Hybrid/Remote Podman Contract Job Trends

Podman
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Podman skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 314 369
Rank change year-on-year +2 +55 +153
Contract jobs citing Podman 8 4 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.078% 0.034% 0.024%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.48% 0.24% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £570 - -
25th Percentile - £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £700
% change year-on-year - -17.86% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61.63
25th Percentile - - £62.19
Median hourly rate - - £63.75
75th Percentile - - £64.69
90th Percentile - - £64.88
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - £62.50

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

Podman falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,683 1,650 2,323
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.44% 14.20% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,077 1,712
10th Percentile £358 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.05% -2.42% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 48
10th Percentile £29.60 £12.18 £20.65
25th Percentile £34.50 £25.75 £37.74
Median hourly rate £54.50 £27.25 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -56.57% +14.09%
75th Percentile £68.50 £61.25 £77.67
90th Percentile £95.60 £65.00 £83.25
UK median hourly rate £41.45 £26.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +59.42% -43.70% +37.85%

Podman
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Podman and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Podman job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Podman
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Podman.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Podman

Podman
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Podman.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Podman

Podman
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) GitHub
2 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) OpenShift
3 2 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (37.50%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) System Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 4 (50.00%) Software Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) AI
4 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
4 3 (37.50%) Kanban
4 3 (37.50%) Observability
4 3 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Security Hardening
4 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) UML
4 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) Bash
3 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (37.50%) C++
4 3 (37.50%) Java
5 2 (25.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Ansible
2 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (37.50%) SELinux
4 2 (25.00%) Argo
4 2 (25.00%) Grafana
4 2 (25.00%) Prometheus
4 2 (25.00%) Proxmox
4 2 (25.00%) Terraform
5 1 (12.50%) Cilium
5 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Splunk
1 2 (25.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (12.50%) NVIDIA
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat