Docker Swarm Contract Job Trends in England

Docker Swarm
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Docker Swarm skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 510 576
Rank change year-on-year +1 +66 +73
Contract jobs citing Docker Swarm 10 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.034% 0.029% 0.013%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.21% 0.20% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 4
10th Percentile £462 £508 £451
25th Percentile £472 £521 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +11.63% -20.37%
75th Percentile £545 £623 £581
90th Percentile £568 £629 £593
UK median daily rate £499 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -11.33% +7.14% -22.22%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Docker Swarm falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,779 4,412 5,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.22% 14.19% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,179 2,865 4,174
10th Percentile £304 £315 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £663
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.38% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 50 155
10th Percentile £18.55 £19.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.13 £23.80 £26.38
Median hourly rate £34.00 £36.83 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -24.83% +96.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £61.88 £74.06
90th Percentile £79.13 £75.25 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £35.08 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.33% -29.84% +100.00%

Docker Swarm
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Docker Swarm job vacancy trend in England

Docker Swarm
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Docker Swarm.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Docker Swarm

Docker Swarm
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 Docker Swarm within the England region over the 6 months to 6 November 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 - 6 £492 -
West Midlands -25 1 £550 +6.90% 1
Midlands -32 1 £550 +6.90% 1
South East - 1 - - 1
Docker Swarm
UK

Docker Swarm
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) SAS
2 1 (10.00%) Apache
2 1 (10.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Python Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Node.js
1 8 (80.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (10.00%) Pandas
2 1 (10.00%) Polars
2 1 (10.00%) Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (80.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (10.00%) Go
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google