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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 503 586
Rank change year-on-year 0 +83 +71
Contract jobs citing Docker Swarm 16 23 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.070% 0.040%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.37% 0.51% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 8
10th Percentile £474 £524 £414
25th Percentile £500 £525 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +2.13% -12.96%
75th Percentile £538 £645 £706
90th Percentile £567 £688 £875
UK median daily rate £501 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.58% +9.09% -18.52%

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 4,375 4,512 6,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.73% 13.69% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,900 3,076 4,476
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £688 £713 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 53 160
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.10 £18.48
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.18 £26.69
Median hourly rate £36.75 £40.00 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -19.78% +108.55%
75th Percentile £63.49 £62.50 £75.13
90th Percentile £76.48 £74.00 £78.79
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £38.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.62% -30.00% +130.03%

Docker Swarm
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Docker Swarm 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 19 September 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
South East +25 9 £501 -25.85% 2
London +6 3 £535 -2.65% 7
West Midlands -8 1 £550 +6.90% 1
Midlands -15 1 £550 +6.90% 1
North of England -35 1 £485 -22.40% 4
North West - 1 £485 -
Docker Swarm
UK

Docker Swarm
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 4 (25.00%) SAS
2 1 (6.25%) Apache
2 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 13 (81.25%) AWS
2 10 (62.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
3 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Jenkins
2 10 (62.50%) Selenium
2 10 (62.50%) SonarQube
3 9 (56.25%) Cucumber
3 9 (56.25%) GitLab
3 9 (56.25%) JIRA
3 9 (56.25%) REST Assured
4 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (50.00%) Law
4 4 (25.00%) Police
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Java Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Java Software Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analytics Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Python Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) ARM Templates
1 9 (56.25%) Java EE
1 9 (56.25%) REST
2 4 (25.00%) Node.js
2 4 (25.00%) React
3 1 (6.25%) FastAPI
3 1 (6.25%) Pandas
3 1 (6.25%) Polars
3 1 (6.25%) Ray
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) DevOps
2 10 (62.50%) Configuration Management
2 10 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 10 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 9 (56.25%) Containerisation
3 9 (56.25%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (56.25%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (56.25%) Software Architecture
3 9 (56.25%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
7 1 (6.25%) Agile
7 1 (6.25%) Analytics
7 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
7 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
7 1 (6.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Java
2 6 (37.50%) Python
3 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
4 1 (6.25%) Go
4 1 (6.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (81.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 10 (62.50%) Terraform
3 9 (56.25%) Ansible
3 9 (56.25%) Podman
4 1 (6.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft