Docker Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Docker
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Docker 3 10 8
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.28% 5.59% 3.69%
As % of the System Software category 20.00% 41.67% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile £408 £392 £413
25th Percentile £465 £519 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £506
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +13.58% -19.00%
75th Percentile £655 £591 £533
90th Percentile £712 £594 £584
South Wales median daily rate £725 £581 £513
% change year-on-year +24.89% +13.27% -21.15%

All System Software Skills
Cardiff

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 15 24 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.38% 13.41% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 18
10th Percentile £216 £200 £202
25th Percentile - £221 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £438 £328
Median % change year-on-year -33.71% +33.59% -22.94%
75th Percentile - £556 £500
90th Percentile £511 £589 £534
South Wales median daily rate £290 £365 £300
% change year-on-year -20.55% +21.67% -36.84%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Docker job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Docker
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Docker

Docker
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker in Cardiff over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Docker in Cardiff

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Event Grid
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) MSTest
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) API Management
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft