Containerisation Contracts in England

Containerization
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Containerisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Containerisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 163 158
Rank change year-on-year +85 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 759 547 859
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.12% 1.47% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 1.70% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 381 642
10th Percentile £413 £425 £463
25th Percentile £475 £496 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £738
90th Percentile £719 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - £48.38 £54.15
25th Percentile £25.25 £51.56 £60.94
Median hourly rate £26.50 £58.75 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.89% -17.25% +37.88%
75th Percentile £40.30 £66.56 £76.75
90th Percentile £63.34 £70.13 £87.80
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £70.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +2.19% +26.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Containerisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Containerisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Containerisation in England

Containerisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Containerisation in England.

Daily rate trend for Containerisation in England

Containerisation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Containerisation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Containerisation in England

Containerisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Containerisation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Containerisation in England

Containerisation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Containerisation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Containerisation in England

Containerisation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +66 411 £575 -4.17% 530
North of England +45 120 £500 -8.93% 225
South East +40 84 £628 +0.49% 236
North West +40 82 £500 -8.76% 144
South West +73 60 £606 +10.23% 102
Yorkshire +10 34 £588 +5.62% 64
Midlands +38 32 £531 +18.66% 114
West Midlands +31 24 £600 +60.00% 67
East of England +26 13 £490 -4.39% 85
East Midlands +11 8 £467 -1.16% 37
North East +3 4 £635 +20.95% 17
Containerisation
UK

Containerisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 30 (3.95%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.82%) Confluence
3 28 (3.69%) Apache
4 16 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.19%) nginx
6 5 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.40%) Camunda
8 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) DataSynapse
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) InVision
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Actimize
2 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.26%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.13%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 386 (50.86%) AWS
2 264 (34.78%) Azure
3 130 (17.13%) GCP
4 98 (12.91%) Serverless
5 71 (9.35%) Amazon S3
6 70 (9.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 70 (9.22%) GitHub
7 67 (8.83%) Amazon EKS
8 62 (8.17%) AWS Lambda
9 58 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
10 46 (6.06%) OpenShift
11 45 (5.93%) PaaS
12 41 (5.40%) IaaS
13 40 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
14 33 (4.35%) Azure AKS
15 32 (4.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 25 (3.29%) Snowflake
17 24 (3.16%) SaaS
18 23 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.06%) DNS
2 38 (5.01%) HTTP
2 38 (5.01%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.29%) DHCP
4 23 (3.03%) Firewall
5 18 (2.37%) VPN
6 13 (1.71%) Network Security
7 10 (1.32%) BGP
7 10 (1.32%) VLAN
7 10 (1.32%) VSAN
8 9 (1.19%) MPLS
9 8 (1.05%) Wireless
10 7 (0.92%) Internet
11 6 (0.79%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.79%) SSL
12 5 (0.66%) SAN
12 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.66%) WAN
13 4 (0.53%) NAS
13 4 (0.53%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (17.26%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (8.43%) Amazon RDS
3 63 (8.30%) Relational Database
4 48 (6.32%) MongoDB
5 47 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (5.93%) NoSQL
7 41 (5.40%) MySQL
8 32 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (3.69%) Big Data
10 26 (3.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 26 (3.43%) SQL Server
11 25 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
12 21 (2.77%) DynamoDB
12 21 (2.77%) Hadoop
13 19 (2.50%) Amazon Aurora
13 19 (2.50%) Data Lake
14 18 (2.37%) Redis
15 11 (1.45%) BigQuery
16 10 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
17 9 (1.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 163 (21.48%) Jenkins
2 115 (15.15%) GitLab
3 90 (11.86%) Git
4 55 (7.25%) JIRA
5 54 (7.11%) JUnit
6 34 (4.48%) Mockito
7 32 (4.22%) Gradle
8 28 (3.69%) Cucumber
9 27 (3.56%) Liquibase
10 23 (3.03%) SonarQube
11 18 (2.37%) Jasmine
12 15 (1.98%) Bitbucket
13 14 (1.84%) Maven
13 14 (1.84%) Selenium
14 12 (1.58%) CircleCI
14 12 (1.58%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.19%) JMeter
16 6 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (0.79%) LoadRunner
16 6 (0.79%) MLflow
General
1 191 (25.16%) Social Skills
2 123 (16.21%) Finance
3 118 (15.55%) Public Sector
4 89 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (5.80%) Telecoms
6 33 (4.35%) Banking
7 28 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.69%) Marketing
8 24 (3.16%) Electronics
9 20 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (1.84%) Legal
11 12 (1.58%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.05%) Law
12 8 (1.05%) Publishing
13 6 (0.79%) Front Office
13 6 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.79%) Military
13 6 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 162 (21.34%) Developer
2 130 (17.13%) Senior
3 120 (15.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 106 (13.97%) Architect
5 62 (8.17%) Lead
6 60 (7.91%) Java Developer
7 55 (7.25%) Software Engineer
8 46 (6.06%) Data Engineer
9 42 (5.53%) Senior Developer
10 41 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
11 31 (4.08%) AWS Architect
12 27 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
13 26 (3.43%) Python Engineer
14 24 (3.16%) Full-Stack Developer
14 24 (3.16%) Java Engineer
15 22 (2.90%) Consultant
15 22 (2.90%) Technical Architect
16 21 (2.77%) Lead Developer
17 20 (2.64%) Cloud Architect
17 20 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (13.97%) Kafka
2 88 (11.59%) Spring
3 78 (10.28%) Spring Boot
4 75 (9.88%) RESTful
5 65 (8.56%) React
6 58 (7.64%) Swagger
7 57 (7.51%) OpenAPI
8 56 (7.38%) .NET
9 52 (6.85%) REST
10 45 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
11 41 (5.40%) Node.js
12 23 (3.03%) AngularJS
12 23 (3.03%) ARM Templates
12 23 (3.03%) Spring Batch
13 22 (2.90%) Spring Security
14 20 (2.64%) HTML
14 20 (2.64%) OAuth
15 19 (2.50%) OpenTelemetry
16 18 (2.37%) FastAPI
16 18 (2.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 37 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.48%) Public Cloud
4 32 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 17 (2.24%) Onboarding
6 15 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.84%) PKI
8 11 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.19%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.05%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.05%) Replication
12 7 (0.92%) Clustering
13 6 (0.79%) Hedge funds
13 6 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 170 (22.40%) Linux
2 63 (8.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 40 (5.27%) Windows
4 20 (2.64%) Unix
4 20 (2.64%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.92%) Rocky
6 6 (0.79%) VMS
7 5 (0.66%) CentOS
8 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.40%) Android
9 3 (0.40%) SUSE
9 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.26%) AIX
10 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (56.13%) CI/CD
2 348 (45.85%) DevOps
3 258 (33.99%) Infrastructure as Code
4 223 (29.38%) Microservices
5 211 (27.80%) Agile
6 191 (25.16%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (17.65%) Software Engineering
8 127 (16.73%) Test Automation
9 114 (15.02%) Continuous Integration
10 81 (10.67%) High Availability
11 79 (10.41%) Configuration Management
12 76 (10.01%) Migration
13 74 (9.75%) TDD
14 69 (9.09%) Analytics
15 68 (8.96%) Event-Driven
16 65 (8.56%) Full-Stack Development
17 61 (8.04%) Data Pipeline
18 54 (7.11%) Technical Leadership
19 52 (6.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 50 (6.59%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 344 (45.32%) Python
2 192 (25.30%) Java
3 153 (20.16%) SQL
4 133 (17.52%) Bash
5 80 (10.54%) JavaScript
6 66 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 65 (8.56%) PowerShell
8 61 (8.04%) C#
9 29 (3.82%) Go
10 28 (3.69%) Shell Script
11 18 (2.37%) Scala
12 16 (2.11%) Bicep
13 14 (1.84%) C++
14 12 (1.58%) Perl
15 10 (1.32%) PL/SQL
15 10 (1.32%) Ruby
16 8 (1.05%) RPG
16 8 (1.05%) RPG IV
17 6 (0.79%) SPARQL
18 5 (0.66%) R
Qualifications
1 290 (38.21%) Security Cleared
2 233 (30.70%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.59%) DV Cleared
4 47 (6.19%) AWS Certification
5 42 (5.53%) Degree
6 37 (4.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 27 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 19 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (1.84%) MCSE
12 9 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (1.19%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.79%) CCNP
16 5 (0.66%) RHCSA
17 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
17 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 4 (0.53%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.82%) QA
2 24 (3.16%) NCSC
3 19 (2.50%) NIST
4 16 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.98%) GDPR
6 11 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.19%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.66%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) EMIR
11 1 (0.13%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 490 (64.56%) Docker
2 52 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.24%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.11%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.71%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.92%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 4 (0.53%) Postfix
7 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.40%) Platform Symphony
8 3 (0.40%) vSphere
9 2 (0.26%) Lustre
10 1 (0.13%) Ceph
10 1 (0.13%) HDFS
10 1 (0.13%) NFS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.13%) Samba
10 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 511 (67.33%) Kubernetes
2 268 (35.31%) Terraform
3 190 (25.03%) Ansible
4 88 (11.59%) Grafana
5 79 (10.41%) Prometheus
6 61 (8.04%) Puppet
7 25 (3.29%) Progress Chef
8 19 (2.50%) Podman
9 13 (1.71%) Argo
10 11 (1.45%) Istio
11 9 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (1.05%) Kibana
12 8 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.79%) logstash
13 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.66%) Consul
14 5 (0.66%) Nagios
14 5 (0.66%) Packer
14 5 (0.66%) Perfmon
14 5 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (8.70%) VMware
2 61 (8.04%) Google
3 51 (6.72%) Red Hat
4 45 (5.93%) Microsoft
5 33 (4.35%) Oracle
6 32 (4.22%) SAP
7 20 (2.64%) Splunk
8 18 (2.37%) Cisco
9 16 (2.11%) Databricks
10 10 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.19%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.19%) New Relic
12 8 (1.05%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.05%) TIBCO
13 7 (0.92%) IBM
14 6 (0.79%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.79%) NetApp
15 5 (0.66%) Confluent
16 4 (0.53%) Commvault
16 4 (0.53%) Informatica