Containerisation Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Containerization
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Containerisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 45 58
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 13 1 12
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.96% 0.26% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 0.30% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £428 - £447
25th Percentile £459 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -35.48%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £543
90th Percentile £568 - £579
East of England median daily rate £525 £300 £575
% change year-on-year +75.00% -47.83% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £63.63 - -
25th Percentile £65.88 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 580 335 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.61% 86.79% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 136 312
10th Percentile £186 £263 £276
25th Percentile £400 £336 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £713 £675 £750
East of England median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 83 156
10th Percentile £16.65 £15.83 £26.24
25th Percentile £18.50 £37.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £87.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Containerisation job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Containerisation
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Containerisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Containerisation in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Containerisation in Hertfordshire

Containerisation
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Stevenage - 12 £525 - 13
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Containerisation
East of England

Containerisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 9 (69.23%) npm
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Artifactory
1 9 (69.23%) GitLab
1 9 (69.23%) JIRA
1 9 (69.23%) Visual Studio
2 2 (15.38%) Git
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Law
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Development Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leader
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) React
2 9 (69.23%) .NET
2 9 (69.23%) .NET Framework
2 9 (69.23%) AngularJS
2 9 (69.23%) CSS
2 9 (69.23%) HTML
2 9 (69.23%) Node.js
2 9 (69.23%) Svelte
2 9 (69.23%) Vue
3 1 (7.69%) Django
3 1 (7.69%) FastAPI
3 1 (7.69%) Jest
3 1 (7.69%) Next.js
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth2
3 1 (7.69%) pytest
3 1 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) RESTful
3 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Algorithms
1 9 (69.23%) Data Structures
1 9 (69.23%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Agile
2 11 (84.62%) CI/CD
2 11 (84.62%) Full-Stack Development
3 10 (76.92%) DevOps
3 10 (76.92%) TDD
4 9 (69.23%) Computer Science
4 9 (69.23%) Design Patterns
4 9 (69.23%) Microservices
4 9 (69.23%) OOP
4 9 (69.23%) SDLC
4 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Scrum
7 1 (7.69%) API Development
7 1 (7.69%) Code Quality
7 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Front End Development
7 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
7 1 (7.69%) Validation
7 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) TypeScript
2 9 (69.23%) C#
2 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
3 7 (53.85%) C++
4 4 (30.77%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (84.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft