Docker Contracts in the UK excluding London

Docker
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Docker skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Docker over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 65 54
Rank change year-on-year -27 -11 -6
Contract jobs citing Docker 439 807 1,248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.14% 3.45% 4.10%
As % of the System Software category 18.12% 22.80% 27.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 589 889
10th Percentile £400 £425 £413
25th Percentile £444 £479 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +12.63%
75th Percentile £615 £644 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £680
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 12
10th Percentile £49.63 £59.80 £41.81
25th Percentile £64.06 £61.25 £44.33
Median hourly rate £79.00 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% +47.37% -13.64%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £52.45
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.50 £64.70
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +36.36% +12.82%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

Docker is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,423 3,540 4,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.83% 15.15% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,641 2,547 3,254
10th Percentile £178 £181 £158
25th Percentile £285 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £560
90th Percentile £650 £675 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 186 239
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.51 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 £41.88 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -52.36% +131.16% +2.06%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.40 £71.88 £50.77
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -8.05%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Docker as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Docker in the UK excluding London

Docker
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Docker in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Docker in the UK excluding London

Docker
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Docker in the UK excluding London

Docker
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Docker in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Docker in the UK excluding London

Docker
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Docker in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Docker in the UK excluding London

Docker
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
North of England -36 119 £550 -4.35% 112
South West -19 86 £550 -2.22% 77
South East -43 86 £550 -5.17% 84
Scotland -2 80 £460 -3.97% 39
Yorkshire +16 57 £550 - 37
North West -52 52 £550 - 68
Midlands +17 31 £500 - 54
West Midlands +2 19 £619 +15.12% 24
Wales +31 18 £506 -3.57% 15
East of England -7 17 £625 +16.28% 35
East Midlands +19 12 £424 -11.72% 30
North East -11 10 £405 -42.14% 8
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 8
Docker
UK

Docker
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 33 (7.52%) Confluence
2 26 (5.92%) Apache
2 26 (5.92%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.96%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.82%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.59%) nginx
6 6 (1.37%) JBoss
7 4 (0.91%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.91%) SAS
8 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.46%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.46%) Traefik
10 1 (0.23%) Camunda
10 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 2 (0.46%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 245 (55.81%) AWS
2 154 (35.08%) Azure
3 67 (15.26%) OpenShift
4 51 (11.62%) GCP
5 44 (10.02%) Serverless
6 40 (9.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (8.66%) Amazon S3
8 34 (7.74%) GitHub
9 33 (7.52%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (6.83%) Amazon EC2
10 30 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (5.47%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (4.33%) Snowflake
13 15 (3.42%) Entra ID
13 15 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (2.96%) Azure AKS
16 11 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
16 11 (2.51%) AWS CodePipeline
17 10 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.52%) VPN
2 24 (5.47%) Firewall
3 22 (5.01%) DNS
4 21 (4.78%) Network Security
5 14 (3.19%) HTTP
6 13 (2.96%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.28%) AMQP
7 10 (2.28%) BGP
7 10 (2.28%) Ethernet VPN
7 10 (2.28%) MPLS
7 10 (2.28%) Radio Access Network
8 8 (1.82%) 5G
9 4 (0.91%) Diameter Protocol
9 4 (0.91%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (0.91%) IPv4
9 4 (0.91%) iSCSI
9 4 (0.91%) LTE
9 4 (0.91%) MQTT
9 4 (0.91%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.91%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (14.81%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (10.93%) NoSQL
3 45 (10.25%) Relational Database
4 30 (6.83%) Elasticsearch
5 27 (6.15%) MySQL
6 22 (5.01%) MongoDB
7 20 (4.56%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.51%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.28%) Amazon Aurora
9 10 (2.28%) DynamoDB
9 10 (2.28%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.05%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.82%) Flink
11 8 (1.82%) InfluxDB
12 7 (1.59%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 133 (30.30%) Jenkins
2 107 (24.37%) Git
3 85 (19.36%) GitLab
4 72 (16.40%) JIRA
5 37 (8.43%) SonarQube
6 34 (7.74%) JUnit
7 24 (5.47%) Cucumber
8 21 (4.78%) Postman
9 18 (4.10%) Selenium
10 13 (2.96%) REST Assured
10 13 (2.96%) Travis CI
11 12 (2.73%) Maven
12 11 (2.51%) Robot Framework
13 10 (2.28%) Artifactory
13 10 (2.28%) TestRail
14 9 (2.05%) Bitbucket
14 9 (2.05%) CircleCI
14 9 (2.05%) Mockito
14 9 (2.05%) TeamCity
14 9 (2.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (17.31%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.34%) Public Sector
3 29 (6.61%) Finance
4 24 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (3.87%) Banking
6 12 (2.73%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.05%) Law
7 9 (2.05%) Legal
7 9 (2.05%) Retail
8 8 (1.82%) Police
9 4 (0.91%) Investment Banking
9 4 (0.91%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.68%) Marketing
11 2 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.46%) Electronics
12 1 (0.23%) Games
12 1 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Publishing
12 1 (0.23%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 120 (27.33%) Developer
2 101 (23.01%) DevOps Engineer
3 52 (11.85%) Java Developer
4 44 (10.02%) Senior
5 31 (7.06%) AWS Engineer
6 28 (6.38%) AWS DevOps
7 26 (5.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 24 (5.47%) Architect
9 21 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (4.56%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 20 (4.56%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.33%) Lead
12 18 (4.10%) Site Engineer
13 17 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (3.42%) Test Engineer
15 14 (3.19%) Full Stack Developer
15 14 (3.19%) Platform Engineer
16 13 (2.96%) Data Engineer
17 11 (2.51%) Python Developer
17 11 (2.51%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (18.45%) REST
2 72 (16.40%) Spring Boot
3 60 (13.67%) Spring
4 49 (11.16%) React
5 46 (10.48%) Kafka
6 39 (8.88%) Elastic Stack
6 39 (8.88%) RESTful
7 36 (8.20%) Node.js
8 23 (5.24%) .NET
9 21 (4.78%) GraphQL
10 20 (4.56%) CSS
10 20 (4.56%) HTML
11 19 (4.33%) Web Services
11 19 (4.33%) YAML
12 18 (4.10%) AWS CDK
12 18 (4.10%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (3.64%) ARM Templates
13 16 (3.64%) JSON
13 16 (3.64%) XML
14 15 (3.42%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.15%) Public Cloud
2 26 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.56%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.56%) Data Structures
4 13 (2.96%) NHS
5 12 (2.73%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.82%) PKI
8 7 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.14%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.14%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.14%) Verilog
10 5 (1.14%) VHDL
11 4 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.91%) NVMe
11 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (23.92%) Linux
2 39 (8.88%) Windows
3 26 (5.92%) Unix
4 24 (5.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (3.64%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.37%) CentOS
6 6 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.37%) VMS
7 4 (0.91%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Android
8 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (55.58%) DevOps
2 207 (47.15%) CI/CD
3 153 (34.85%) Agile
4 144 (32.80%) Containerisation
5 98 (22.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 80 (18.22%) Scrum
7 75 (17.08%) Microservices
8 69 (15.72%) Continuous Integration
9 64 (14.58%) Test Automation
10 58 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (11.85%) Software Engineering
12 50 (11.39%) TDD
13 47 (10.71%) Configuration Management
14 42 (9.57%) Unit Testing
15 37 (8.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 33 (7.52%) Computer Science
17 32 (7.29%) High Availability
17 32 (7.29%) Kanban
18 31 (7.06%) Full Stack Development
19 27 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 173 (39.41%) Python
2 143 (32.57%) Java
3 99 (22.55%) SQL
4 68 (15.49%) Bash
5 50 (11.39%) JavaScript
6 46 (10.48%) PowerShell
7 42 (9.57%) Go
8 35 (7.97%) TypeScript
9 32 (7.29%) Scala
10 28 (6.38%) C
11 25 (5.69%) Ruby
12 24 (5.47%) Shell Script
13 16 (3.64%) C#
14 13 (2.96%) Perl
15 11 (2.51%) C++
15 11 (2.51%) Groovy
16 10 (2.28%) PHP
17 9 (2.05%) Kotlin
18 6 (1.37%) PL/SQL
19 4 (0.91%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 125 (28.47%) Security Cleared
2 72 (16.40%) SC Cleared
3 62 (14.12%) DV Cleared
4 25 (5.69%) Degree
5 18 (4.10%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.46%) RHCE
9 2 (0.46%) SANS
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.23%) GIAC
10 1 (0.23%) Linux+ Certification
10 1 (0.23%) LPIC
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.56%) QA
2 19 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.14%) NIST
4 4 (0.91%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.68%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.68%) NCSC
5 3 (0.68%) WCAG
6 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.46%) GDPR
6 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.82%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.14%) NFS
6 4 (0.91%) GPFS
7 3 (0.68%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.68%) LXC
7 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.68%) vSphere
8 2 (0.46%) Ceph
8 2 (0.46%) HDFS
8 2 (0.46%) KVM
8 2 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.46%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.23%) Lustre
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 297 (67.65%) Kubernetes
2 175 (39.86%) Terraform
3 128 (29.16%) Ansible
4 63 (14.35%) Grafana
5 61 (13.90%) Prometheus
6 38 (8.66%) Progress Chef
7 34 (7.74%) Docker Swarm
8 28 (6.38%) Puppet
9 24 (5.47%) Kibana
10 16 (3.64%) Podman
11 12 (2.73%) Istio
12 11 (2.51%) HP Fortify
13 10 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (1.82%) logstash
14 8 (1.82%) Rancher
14 8 (1.82%) Zipkin
15 6 (1.37%) Graylog
15 6 (1.37%) Nagios
16 5 (1.14%) Nessus
16 5 (1.14%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 40 (9.11%) Splunk
2 30 (6.83%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.83%) VMware
3 21 (4.78%) Oracle
4 20 (4.56%) Google
5 18 (4.10%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.96%) Atlassian
7 12 (2.73%) Databricks
8 7 (1.59%) Checkmarx
9 6 (1.37%) EMC
9 6 (1.37%) WSO2
10 5 (1.14%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.14%) IBM
10 5 (1.14%) Veracode
11 4 (0.91%) Brocade
11 4 (0.91%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.91%) NetApp
11 4 (0.91%) Sybase
11 4 (0.91%) Veritas
12 3 (0.68%) Salesforce