Docker Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Docker
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	49	37	55
Rank change year-on-year	-12	+18	-19
Contract jobs citing Docker	22	27	18
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh	3.16%	4.39%	2.23%
As % of the System Software category	30.99%	54.00%	18.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	18	12
10^th Percentile	£360	£449	£426
25^th Percentile	£405	£475	£436
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£500	£480
Median % change year-on-year	-10.00%	+4.17%	+1.37%
75^th Percentile	£503	£525	£494
90^th Percentile	£517	£541	-
Scotland median daily rate	£440	£500	£450
% change year-on-year	-12.00%	+11.11%	-6.05%

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	71	50	100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	10.20%	8.13%	12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted	46	25	63
10^th Percentile	£177	£352	£200
25^th Percentile	£211	£463	£240
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£405	£500	£340
Median % change year-on-year	-19.00%	+47.06%	-27.16%
75^th Percentile	£523	£525	£489
90^th Percentile	£633	£545	£529
Scotland median daily rate	£450	£500	£425
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	+17.65%	-10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted	5	1	6
10^th Percentile	-	-	£15.70
25^th Percentile	-	-	£18.55
Median hourly rate	£15.81	£75.00	£22.23
Median % change year-on-year	-78.92%	+237.34%	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	£24.18
90^th Percentile	-	-	£49.59
Scotland median hourly rate	£15.81	£49.38	£22.23
% change year-on-year	-67.98%	+122.08%	-60.09%

Docker Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Docker Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Docker Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Docker in Edinburgh

Docker Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 16 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 Edinburgh region with a requirement for Docker.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	72.7%	16
2	DevOps	68.2%	15
3	Jenkins	54.5%	12
4	AWS	50.0%	11
4	Kubernetes	50.0%	11
6	Containerisation	45.5%	10
6	Infrastructure as Code	45.5%	10
6	Python	45.5%	10
9	Agile	36.4%	8
10	Java	31.8%	7
10	Problem-Solving	31.8%	7
10	REST	31.8%	7
10	Spring	31.8%	7
10	Spring Boot	31.8%	7
15	Git	27.3%	6
15	JavaScript	27.3%	6
15	PostgreSQL	27.3%	6
15	React	27.3%	6
15	SC Cleared	27.3%	6
15	Security Cleared	27.3%	6
15	Test Automation	27.3%	6
15	TypeScript	27.3%	6
23	AI	22.7%	5
23	CSS	22.7%	5
23	GitHub	22.7%	5
23	OpenShift	22.7%	5
23	SQL	22.7%	5
23	Terraform	22.7%	5
29	Accessibility	18.2%	4
29	Amazon Aurora	18.2%	4

Docker Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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.

System Software

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	9.1%	2
2	Virtual Machines	4.5%	1