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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 136 171
Rank change year-on-year +77 +35 +5
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 389 238 347
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.99% 1.62% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 1.86% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 181 258
10th Percentile £400 £413 £463
25th Percentile £453 £488 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £542 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.14% -9.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £700
90th Percentile £653 £688 £788
UK median daily rate £528 £550 £615
% change year-on-year -4.09% -10.57% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £66.45
25th Percentile £25.25 £67.50 £67.13
Median hourly rate £25.50 £70.00 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.57% +2.19% +2.24%
75th Percentile £25.75 £72.50 £70.13
90th Percentile - - £70.95
UK median hourly rate £78.70 £70.00 £73.00
% change year-on-year +12.43% -4.11% +30.65%

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 8,910 12,791 21,325
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.47% 87.13% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,041 8,605 15,140
10th Percentile £328 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 573 494
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.03 £18.49
25th Percentile £18.36 £24.00 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.89 £43.00 £51.57
Median % change year-on-year -16.53% -16.61% +27.32%
75th Percentile £65.25 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.90 £78.53
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% +7.14% +34.62%

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 17 June 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 10 (2.57%) Confluence
2 9 (2.31%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.80%) Apache
4 2 (0.51%) Camunda
4 2 (0.51%) CMS
4 2 (0.51%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.51%) nginx
4 2 (0.51%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) DataSynapse
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) JBoss
5 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.26%) InVision
1 1 (0.26%) Notion
1 1 (0.26%) Sketch
1 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.51%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 202 (51.93%) AWS
2 141 (36.25%) Azure
3 79 (20.31%) GCP
4 72 (18.51%) Serverless
5 60 (15.42%) AWS CloudFormation
6 51 (13.11%) AWS Lambda
7 50 (12.85%) Amazon S3
8 48 (12.34%) GitHub
9 47 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (11.57%) Amazon EKS
11 31 (7.97%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (7.20%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (5.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 19 (4.88%) OpenShift
15 17 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
16 14 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
17 13 (3.34%) Azure AKS
18 10 (2.57%) Amazon Kinesis
18 10 (2.57%) Azure Functions
18 10 (2.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.40%) HTTP
2 20 (5.14%) DNS
3 16 (4.11%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.34%) Network Security
5 8 (2.06%) Firewall
5 8 (2.06%) Internet
6 5 (1.29%) VPN
7 4 (1.03%) DHCP
7 4 (1.03%) SSH
8 3 (0.77%) SSL
9 2 (0.51%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.51%) 4G
9 2 (0.51%) 5G
9 2 (0.51%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.51%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.51%) SMS
9 2 (0.51%) Wireless
10 1 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (13.11%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (11.57%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (8.74%) Relational Database
4 29 (7.46%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.40%) MySQL
6 17 (4.37%) DynamoDB
6 17 (4.37%) MongoDB
7 16 (4.11%) Amazon Aurora
7 16 (4.11%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.08%) KDB
9 12 (3.08%) Kdb+
10 11 (2.83%) Redis
11 10 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (2.31%) Big Data
13 8 (2.06%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.80%) GIS
14 7 (1.80%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 110 (28.28%) Jenkins
2 76 (19.54%) GitLab
3 56 (14.40%) Git
4 34 (8.74%) JIRA
5 28 (7.20%) JUnit
6 24 (6.17%) Mockito
7 20 (5.14%) SonarQube
8 18 (4.63%) Gradle
9 13 (3.34%) Liquibase
9 13 (3.34%) Maven
10 11 (2.83%) Cucumber
11 10 (2.57%) REST Assured
12 9 (2.31%) Bitbucket
13 8 (2.06%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.80%) Selenium
15 6 (1.54%) CircleCI
15 6 (1.54%) JMeter
16 5 (1.29%) IntelliJ
16 5 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
17 4 (1.03%) LoadRunner
General
1 129 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.71%) Public Sector
3 51 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.00%) Finance
5 34 (8.74%) Banking
6 16 (4.11%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.29%) Law
9 4 (1.03%) Police
9 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.77%) Front Office
10 3 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.51%) Legal
11 2 (0.51%) Marketing
11 2 (0.51%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.26%) Aviation
12 1 (0.26%) iGaming
12 1 (0.26%) Retail
12 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 120 (30.85%) Developer
2 84 (21.59%) Senior
3 77 (19.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 51 (13.11%) Architect
5 36 (9.25%) Java Developer
6 33 (8.48%) Senior Developer
7 32 (8.23%) Lead
8 25 (6.43%) Senior DevOps
9 24 (6.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 23 (5.91%) AWS Architect
11 21 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
12 20 (5.14%) Lead Developer
12 20 (5.14%) Software Engineer
13 18 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (4.63%) Python Developer
14 17 (4.37%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (4.11%) .NET Developer
15 16 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (3.86%) AWS DevOps
16 15 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.60%) RESTful
1 49 (12.60%) Spring
2 44 (11.31%) .NET
3 42 (10.80%) Kafka
4 39 (10.03%) Spring Boot
5 36 (9.25%) REST
6 35 (9.00%) React
7 29 (7.46%) Elastic Stack
8 28 (7.20%) OAuth
9 27 (6.94%) Node.js
10 26 (6.68%) OpenAPI
10 26 (6.68%) Swagger
11 24 (6.17%) AngularJS
12 16 (4.11%) ARM Templates
13 15 (3.86%) .NET Core
14 12 (3.08%) HTML
15 11 (2.83%) ASP.NET
15 11 (2.83%) JWT
16 10 (2.57%) CSS
16 10 (2.57%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.54%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.83%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.03%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.51%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 88 (22.62%) Linux
2 21 (5.40%) Windows
3 13 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.80%) VMS
5 5 (1.29%) Unix
6 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.77%) CentOS
7 3 (0.77%) SUSE
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.51%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) AIX
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Solaris
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (61.70%) CI/CD
2 211 (54.24%) DevOps
3 137 (35.22%) Agile
4 135 (34.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 122 (31.36%) Microservices
6 100 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (17.74%) Test Automation
8 65 (16.71%) Software Engineering
9 55 (14.14%) Continuous Integration
10 48 (12.34%) High Availability
11 47 (12.08%) Mentoring
12 45 (11.57%) Migration
13 39 (10.03%) SDLC
13 39 (10.03%) TDD
14 38 (9.77%) Technical Leadership
15 36 (9.25%) Deployment Automation
15 36 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (9.00%) Configuration Management
17 34 (8.74%) Full-Stack Development
18 31 (7.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 166 (42.67%) Python
2 100 (25.71%) Java
3 82 (21.08%) Bash
4 66 (16.97%) SQL
5 56 (14.40%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.60%) PowerShell
7 42 (10.80%) C#
8 40 (10.28%) TypeScript
9 16 (4.11%) C++
10 15 (3.86%) Go
11 9 (2.31%) Bicep
12 8 (2.06%) PHP
13 7 (1.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.54%) Perl
15 5 (1.29%) Ruby
15 5 (1.29%) Scala
16 4 (1.03%) Rust
17 3 (0.77%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.51%) Groovy
19 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 130 (33.42%) Security Cleared
2 123 (31.62%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.97%) AWS Certification
4 27 (6.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 21 (5.40%) Degree
6 12 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.83%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.77%) VCAP
12 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CISSP
12 2 (0.51%) CSSLP
12 2 (0.51%) GIAC
12 2 (0.51%) PhD
13 1 (0.26%) CCIE
13 1 (0.26%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.66%) QA
2 19 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.63%) GDPR
4 10 (2.57%) HIPAA
4 10 (2.57%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.06%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.03%) NIST
8 3 (0.77%) NCSC
8 3 (0.77%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.51%) HL7
9 2 (0.51%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.26%) DICOM
10 1 (0.26%) EMIR
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.26%) MiFID
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 264 (67.87%) Docker
2 7 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.29%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.77%) Postfix
6 2 (0.51%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.26%) Ceph
7 1 (0.26%) NFS
7 1 (0.26%) Platform Symphony
7 1 (0.26%) Samba
7 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 255 (65.55%) Kubernetes
2 141 (36.25%) Terraform
3 78 (20.05%) Ansible
4 56 (14.40%) Grafana
5 49 (12.60%) Prometheus
6 27 (6.94%) Puppet
7 21 (5.40%) Progress Chef
8 12 (3.08%) Argo
9 6 (1.54%) Podman
10 5 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.29%) HP Fortify
10 5 (1.29%) Nessus
10 5 (1.29%) Perfmon
10 5 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.03%) Packer
12 3 (0.77%) Istio
12 3 (0.77%) Nagios
12 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.77%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 34 (8.74%) Google
2 25 (6.43%) Red Hat
3 21 (5.40%) Microsoft
4 13 (3.34%) Oracle
5 11 (2.83%) Splunk
6 9 (2.31%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.31%) IBM
6 9 (2.31%) VMware
7 8 (2.06%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.54%) Qualys
9 5 (1.29%) New Relic
9 5 (1.29%) SAP
9 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.77%) Cisco
10 3 (0.77%) Citrix
10 3 (0.77%) Jaspersoft
10 3 (0.77%) Ping Identity
11 2 (0.51%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.51%) Databricks
11 2 (0.51%) Mapbox