Docker Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Docker
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 38 44
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Docker 143 47 65
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 6.59% 5.29% 3.65%
As % of the System Software category 42.43% 26.86% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 29 51
10th Percentile £412 £413 £390
25th Percentile £450 £481 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £606 £588
90th Percentile £588 £650 £625
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £26.50 £66.88
% change year-on-year +145.28% -60.38% -4.45%

All System Software Skills
Yorkshire

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 in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 337 175 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.53% 19.69% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 117 215
10th Percentile £193 £208 £178
25th Percentile £325 £296 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £455 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £509
90th Percentile £575 £623 £609
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 17
10th Percentile £26.81 - -
25th Percentile £27.65 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £29.68 - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.33%
75th Percentile £31.08 - £15.19
90th Percentile £31.55 - £19.11
England median hourly rate £34.00 £30.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +10.57% +36.67% -41.56%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Docker relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Docker job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Docker
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Docker.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Docker

Docker
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Docker in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Docker in Yorkshire

Docker
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Docker.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Docker

Docker
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 March 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
South Yorkshire -13 82 £475 -10.29% 23
West Yorkshire +1 61 £500 +2.56% 39
Docker
England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.80%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.40%) Apache
2 2 (1.40%) Confluence
2 2 (1.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 82 (57.34%) AWS
2 57 (39.86%) GCP
3 42 (29.37%) Azure
4 34 (23.78%) Serverless
5 26 (18.18%) GitHub
6 17 (11.89%) Amazon S3
7 15 (10.49%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
9 11 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (6.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (6.29%) AWS KMS
10 9 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (6.29%) OpenShift
11 7 (4.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (4.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (3.50%) Apigee
13 5 (3.50%) Azure AKS
14 3 (2.10%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.48%) Firewall
2 12 (8.39%) DNS
3 8 (5.59%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.80%) Network Security
5 3 (2.10%) VPN
6 2 (1.40%) SSL
7 1 (0.70%) FTP
7 1 (0.70%) HTTP
7 1 (0.70%) VLAN
7 1 (0.70%) VSAN
7 1 (0.70%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (32.87%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (16.08%) NoSQL
3 17 (11.89%) MongoDB
4 8 (5.59%) Relational Database
5 7 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (4.90%) DynamoDB
6 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.40%) Redis
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.70%) MySQL
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.70%) Power BI
8 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (37.76%) Jenkins
2 41 (28.67%) GitLab
3 27 (18.88%) Git
4 25 (17.48%) JIRA
5 14 (9.79%) Liquibase
6 9 (6.29%) Jaeger
7 8 (5.59%) Selenium
8 4 (2.80%) CircleCI
9 3 (2.10%) Cypress.io
9 3 (2.10%) Gatling
9 3 (2.10%) Maven
9 3 (2.10%) Mocha
9 3 (2.10%) REST Assured
9 3 (2.10%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (1.40%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.40%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.70%) Postman
11 1 (0.70%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.70%) Travis CI
General
1 46 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 39 (27.27%) Finance
3 27 (18.88%) Banking
4 25 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (11.89%) Financial Institution
6 15 (10.49%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.20%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.10%) Law
9 2 (1.40%) Military
9 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (30.77%) Developer
2 30 (20.98%) Senior
3 24 (16.78%) Software Engineer
4 23 (16.08%) Python Developer
5 22 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (11.19%) GCP Engineer
7 13 (9.09%) Lead
8 12 (8.39%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (7.69%) GCP DevOps
9 11 (7.69%) GCP DevOps Engineer
9 11 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (6.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (6.29%) Java Developer
11 9 (6.29%) Senior Developer
12 7 (4.90%) Senior DevOps
12 7 (4.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Cloud Software Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 6 (4.20%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (25.17%) OpenTelemetry
2 30 (20.98%) RESTful
3 25 (17.48%) FastAPI
3 25 (17.48%) REST
4 24 (16.78%) Node.js
5 22 (15.38%) React
6 20 (13.99%) Elastic Stack
6 20 (13.99%) Kafka
6 20 (13.99%) Spring Boot
7 11 (7.69%) Spring
8 10 (6.99%) Jest
9 9 (6.29%) Middleware
10 8 (5.59%) .NET
11 6 (4.20%) FHIR
12 5 (3.50%) .NET Core
12 5 (3.50%) Django
12 5 (3.50%) Flask
13 4 (2.80%) CSS
13 4 (2.80%) HTML
13 4 (2.80%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.88%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (18.18%) Cloud Native
3 19 (13.29%) Public Cloud
4 11 (7.69%) NHS
5 10 (6.99%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (5.59%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.80%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.70%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.70%) CUDA
11 1 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.70%) Life Science
11 1 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 47 (32.87%) Linux
2 12 (8.39%) Windows
3 5 (3.50%) Unix
4 3 (2.10%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.70%) CentOS
5 1 (0.70%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (74.13%) CI/CD
2 82 (57.34%) Containerisation
3 77 (53.85%) DevOps
4 68 (47.55%) Agile
5 56 (39.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 54 (37.76%) Microservices
7 47 (32.87%) Observability
8 39 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (23.78%) Software Engineering
10 27 (18.88%) Mentoring
11 26 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (16.78%) DevSecOps
12 24 (16.78%) Test Automation
13 23 (16.08%) API Development
13 23 (16.08%) Computer Science
13 23 (16.08%) Full-Stack Development
14 21 (14.69%) Infrastructure Automation
15 18 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (12.59%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 84 (58.74%) Python
2 38 (26.57%) Java
3 28 (19.58%) SQL
4 23 (16.08%) Bash
5 21 (14.69%) Go
6 18 (12.59%) JavaScript
7 15 (10.49%) TypeScript
8 11 (7.69%) PowerShell
9 10 (6.99%) C#
10 9 (6.29%) Rust
11 6 (4.20%) Shell Script
12 5 (3.50%) Groovy
13 3 (2.10%) Delphi
13 3 (2.10%) PHP
13 3 (2.10%) Ruby
14 2 (1.40%) Bicep
14 2 (1.40%) C
14 2 (1.40%) C++
15 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 24 (16.78%) Degree
2 21 (14.69%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (9.79%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.39%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.20%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.40%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.40%) CCSP
7 2 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.40%) CISSP
8 1 (0.70%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.39%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.20%) WCAG
3 5 (3.50%) SLA
4 4 (2.80%) HL7
5 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.40%) GDPR
5 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.40%) NIST
5 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.40%) PSD2
5 2 (1.40%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.80%) KVM
1 4 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.40%) vSphere
3 1 (0.70%) Ceph
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) QEMU
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 111 (77.62%) Kubernetes
2 62 (43.36%) Grafana
2 62 (43.36%) Terraform
3 58 (40.56%) Prometheus
4 38 (26.57%) Ansible
5 19 (13.29%) Control-M
5 19 (13.29%) IBM Guardium
5 19 (13.29%) Nessus
6 9 (6.29%) Kiali
7 5 (3.50%) Packer
8 3 (2.10%) Progress Chef
8 3 (2.10%) Puppet
9 2 (1.40%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.40%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.40%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.70%) Argo
10 1 (0.70%) Kibana
10 1 (0.70%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.70%) logstash
10 1 (0.70%) Podman
Vendors
1 37 (25.87%) Splunk
2 19 (13.29%) Tenable
3 11 (7.69%) Google
4 7 (4.90%) Oracle
5 6 (4.20%) Brio
6 5 (3.50%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.80%) AppDynamics
7 4 (2.80%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.80%) VMware
8 3 (2.10%) F5
8 3 (2.10%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.10%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.40%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.40%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.40%) Databricks
9 2 (1.40%) SAP
9 2 (1.40%) Veritas
10 1 (0.70%) CloudEndure
10 1 (0.70%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.70%) NetApp