Docker Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Docker
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire citing Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	35	32	37
Rank change year-on-year	-3	+5	+5
Contract jobs citing Docker	7	10	5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	1.85%	2.82%	1.32%
As % of the System Software category	20.59%	34.48%	19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	7	2
10^th Percentile	£377	£369	£510
25^th Percentile	£426	£406	£525
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£513	£475	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+7.89%	-13.64%	+10.55%
75^th Percentile	£519	£691	£575
90^th Percentile	-	£793	£590
East of England median daily rate	£463	£491	£600
% change year-on-year	-5.85%	-18.13%	+20.00%

All System Software Skills
Cambridgeshire

Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing system software skills in Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing system software skills	34	29	26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	8.97%	8.17%	6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	12	16	6
10^th Percentile	£185	£263	£225
25^th Percentile	£290	£406	£273
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£488	£469
Median % change year-on-year	-2.56%	+4.00%	+1.35%
75^th Percentile	£519	£625	£500
90^th Percentile	-	£719	£550
East of England median daily rate	£420	£470	£363
% change year-on-year	-10.64%	+29.66%	-27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	3	7
10^th Percentile	-	-	£14.16
25^th Percentile	£60.00	-	£17.81
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£16.00	£21.46
Median % change year-on-year	+306.25%	-25.44%	+48.00%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	-	£60.63
90^th Percentile	-	-	£63.75
East of England median hourly rate	£70.50	£54.00	£56.25
% change year-on-year	+30.56%	-4.00%	-13.46%

Docker Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Docker relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Docker Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Docker.

Docker Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Docker in Cambridgeshire

Docker Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridge	+7	7	£513	+7.89%	2
Docker East of England

Docker Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Docker also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region citing Docker.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	100.0%	7
2	PostgreSQL	85.7%	6
2	Python	85.7%	6
4	Data Warehouse	71.4%	5
4	MySQL	71.4%	5
4	Problem-Solving	71.4%	5
4	RESTful	71.4%	5
4	Software Engineering	71.4%	5
9	Biotechnology	57.1%	4
9	Collaborative Working	57.1%	4
9	Data Engineering	57.1%	4
9	Data Integration	57.1%	4
9	Data Modelling	57.1%	4
9	Data Pipeline	57.1%	4
9	ETL	57.1%	4
9	Hibernate	57.1%	4
9	Informatics	57.1%	4
9	Java	57.1%	4
9	Relational Database	57.1%	4
9	SQLAlchemy	57.1%	4
21	DevOps	42.9%	3
22	Bash	28.6%	2
22	Gerrit	28.6%	2
22	Git	28.6%	2
22	Grafana	28.6%	2
22	Groovy	28.6%	2
22	InfluxDB	28.6%	2
22	Jenkins	28.6%	2
22	Jolokia	28.6%	2
22	Linux	28.6%	2

Docker Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	100.0%	7
2	Problem-Solving	71.4%	5
2	Software Engineering	71.4%	5
4	Biotechnology	57.1%	4
4	Collaborative Working	57.1%	4
4	Data Engineering	57.1%	4
4	Data Integration	57.1%	4
4	Data Modelling	57.1%	4
4	Data Pipeline	57.1%	4
4	ETL	57.1%	4
4	Informatics	57.1%	4
12	DevOps	42.9%	3
13	Migration	28.6%	2
14	API Design	14.3%	1
14	Architectural Patterns	14.3%	1
14	Artefact Management	14.3%	1
14	Capacity Planning	14.3%	1
14	Cost Optimisation	14.3%	1
14	CQRS	14.3%	1
14	Data Architecture	14.3%	1