Containerisation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Containerization
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Containerisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Containerisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 153 157
Rank change year-on-year +88 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 355 213 417
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.58% 1.39% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 1.58% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 161 308
10th Percentile £406 £400 £463
25th Percentile £463 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £691
90th Percentile £665 £688 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - - £66.90
25th Percentile £25.25 £67.50 £68.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £70.00 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.57% -1.41% +5.97%
75th Percentile £25.75 £72.50 £87.00
90th Percentile - - £96.30
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £70.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year -62.14% +2.19% +26.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Containerisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Containerisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Containerisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Containerisation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Containerisation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Containerisation.

Containerisation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Containerisation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Containerisation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Containerisation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Containerisation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Containerisation.

Containerisation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Containerisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (3.94%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.10%) Apache
2 11 (3.10%) Confluence
3 4 (1.13%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.85%) CMS
4 3 (0.85%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.56%) Camunda
5 2 (0.56%) nginx
5 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) DataSynapse
6 1 (0.28%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) InVision
1 1 (0.28%) Notion
1 1 (0.28%) Sketch
1 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Actimize
1 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 179 (50.42%) AWS
2 134 (37.75%) Azure
3 70 (19.72%) GCP
4 68 (19.15%) Serverless
5 51 (14.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 46 (12.96%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (12.68%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (12.39%) Amazon S3
9 39 (10.99%) Amazon EKS
10 37 (10.42%) GitHub
11 27 (7.61%) Amazon EC2
12 22 (6.20%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (4.79%) Azure AKS
14 16 (4.51%) IaaS
14 16 (4.51%) OpenShift
14 16 (4.51%) PaaS
15 15 (4.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (3.66%) Azure Functions
17 11 (3.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.76%) HTTP
2 20 (5.63%) DNS
3 16 (4.51%) TCP/IP
4 11 (3.10%) Firewall
5 8 (2.25%) Network Security
6 7 (1.97%) Internet
7 6 (1.69%) VSAN
8 5 (1.41%) VPN
9 4 (1.13%) DHCP
9 4 (1.13%) SSH
9 4 (1.13%) SSL
10 3 (0.85%) Wireless
11 2 (0.56%) 3GPP
11 2 (0.56%) 4G
11 2 (0.56%) 5G
11 2 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.56%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.56%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.28%) NX-OS
12 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.24%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (10.70%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (7.61%) Relational Database
4 23 (6.48%) NoSQL
5 22 (6.20%) MySQL
6 19 (5.35%) SQL Server
7 18 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (4.79%) MongoDB
9 13 (3.66%) Amazon Aurora
9 13 (3.66%) Big Data
10 12 (3.38%) KDB
10 12 (3.38%) Kdb+
11 11 (3.10%) Hadoop
12 10 (2.82%) Redis
13 9 (2.54%) Data Lake
14 8 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.97%) DynamoDB
16 6 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
17 5 (1.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 87 (24.51%) Jenkins
2 63 (17.75%) GitLab
3 50 (14.08%) Git
4 28 (7.89%) JIRA
5 19 (5.35%) JUnit
6 14 (3.94%) Gradle
6 14 (3.94%) Mockito
7 12 (3.38%) Cucumber
8 11 (3.10%) SonarQube
9 9 (2.54%) Liquibase
9 9 (2.54%) REST Assured
10 7 (1.97%) Selenium
11 6 (1.69%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.69%) Jasmine
11 6 (1.69%) JMeter
11 6 (1.69%) Maven
12 5 (1.41%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.41%) MLflow
12 5 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (1.13%) Serenity BDD
General
1 105 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.18%) Public Sector
3 46 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.73%) Banking
4 31 (8.73%) Finance
5 18 (5.07%) Investment Banking
6 9 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.41%) Law
9 4 (1.13%) Police
10 3 (0.85%) Front Office
11 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.56%) Legal
12 1 (0.28%) Back Office
12 1 (0.28%) Electronics
12 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.28%) Marketing
12 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (26.48%) Developer
2 82 (23.10%) Senior
3 68 (19.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (13.52%) Architect
5 28 (7.89%) Senior Developer
6 26 (7.32%) Lead
7 24 (6.76%) Java Developer
7 24 (6.76%) Software Engineer
8 22 (6.20%) Senior DevOps
9 21 (5.92%) AWS Architect
9 21 (5.92%) Python Developer
9 21 (5.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.79%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (3.94%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.66%) AWS DevOps
12 13 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (3.38%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.38%) Consultant
13 12 (3.38%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (3.38%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (11.55%) Kafka
1 41 (11.55%) RESTful
2 35 (9.86%) .NET
3 34 (9.58%) Spring
4 30 (8.45%) Spring Boot
5 29 (8.17%) Elastic Stack
6 25 (7.04%) OpenAPI
6 25 (7.04%) React
6 25 (7.04%) REST
6 25 (7.04%) Swagger
7 21 (5.92%) OAuth
8 20 (5.63%) Node.js
9 18 (5.07%) ARM Templates
10 13 (3.66%) .NET Core
11 11 (3.10%) AngularJS
12 10 (2.82%) ASP.NET
12 10 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
13 9 (2.54%) JWT
14 8 (2.25%) AWS CDK
14 8 (2.25%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.73%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.76%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (3.66%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.25%) PKI
7 6 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.41%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.13%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.13%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.13%) Replication
10 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.85%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.85%) iPad
10 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 88 (24.79%) Linux
2 25 (7.04%) Windows
3 20 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.25%) Unix
5 6 (1.69%) VMS
6 5 (1.41%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.85%) SUSE
7 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.56%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) AIX
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.28%) Android
9 1 (0.28%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (60.56%) CI/CD
2 178 (50.14%) DevOps
3 121 (34.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 117 (32.96%) Microservices
5 113 (31.83%) Agile
6 85 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 64 (18.03%) Test Automation
9 62 (17.46%) Continuous Integration
10 55 (15.49%) High Availability
11 42 (11.83%) Mentoring
11 42 (11.83%) Migration
12 38 (10.70%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (9.58%) Configuration Management
13 34 (9.58%) Full-Stack Development
14 32 (9.01%) Deployment Automation
14 32 (9.01%) SDLC
15 31 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (8.45%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 28 (7.89%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 164 (46.20%) Python
2 77 (21.69%) Bash
2 77 (21.69%) Java
3 66 (18.59%) SQL
4 45 (12.68%) JavaScript
5 39 (10.99%) C#
6 38 (10.70%) PowerShell
7 31 (8.73%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.07%) C++
9 11 (3.10%) Go
10 9 (2.54%) Perl
11 8 (2.25%) PHP
12 7 (1.97%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.69%) Bicep
13 6 (1.69%) Scala
14 4 (1.13%) R
14 4 (1.13%) Rust
15 3 (0.85%) Groovy
15 3 (0.85%) Ruby
16 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 114 (32.11%) Security Cleared
2 108 (30.42%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.45%) AWS Certification
4 24 (6.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 21 (5.92%) Degree
6 13 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.10%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.69%) MCSE
10 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.85%) CISSP
10 3 (0.85%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.79%) QA
2 16 (4.51%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.54%) NCSC
3 9 (2.54%) NIST
4 8 (2.25%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.41%) GDPR
7 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.56%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.28%) MiFID
9 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 234 (65.92%) Docker
2 18 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.97%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.13%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.56%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.28%) Ceph
7 1 (0.28%) NFS
7 1 (0.28%) Platform Symphony
7 1 (0.28%) Samba
7 1 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 234 (65.92%) Kubernetes
2 124 (34.93%) Terraform
3 82 (23.10%) Ansible
4 51 (14.37%) Grafana
5 40 (11.27%) Prometheus
6 27 (7.61%) Puppet
7 20 (5.63%) Progress Chef
8 13 (3.66%) Argo
9 6 (1.69%) Kibana
10 5 (1.41%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.41%) Perfmon
10 5 (1.41%) Podman
11 4 (1.13%) Kubeflow
11 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.85%) Istio
12 3 (0.85%) Nagios
12 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (8.45%) Google
2 23 (6.48%) Red Hat
3 20 (5.63%) VMware
4 18 (5.07%) Microsoft
5 15 (4.23%) Oracle
6 9 (2.54%) Cisco
7 8 (2.25%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.69%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.41%) New Relic
9 5 (1.41%) SAP
9 5 (1.41%) Splunk
10 4 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.85%) Databricks
11 3 (0.85%) IBM
11 3 (0.85%) Imperva
12 2 (0.56%) Informatica
12 2 (0.56%) Mapbox
12 2 (0.56%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.56%) Qualys