Podman Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Podman
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Podman skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 124 141
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 -
Contract jobs citing Podman 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.046% 0.11%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.88% 0.38% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £630
25th Percentile £500 £663 £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -25.85% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £538 £688 -
90th Percentile £560 - -
South East median daily rate £501 £475 £700
% change year-on-year +5.37% -32.14% -

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

Podman 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 266 260 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.70% 11.99% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 198 242
10th Percentile £250 £325 £205
25th Percentile £372 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -12.17% +12.47%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £675
90th Percentile £640 £685 £738
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -2.40% -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.60 £30.46
25th Percentile £18.90 £30.00 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -29.75% -15.83%
75th Percentile £76.00 £36.75 -
90th Percentile £86.32 £37.50 £49.20
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £35.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.99% -36.21% +14.86%

Podman
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Podman relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Podman job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Podman
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Podman.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Podman

Podman
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Podman within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Berkshire +20 4 £501 -25.85%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £550 - 3
Podman
South East

Podman
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (80.00%) GitLab
1 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
1 4 (80.00%) REST Assured
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Law
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Java Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Java Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) ARM Templates
1 4 (80.00%) Java EE
1 4 (80.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Software Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) AI Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
2 4 (80.00%) Docker Swarm
2 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (80.00%) Terraform
3 1 (20.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Zscaler