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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Docker 147 48 68
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.53% 4.99% 3.76%
As % of the System Software category 47.73% 30.97% 23.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 31 56
10th Percentile £400 - £381
25th Percentile £447 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £538 £603 £615
90th Percentile £598 £650 £640
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
England median hourly rate £74.26 £27.50 £67.27
% change year-on-year +170.04% -59.12% -3.91%

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 308 155 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.77% 16.13% 16.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 102 232
10th Percentile £200 £189 £185
25th Percentile £344 £263 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £441 £415
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +6.33% -2.35%
75th Percentile £527 £538 £569
90th Percentile £575 £625 £624
England median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £26.81 - £13.80
25th Percentile £27.65 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £29.68 - £17.35
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.34%
75th Percentile £31.08 - £22.00
90th Percentile £31.55 - £34.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +44.62% -33.71% +13.64%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -4 79 £479 -16.33% 10
West Yorkshire +12 68 £500 +17.65% 29
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 (2.72%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.36%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (63.27%) AWS
2 64 (43.54%) GCP
3 50 (34.01%) Azure
4 43 (29.25%) Serverless
5 26 (17.69%) GitHub
6 23 (15.65%) Amazon S3
7 18 (12.24%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (10.88%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (10.20%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (8.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (8.84%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (8.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (6.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (6.12%) AWS KMS
14 7 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 6 (4.08%) Amazon ELB
16 5 (3.40%) Apigee
16 5 (3.40%) Azure AKS
16 5 (3.40%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (22.45%) Firewall
2 15 (10.20%) DNS
3 11 (7.48%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.76%) VPN
5 5 (3.40%) Network Security
5 5 (3.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.68%) FTP
6 1 (0.68%) HTTP
6 1 (0.68%) VLAN
6 1 (0.68%) VSAN
6 1 (0.68%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (25.17%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (21.77%) NoSQL
3 10 (6.80%) SQL Server
4 9 (6.12%) DynamoDB
4 9 (6.12%) MongoDB
5 8 (5.44%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (4.76%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.04%) Redis
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.68%) MySQL
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.68%) Power BI
8 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (40.14%) Jenkins
2 43 (29.25%) GitLab
3 33 (22.45%) Git
4 20 (13.61%) JIRA
4 20 (13.61%) Liquibase
5 10 (6.80%) Jaeger
6 4 (2.72%) CircleCI
6 4 (2.72%) Maven
6 4 (2.72%) Selenium
7 3 (2.04%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.04%) Mocha
7 3 (2.04%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.68%) Gatling
9 1 (0.68%) Gradle
9 1 (0.68%) Travis CI
General
1 54 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 41 (27.89%) Finance
3 30 (20.41%) Banking
4 25 (17.01%) Financial Institution
5 18 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (11.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.08%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.04%) Law
9 2 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Military
10 1 (0.68%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (25.17%) Senior
2 34 (23.13%) Developer
3 32 (21.77%) Software Engineer
4 28 (19.05%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (11.56%) AWS Engineer
6 16 (10.88%) Python Developer
7 15 (10.20%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (8.84%) Senior DevOps
8 13 (8.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 12 (8.16%) GCP Engineer
10 11 (7.48%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (6.80%) Lead
12 9 (6.12%) AWS Software Engineer
12 9 (6.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) Cloud Software Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) GCP DevOps
13 6 (4.08%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) Java Developer
13 6 (4.08%) NetBackup Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (23.13%) RESTful
2 30 (20.41%) REST
3 28 (19.05%) OpenTelemetry
4 25 (17.01%) Elastic Stack
5 23 (15.65%) Node.js
6 21 (14.29%) React
7 19 (12.93%) FastAPI
7 19 (12.93%) Kafka
8 17 (11.56%) Spring Boot
9 12 (8.16%) .NET
10 10 (6.80%) Jest
11 9 (6.12%) Middleware
12 8 (5.44%) Spring
13 6 (4.08%) Django
13 6 (4.08%) FHIR
13 6 (4.08%) Flask
14 5 (3.40%) .NET Core
14 5 (3.40%) AngularJS
15 4 (2.72%) HTML
15 4 (2.72%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 34 (23.13%) Cloud Native
2 29 (19.73%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (16.33%) Public Cloud
4 11 (7.48%) NHS
5 8 (5.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.44%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.72%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.36%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.36%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.68%) CUDA
10 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.68%) Life Science
10 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 54 (36.73%) Linux
2 9 (6.12%) Windows
3 5 (3.40%) Unix
4 3 (2.04%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.68%) CentOS
6 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (72.11%) CI/CD
2 88 (59.86%) DevOps
3 84 (57.14%) Containerisation
4 70 (47.62%) Agile
5 63 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 53 (36.05%) Microservices
7 41 (27.89%) Software Engineering
8 35 (23.81%) Observability
8 35 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
9 33 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (21.77%) Mentoring
11 29 (19.73%) Computer Science
12 28 (19.05%) Infrastructure Automation
13 27 (18.37%) DevSecOps
13 27 (18.37%) High Availability
14 26 (17.69%) Cybersecurity
15 22 (14.97%) Full-Stack Development
16 21 (14.29%) Data Security
16 21 (14.29%) Test Automation
17 20 (13.61%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 87 (59.18%) Python
2 40 (27.21%) Java
3 28 (19.05%) Bash
4 27 (18.37%) Go
4 27 (18.37%) SQL
5 15 (10.20%) JavaScript
5 15 (10.20%) TypeScript
6 13 (8.84%) C#
6 13 (8.84%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.80%) Rust
8 8 (5.44%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.72%) Groovy
10 3 (2.04%) Bicep
10 3 (2.04%) Delphi
10 3 (2.04%) PHP
11 2 (1.36%) C++
11 2 (1.36%) Ruby
12 1 (0.68%) C
12 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 30 (20.41%) Degree
2 22 (14.97%) Security Cleared
3 20 (13.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (13.61%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.80%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (2.72%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.04%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (2.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.36%) CCSP
9 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.36%) CISSP
10 1 (0.68%) CSPO
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) OCP
10 1 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.40%) SLA
3 4 (2.72%) HL7
3 4 (2.72%) WCAG
4 2 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.36%) GDPR
4 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.36%) NIST
4 2 (1.36%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.36%) PSD2
5 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.04%) KVM
3 1 (0.68%) Ceph
3 1 (0.68%) QEMU
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 104 (70.75%) Kubernetes
2 73 (49.66%) Terraform
3 59 (40.14%) Grafana
4 55 (37.41%) Prometheus
5 47 (31.97%) Ansible
6 13 (8.84%) Control-M
6 13 (8.84%) IBM Guardium
6 13 (8.84%) Nessus
7 9 (6.12%) Kiali
8 6 (4.08%) NetBackup
8 6 (4.08%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (3.40%) Packer
10 3 (2.04%) Progress Chef
10 3 (2.04%) Puppet
11 2 (1.36%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.68%) Argo
12 1 (0.68%) Istio
12 1 (0.68%) Kibana
12 1 (0.68%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.68%) logstash
Vendors
1 39 (26.53%) Splunk
2 19 (12.93%) Google
3 13 (8.84%) Tenable
4 11 (7.48%) Oracle
5 8 (5.44%) VMware
6 7 (4.76%) F5
6 7 (4.76%) Microsoft
6 7 (4.76%) Palo Alto
7 6 (4.08%) Brio
7 6 (4.08%) CheckPoint
7 6 (4.08%) CyberArk
7 6 (4.08%) Veritas
8 4 (2.72%) AppDynamics
9 3 (2.04%) Databricks
9 3 (2.04%) SAP
9 3 (2.04%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.36%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.68%) CloudEndure
11 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace