Docker Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Docker
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -2
Contract jobs citing Docker 4 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 5.33% 7.27% 3.25%
As % of the System Software category 17.39% 32.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £551
25th Percentile - - £647
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £513 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -14.58% +20.00% -9.09%

All System Software Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 23 25 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 30.67% 22.73% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 12
10th Percentile - £167 £125
25th Percentile £213 £211 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £220 £300
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -26.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £444 £257 £597
90th Percentile £676 £476 £700
East of England median daily rate £413 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -25.00% +11.11%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Docker job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Docker
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Docker.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Docker

Docker
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 13 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
Ipswich +4 4 - - 4
Docker
East of England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (50.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (25.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Portal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (25.00%) Flask
2 1 (25.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (25.00%) gRPC
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
2 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (25.00%) Spring
2 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (25.00%) Spring WebFlux
2 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) API Development
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) UX Design
4 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Consul
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes