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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing Docker 128 76 80
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.07% 5.65% 4.27%
As % of the System Software category 42.52% 37.25% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 55 63
10th Percentile £385 £288 £413
25th Percentile £434 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £605 £600
90th Percentile £600 £700 £649
England median daily rate £525 £571 £575
% change year-on-year -8.10% -0.65% -5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
England median hourly rate £67.00 £77.50 £71.25
% change year-on-year -13.55% +8.77% +42.50%

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 301 204 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 16.62% 15.16% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 135 194
10th Percentile £200 £203 £193
25th Percentile £374 £288 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £645 £650
England median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £26.81 - £16.92
25th Percentile £27.65 £20.50 £17.86
Median hourly rate £29.68 £21.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.33% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £31.08 £21.50 -
90th Percentile £31.55 - £44.50
England median hourly rate £32.32 £50.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -35.37% +24.49% +60.65%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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
West Yorkshire -1 66 £500 +25.00% 19
South Yorkshire -9 58 £508 -18.41% 3
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
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 (3.13%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.56%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (67.97%) AWS
2 57 (44.53%) GCP
3 49 (38.28%) Azure
4 46 (35.94%) Serverless
5 22 (17.19%) Amazon S3
6 19 (14.84%) GitHub
7 17 (13.28%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (11.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 15 (11.72%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (10.16%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (7.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (7.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (4.69%) Amazon ELB
12 6 (4.69%) AWS KMS
13 5 (3.91%) Azure Functions
14 4 (3.13%) Azure AKS
14 4 (3.13%) OpenShift
14 4 (3.13%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.63%) Firewall
2 9 (7.03%) DNS
3 6 (4.69%) SSL
3 6 (4.69%) VPN
4 5 (3.91%) Network Security
4 5 (3.91%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.78%) FTP
5 1 (0.78%) VLAN
5 1 (0.78%) VSAN
5 1 (0.78%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (30.47%) NoSQL
2 32 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (7.81%) SQL Server
4 9 (7.03%) DynamoDB
5 8 (6.25%) MongoDB
6 7 (5.47%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (3.91%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.34%) Redis
9 2 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.78%) MySQL
10 1 (0.78%) Power BI
10 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (42.19%) Jenkins
2 35 (27.34%) GitLab
3 25 (19.53%) Git
4 24 (18.75%) Liquibase
5 14 (10.94%) JIRA
6 3 (2.34%) Mocha
6 3 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.56%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.56%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.56%) Maven
7 2 (1.56%) Selenium
7 2 (1.56%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.78%) Appium
8 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.78%) Gradle
8 1 (0.78%) JMeter
8 1 (0.78%) JUnit
8 1 (0.78%) Log4j
8 1 (0.78%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.78%) TestNG
General
1 43 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.34%) Finance
3 29 (22.66%) Banking
4 22 (17.19%) Financial Institution
5 16 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (10.94%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.13%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Local Government
9 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 30 (23.44%) DevOps Engineer
3 27 (21.09%) Senior
4 23 (17.97%) Developer
5 19 (14.84%) AWS Engineer
6 14 (10.94%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (10.16%) Senior DevOps
7 13 (10.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 11 (8.59%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (8.59%) Python Developer
9 10 (7.81%) Architect
9 10 (7.81%) AWS Software Engineer
10 8 (6.25%) GCP Engineer
11 7 (5.47%) Lead
11 7 (5.47%) NetBackup Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) AWS DevOps
12 6 (4.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Python Engineer
13 5 (3.91%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (30.47%) RESTful
2 36 (28.13%) REST
3 28 (21.88%) Elastic Stack
4 19 (14.84%) Node.js
5 18 (14.06%) FastAPI
6 16 (12.50%) React
7 12 (9.38%) OpenTelemetry
8 11 (8.59%) .NET
9 9 (7.03%) Jest
10 8 (6.25%) Django
10 8 (6.25%) Flask
10 8 (6.25%) Kafka
11 7 (5.47%) Spring Boot
12 6 (4.69%) AngularJS
12 6 (4.69%) CSS
12 6 (4.69%) FHIR
12 6 (4.69%) GraphQL
12 6 (4.69%) HTML
12 6 (4.69%) WebSockets
13 5 (3.91%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 42 (32.81%) Cloud Native
2 26 (20.31%) Public Cloud
3 24 (18.75%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (7.03%) NHS
5 8 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (5.47%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.34%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.56%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.78%) CUDA
10 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (35.94%) Linux
2 3 (2.34%) Amazon Linux
2 3 (2.34%) Windows
3 2 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.78%) CentOS
4 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (72.66%) CI/CD
2 79 (61.72%) DevOps
3 78 (60.94%) Containerisation
4 70 (54.69%) Agile
5 59 (46.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 45 (35.16%) Microservices
7 42 (32.81%) Software Engineering
8 30 (23.44%) High Availability
8 30 (23.44%) Root Cause Analysis
9 25 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (18.75%) Computer Science
10 24 (18.75%) Data Security
11 23 (17.97%) Infrastructure Automation
12 21 (16.41%) Change Management
12 21 (16.41%) Continuous Delivery
12 21 (16.41%) Continuous Integration
12 21 (16.41%) Cryptography
13 20 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (15.63%) Mentoring
14 19 (14.84%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (64.06%) Python
2 28 (21.88%) Go
3 23 (17.97%) Java
4 22 (17.19%) Bash
5 17 (13.28%) SQL
6 12 (9.38%) JavaScript
7 11 (8.59%) C#
7 11 (8.59%) PowerShell
7 11 (8.59%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.91%) Bicep
8 5 (3.91%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.56%) C++
9 2 (1.56%) Delphi
9 2 (1.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.78%) C
10 1 (0.78%) Groovy
10 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 25 (19.53%) Degree
2 24 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 24 (18.75%) Master's Degree
3 18 (14.06%) Security Cleared
4 15 (11.72%) AWS Certification
5 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
6 9 (7.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.91%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.34%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (2.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.56%) CCSP
9 2 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.56%) CISSP
10 1 (0.78%) CSPO
10 1 (0.78%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.78%) OCP
10 1 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.34%) HL7
2 3 (2.34%) QA
3 2 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.56%) GDPR
3 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.56%) NIST
3 2 (1.56%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.56%) PSD2
3 2 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.34%) KVM
3 1 (0.78%) Ceph
3 1 (0.78%) QEMU
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 85 (66.41%) Kubernetes
2 71 (55.47%) Terraform
3 43 (33.59%) Ansible
3 43 (33.59%) Prometheus
4 41 (32.03%) Grafana
5 10 (7.81%) Control-M
5 10 (7.81%) IBM Guardium
5 10 (7.81%) Nessus
6 7 (5.47%) NetBackup
6 7 (5.47%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (3.91%) Packer
8 3 (2.34%) Progress Chef
8 3 (2.34%) Puppet
9 1 (0.78%) Argo
9 1 (0.78%) Istio
9 1 (0.78%) Podman
9 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (21.88%) Splunk
2 24 (18.75%) Google
3 10 (7.81%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.81%) Tenable
4 9 (7.03%) VMware
5 7 (5.47%) CyberArk
5 7 (5.47%) F5
5 7 (5.47%) Oracle
5 7 (5.47%) Palo Alto
5 7 (5.47%) Veritas
6 6 (4.69%) CheckPoint
7 5 (3.91%) Brio
8 3 (2.34%) Databricks
8 3 (2.34%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.34%) SAP
9 2 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.56%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.78%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.78%) TIBCO