Docker Contract Job Trends
Docker
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 57 | 40 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | +12 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing Docker | 2,113 | 1,725 | 1,421 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 3.82% | 5.18% | 3.79% |
| As % of the System Software category | 38.59% | 42.21% | 33.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,457 | 1,120 | 986 |
| 10th Percentile | £368 | £379 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £438 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £700 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £519 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.25% | -3.61% | -5.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 11 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.00 | £61.25 | £61.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.74 | £63.63 | £66.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £67.00 | £80.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.48% | -16.25% | +10.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | £73.50 | £85.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £98.82 | £95.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £67.00 | £80.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.48% | -16.25% | +14.29% |
All System Software Skills
UK
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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 5,476 | 4,087 | 4,302 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 9.91% | 12.27% | 11.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,610 | 2,587 | 2,804 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £213 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £378 | £371 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £588 | £608 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £475 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 257 | 131 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.60 | £14.99 | £15.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £17.56 | £21.05 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.33 | £27.50 | £37.08 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +119.38% | -25.84% | -25.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £74.00 | £67.00 | £69.92 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £88.00 | £80.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £54.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.74% | +8.00% | +25.00% |
Docker Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Docker relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Docker Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Docker.
Docker Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Docker Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Docker.
Docker Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Docker over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Docker Top 17 Contract Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -23 | 1,738 | £525 | - | 1,983 |
| London | -17 | 892 | £550 | - | 1,029 |
| UK excluding London | -27 | 892 | £489 | -2.25% | 1,102 |
| Work from Home | -12 | 671 | £525 | +3.91% | 998 |
| North of England | -21 | 307 | £475 | - | 300 |
| Midlands | -30 | 167 | £468 | -10.86% | 108 |
| South East | -22 | 143 | £541 | +13.95% | 212 |
| West Midlands | -32 | 137 | £470 | -12.48% | 72 |
| South West | +5 | 131 | £550 | -12.00% | 193 |
| Yorkshire | -17 | 126 | £500 | - | 79 |
| North West | -41 | 120 | £500 | +11.11% | 173 |
| Scotland | -20 | 81 | £440 | -12.00% | 112 |
| North East | -11 | 64 | £425 | -10.53% | 52 |
| East of England | -14 | 48 | £463 | -11.90% | 84 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 29 | £402 | -6.29% | 36 |
| Wales | -4 | 23 | £538 | +13.16% | 33 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 3 | £375 | - | 63 |
Docker Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMware Infrastructure | 2.7% | 56 |
| 2 | Active Directory | 2.5% | 52 |
| 3 | Virtual Machines | 1.3% | 27 |
| 4 | Hyper-V | 1.2% | 26 |
| 5 | vSphere | 0.9% | 20 |
| 6 | VMware NSX | 0.9% | 19 |
| 7 | VMware ESXi | 0.4% | 9 |
| 8 | NFS | 0.4% | 8 |
| 9 | KVM | 0.3% | 6 |
| 9 | Virtual Desktop | 0.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Microsoft App-V | 0.2% | 5 |
| 12 | Apache ZooKeeper | 0.2% | 4 |
| 12 | GPFS | 0.2% | 4 |
| 12 | HDFS | 0.2% | 4 |
| 12 | Slurm Workload Manager | 0.2% | 4 |
| 16 | BitLocker | 0.1% | 3 |
| 16 | Postfix | 0.1% | 3 |
| 16 | Terminal Services | 0.1% | 3 |
| 19 | DFS Replication | 0.1% | 2 |
| 19 | Dovecot | 0.1% | 2 |