 33 (7.24%) Fintech
17 31 (6.80%) TDD
18 30 (6.58%) User Research
18 30 (6.58%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 176 (38.60%) Python
2 132 (28.95%) Java
3 75 (16.45%) JavaScript
4 67 (14.69%) SQL
5 58 (12.72%) Go
6 57 (12.50%) Bash
7 49 (10.75%) TypeScript
8 35 (7.68%) PowerShell
9 24 (5.26%) C#
10 18 (3.95%) PHP
11 16 (3.51%) C
12 14 (3.07%) Ruby
13 13 (2.85%) Shell Script
14 12 (2.63%) Scala
15 11 (2.41%) Perl
16 9 (1.97%) C++
17 8 (1.75%) Bicep
18 5 (1.10%) Groovy
19 4 (0.88%) Kotlin
20 3 (0.66%) Rust
Qualifications
1 109 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 85 (18.64%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.70%) Degree
4 21 (4.61%) AWS Certification
5 20 (4.39%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.44%) CISSP
12 1 (0.22%) CEH
12 1 (0.22%) ISEB
12 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.22%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.22%) PhD
12 1 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 13 (2.85%) NCSC
3 10 (2.19%) QA
4 9 (1.97%) GDPR
5 7 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.88%) NIST
8 3 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.44%) WCAG
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 21 (4.61%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.97%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.66%) Firmware
6 2 (0.44%) Ceph
6 2 (0.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.44%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) iptables
7 1 (0.22%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 331 (72.59%) Kubernetes
2 192 (42.11%) Terraform
3 101 (22.15%) Ansible
4 35 (7.68%) Grafana
5 33 (7.24%) Prometheus
6 23 (5.04%) Progress Chef
6 23 (5.04%) Puppet
7 17 (3.73%) Docker Swarm
8 14 (3.07%) Kibana
9 10 (2.19%) Podman
10 8 (1.75%) Packer
11 7 (1.54%) EMC NetWorker
11 7 (1.54%) Nagios
11 7 (1.54%) Netcool
11 7 (1.54%) Tivoli
11 7 (1.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 5 (1.10%) Consul
13 3 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.66%) Istio
13 3 (0.66%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 43 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.80%) Oracle
3 30 (6.58%) VMware
4 26 (5.70%) Google
4 26 (5.70%) Splunk
5 18 (3.95%) Databricks
6 16 (3.51%) Red Hat
7 11 (2.41%) IBM
8 10 (2.19%) Dell
8 10 (2.19%) SAP
9 8 (1.75%) CyberArk
9 8 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.54%) Cisco
10 7 (1.54%) EMC
10 7 (1.54%) HP
10 7 (1.54%) Isilon
10 7 (1.54%) Qualys
10 7 (1.54%) Serena
11 5 (1.10%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.10%) New Relic