Containerisation Contracts in London

Containerization
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 123 134
Rank change year-on-year +42 +11 +12
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 448 336 446
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.30% 2.08% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 2.34% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 217 346
10th Percentile £409 £383 £463
25th Percentile £463 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% -
75th Percentile £641 £688 £798
90th Percentile £700 £775 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -4.55% -15.38% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,520 14,370 21,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.31% 88.87% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,337 10,055 15,463
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 198 227
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.00 £23.23
Median hourly rate £29.29 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% -12.50% +7.47%
75th Percentile £48.94 £53.75 £64.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.44 £80.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.02
% change year-on-year -40.82% +3.61% +53.35%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Containerisation in London

Containerisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Containerisation in London

Containerisation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Containerisation in London over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Containerisation in London

Containerisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Containerisation in London

Containerisation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the London region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Central London +8 57 £610 -3.37% 44
South London +16 20 £525 - 1
East London +17 7 £585 +30.00% 5
West London -9 2 £425 +76.72% 2
Containerisation
England

Containerisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (2.23%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.01%) Apache
3 7 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.12%) Confluence
4 5 (1.12%) nginx
5 4 (0.89%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.45%) Camunda
7 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) CMS
8 1 (0.22%) DataSynapse
8 1 (0.22%) Drupal
8 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) InVision
2 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.12%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.67%) Endur
3 2 (0.45%) Cloudability
3 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 244 (54.46%) AWS
2 163 (36.38%) Azure
3 93 (20.76%) GCP
4 79 (17.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 72 (16.07%) Serverless
6 70 (15.63%) GitHub
7 53 (11.83%) Amazon S3
8 46 (10.27%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (10.27%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (10.04%) AWS Lambda
10 42 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (6.70%) Amazon EC2
12 26 (5.80%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (4.46%) OpenShift
14 18 (4.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (4.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 17 (3.79%) Azure AKS
15 17 (3.79%) Datadog
16 15 (3.35%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (3.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.13%) DNS
2 21 (4.69%) Firewall
3 20 (4.46%) HTTP
4 17 (3.79%) TCP/IP
5 15 (3.35%) VPN
6 8 (1.79%) DHCP
6 8 (1.79%) Internet
7 6 (1.34%) Network Security
7 6 (1.34%) SSL
8 4 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.89%) VLAN
8 4 (0.89%) WAN
9 3 (0.67%) DSL
10 2 (0.45%) BGP
10 2 (0.45%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.45%) MPLS
10 2 (0.45%) SAN
10 2 (0.45%) SSH
10 2 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (13.62%) Amazon RDS
2 57 (12.72%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (6.47%) NoSQL
4 26 (5.80%) Relational Database
5 21 (4.69%) DynamoDB
6 16 (3.57%) Amazon Aurora
6 16 (3.57%) MongoDB
7 15 (3.35%) Big Data
8 11 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.01%) Hadoop
9 9 (2.01%) MySQL
10 7 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.56%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.56%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (1.34%) Redis
12 5 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.89%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 101 (22.54%) Jenkins
2 77 (17.19%) GitLab
3 57 (12.72%) Git
4 24 (5.36%) JUnit
5 23 (5.13%) SonarQube
6 21 (4.69%) JIRA
7 19 (4.24%) Gradle
8 18 (4.02%) Maven
9 16 (3.57%) Mockito
10 11 (2.46%) Liquibase
11 9 (2.01%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.56%) Selenium
13 6 (1.34%) Cypress.io
14 5 (1.12%) JMeter
14 5 (1.12%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.89%) git-flow
15 4 (0.89%) REST Assured
15 4 (0.89%) Robot Framework
General
1 113 (25.22%) Social Skills
2 108 (24.11%) Finance
3 73 (16.29%) Public Sector
4 53 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.48%) Banking
6 25 (5.58%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.57%) Marketing
8 15 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.68%) Electronics
9 12 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.34%) Publishing
13 5 (1.12%) Billing
13 5 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.12%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.89%) Back Office
15 3 (0.67%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.67%) Automotive
15 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (23.44%) Developer
2 71 (15.85%) Architect
2 71 (15.85%) Senior
3 63 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 33 (7.37%) Java Developer
5 30 (6.70%) AWS Engineer
6 29 (6.47%) Software Engineer
7 26 (5.80%) Lead
8 24 (5.36%) AWS Architect
8 24 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (4.69%) Senior Developer
10 20 (4.46%) AWS DevOps
11 18 (4.02%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (3.79%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (3.79%) Consultant
13 16 (3.57%) Python Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (12.95%) Kafka
2 51 (11.38%) Spring
3 43 (9.60%) RESTful
4 41 (9.15%) Node.js
5 38 (8.48%) React
6 37 (8.26%) .NET
7 35 (7.81%) Spring Boot
8 32 (7.14%) REST
9 24 (5.36%) Elastic Stack
10 21 (4.69%) OAuth
11 20 (4.46%) Swagger
12 19 (4.24%) GraphQL
13 17 (3.79%) OpenAPI
14 16 (3.57%) JSON
15 15 (3.35%) .NET Framework
15 15 (3.35%) OAuth2
15 15 (3.35%) SOAP
16 13 (2.90%) AngularJS
16 13 (2.90%) Entity Framework
17 12 (2.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.52%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.46%) Public Cloud
4 17 (3.79%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.79%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.34%) Grid Computing
9 5 (1.12%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.12%) PKI
9 5 (1.12%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.85%) Linux
2 20 (4.46%) Unix
2 20 (4.46%) Windows
3 8 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.12%) VMS
6 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.45%) Android
7 2 (0.45%) CentOS
8 1 (0.22%) AIX
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
8 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (57.37%) CI/CD
2 245 (54.69%) DevOps
3 173 (38.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (31.25%) Agile
5 111 (24.78%) Microservices
6 99 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (14.29%) Migration
8 62 (13.84%) Software Engineering
9 59 (13.17%) High Availability
9 59 (13.17%) Test Automation
10 53 (11.83%) Configuration Management
11 47 (10.49%) TDD
12 46 (10.27%) Mentoring
13 43 (9.60%) Artificial Intelligence
13 43 (9.60%) Event-Driven
14 42 (9.38%) Observability
15 39 (8.71%) Full-Stack Development
15 39 (8.71%) Open Source
15 39 (8.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 38 (8.48%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 181 (40.40%) Python
2 122 (27.23%) Java
3 80 (17.86%) SQL
4 63 (14.06%) Bash
5 48 (10.71%) JavaScript
6 45 (10.04%) TypeScript
7 40 (8.93%) PowerShell
8 37 (8.26%) Go
9 36 (8.04%) C#
10 18 (4.02%) Shell Script
11 13 (2.90%) Bicep
12 12 (2.68%) C++
13 11 (2.46%) Ruby
14 9 (2.01%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.79%) Perl
15 8 (1.79%) RPG
15 8 (1.79%) RPG IV
16 4 (0.89%) Groovy
16 4 (0.89%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 110 (24.55%) Security Cleared
2 100 (22.32%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.15%) AWS Certification
4 33 (7.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 28 (6.25%) Degree
6 17 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.23%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.45%) CCNA
11 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.45%) PhD
11 2 (0.45%) RHCE
11 2 (0.45%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.37%) QA
2 20 (4.46%) GDPR
3 9 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.79%) NIST
5 7 (1.56%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.34%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.34%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.12%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) EMIR
8 1 (0.22%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) MiFID
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 286 (63.84%) Docker
2 16 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.67%) Platform Symphony
6 2 (0.45%) HDFS
7 1 (0.22%) iptables
7 1 (0.22%) KVM
7 1 (0.22%) Postfix
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 262 (58.48%) Kubernetes
2 185 (41.29%) Terraform
3 87 (19.42%) Ansible
4 43 (9.60%) Grafana
5 42 (9.38%) Prometheus
6 34 (7.59%) Puppet
7 28 (6.25%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.90%) Argo
9 9 (2.01%) Istio
10 7 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.12%) Kibana
11 5 (1.12%) SCCM
12 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.67%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.67%) Nessus
13 3 (0.67%) NetBackup
14 2 (0.45%) linkerd
14 2 (0.45%) Rancher
14 2 (0.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 53 (11.83%) Google
2 39 (8.71%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.46%) Splunk
4 15 (3.35%) Oracle
4 15 (3.35%) SAP
5 13 (2.90%) IBM
5 13 (2.90%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.68%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.79%) TIBCO
8 7 (1.56%) VMware
9 6 (1.34%) CA Agile Central
9 6 (1.34%) Databricks
9 6 (1.34%) F5
9 6 (1.34%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.89%) Adobe
10 4 (0.89%) Cisco
10 4 (0.89%) Murex
10 4 (0.89%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.89%) Solace
11 3 (0.67%) HP