Docker Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Docker
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Docker 318 210 163
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 4.21% 5.34% 3.95%
As % of the System Software category 33.87% 39.33% 35.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 154 119
10th Percentile £361 £342 £356
25th Percentile £413 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £507
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -6.21% -8.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £587
90th Percentile £638 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £56.75 - -
25th Percentile £68.56 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £82.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.70% - -
75th Percentile £77.00 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £82.40 - -
England median hourly rate £69.11 £67.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +3.15% -16.25% +6.67%

All System Software Skills
North of England

Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 939 534 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.42% 13.58% 11.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 339 307
10th Percentile £191 £200 £201
25th Percentile £316 £339 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £477
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £584
90th Percentile £638 £604 £654
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 20
10th Percentile £21.48 £15.50 -
25th Percentile £26.66 £16.44 £14.06
Median hourly rate £63.75 £18.87 £17.44
Median % change year-on-year +237.84% +8.20% -6.99%
75th Percentile £91.06 £43.06 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £75.85 £37.61
England median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +80.56% +48.88% -49.48%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Docker job vacancy trend in the North of England

Docker
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Docker.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Docker

Docker
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Docker in the North of England

Docker
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Docker.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Docker

Docker
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Docker in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Docker in the North of England

Docker
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 September 2026. 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
Yorkshire +7 151 £500 - 68
North West -50 108 £500 +5.26% 158
North East +5 62 £419 -6.42% 41
Docker
England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 33 (10.38%) Apache Spark
2 30 (9.43%) Apache
2 30 (9.43%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (8.18%) Jupyter
4 16 (5.03%) Confluence
5 4 (1.26%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.94%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.31%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 210 (66.04%) AWS
2 116 (36.48%) Azure
3 77 (24.21%) GCP
4 67 (21.07%) GitHub
5 48 (15.09%) Serverless
6 46 (14.47%) GitHub Actions
7 31 (9.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 30 (9.43%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (8.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 26 (8.18%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (7.86%) Amazon ECS
12 22 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (6.60%) Amazon SQS
14 18 (5.66%) Amazon S3
15 17 (5.35%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (4.72%) OpenShift
17 12 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
18 11 (3.46%) Azure AKS
18 11 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 10 (3.14%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.97%) Firewall
2 9 (2.83%) DNS
2 9 (2.83%) Network Security
3 6 (1.89%) 3GPP
3 6 (1.89%) RTP
3 6 (1.89%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.26%) HTTP
4 4 (1.26%) VPN
5 3 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.63%) Internet
6 2 (0.63%) SSL
7 1 (0.31%) BGP
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.31%) DHCP
7 1 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) OSPF
7 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.31%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.15%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (9.12%) SQL Server
3 26 (8.18%) MongoDB
4 19 (5.97%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.35%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.09%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.14%) MySQL
7 10 (3.14%) Redis
8 9 (2.83%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.52%) Neo4j
10 7 (2.20%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.89%) DocumentDB
11 6 (1.89%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (1.57%) Hazelcast
13 4 (1.26%) Big Data
13 4 (1.26%) Flink
14 2 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 81 (25.47%) Jenkins
2 77 (24.21%) GitLab
3 69 (21.70%) Git
4 27 (8.49%) JIRA
5 20 (6.29%) Maven
6 18 (5.66%) Gatling
7 17 (5.35%) Selenium
8 14 (4.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (4.09%) Cucumber
9 13 (4.09%) JUnit
10 11 (3.46%) REST Assured
11 8 (2.52%) Gradle
11 8 (2.52%) Mockito
12 7 (2.20%) JMeter
12 7 (2.20%) Serenity BDD
12 7 (2.20%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.89%) Claude Code
13 6 (1.89%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.89%) Postman
13 6 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 78 (24.53%) Public Sector
2 59 (18.55%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.15%) Finance
4 26 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.18%) Banking
5 13 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.14%) Retail
7 7 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.89%) Military
8 6 (1.89%) Police
9 5 (1.57%) Aviation
9 5 (1.57%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.26%) Law
11 3 (0.94%) Games
12 2 (0.63%) Publishing
13 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.31%) Legal
13 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (29.56%) Developer
2 58 (18.24%) DevOps Engineer
3 53 (16.67%) Senior
4 39 (12.26%) Lead
5 33 (10.38%) Software Engineer
6 29 (9.12%) Java Developer
7 26 (8.18%) Senior Developer
8 25 (7.86%) Python Developer
9 24 (7.55%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (6.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (6.29%) Java Engineer
12 17 (5.35%) Lead Developer
12 17 (5.35%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (5.35%) Test Engineer
13 16 (5.03%) Security Engineer
14 15 (4.72%) Java Software Engineer
15 14 (4.40%) Architect
15 14 (4.40%) AWS DevOps
15 14 (4.40%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (47.48%) Terraform
2 65 (20.44%) Kafka
2 65 (20.44%) Spring
3 56 (17.61%) Spring Boot
4 55 (17.30%) REST
5 37 (11.64%) Node.js
6 29 (9.12%) React
7 27 (8.49%) RESTful
8 24 (7.55%) .NET
9 20 (6.29%) AngularJS
9 20 (6.29%) OpenTelemetry
9 20 (6.29%) Playwright
10 17 (5.35%) RabbitMQ
11 14 (4.40%) Nunjucks
11 14 (4.40%) OAuth
12 13 (4.09%) .NET Core
13 12 (3.77%) Express.js
13 12 (3.77%) HTML
13 12 (3.77%) Vue
13 12 (3.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (27.99%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.12%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.92%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (5.97%) Product Ownership
5 17 (5.35%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.52%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.20%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.89%) NHS
9 6 (1.89%) PKI
10 5 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.57%) Robotics
10 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.26%) Replication
12 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (16.98%) Linux
2 25 (7.86%) Windows
3 18 (5.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (3.46%) Unix
5 7 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (82.70%) CI/CD
2 187 (58.81%) DevOps
3 149 (46.86%) Agile
4 137 (43.08%) Containerisation
5 133 (41.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 110 (34.59%) Microservices
7 99 (31.13%) Observability
8 91 (28.62%) Test Automation
9 67 (21.07%) Software Engineering
10 52 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (14.47%) AI
13 45 (14.15%) Event-Driven
14 43 (13.52%) Full-Stack Development
15 42 (13.21%) Scrum
16 38 (11.95%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 37 (11.64%) Mentoring
18 36 (11.32%) Cloud Security
18 36 (11.32%) Platform Engineering
19 33 (10.38%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 145 (45.60%) Python
2 133 (41.82%) Java
3 69 (21.70%) SQL
4 40 (12.58%) Bash
5 39 (12.26%) JavaScript
6 33 (10.38%) PowerShell
7 31 (9.75%) TypeScript
8 20 (6.29%) Shell Script
9 18 (5.66%) C#
10 16 (5.03%) Bicep
11 14 (4.40%) Scala
12 13 (4.09%) Groovy
13 9 (2.83%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.26%) Go
15 2 (0.63%) PromQL
16 1 (0.31%) C++
16 1 (0.31%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 96 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 90 (28.30%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.92%) Degree
4 20 (6.29%) AWS Certification
4 20 (6.29%) Azure Certification
5 15 (4.72%) CISSP
6 13 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.31%) CCIE
10 1 (0.31%) CCNP
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.18%) QA
2 20 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.83%) WCAG
4 6 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.94%) GDPR
5 3 (0.94%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.63%) SEPA
7 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.31%) HL7
7 1 (0.31%) NIST
7 1 (0.31%) PSD2
7 1 (0.31%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (4.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.63%) KVM
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) NFS
4 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 236 (74.21%) Kubernetes
2 52 (16.35%) Grafana
3 46 (14.47%) Prometheus
4 39 (12.26%) Ansible
5 18 (5.66%) Progress Chef
6 10 (3.14%) HAProxy
7 7 (2.20%) Argo
8 6 (1.89%) Control-M
8 6 (1.89%) IBM Guardium
8 6 (1.89%) Kustomize
8 6 (1.89%) Nessus
8 6 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.26%) Consul
9 4 (1.26%) Istio
9 4 (1.26%) Packer
10 2 (0.63%) Podman
10 2 (0.63%) Rancher
10 2 (0.63%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.63%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.31%) SELinux
Vendors
1 39 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.75%) Google
3 21 (6.60%) Red Hat
4 19 (5.97%) Dynatrace
4 19 (5.97%) Splunk
5 14 (4.40%) Trend Micro
6 11 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.20%) CyberArk
7 7 (2.20%) IBM
7 7 (2.20%) Oracle
7 7 (2.20%) Tenable
8 6 (1.89%) Centrify
8 6 (1.89%) Databricks
8 6 (1.89%) New Relic
9 5 (1.57%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.26%) Confluent
11 3 (0.94%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.63%) Checkmarx
12 2 (0.63%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.63%) Solace