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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 49 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +21
Contract jobs citing Docker 139 52 81
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 5.08% 4.37% 4.66%
As % of the System Software category 36.77% 23.42% 33.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 33 65
10th Percentile £363 £414 £375
25th Percentile £450 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £573 £606 £615
90th Percentile £630 £680 £644
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%

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 378 222 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.82% 18.66% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 132 171
10th Percentile £200 £204 £178
25th Percentile £358 £359 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% +8.24%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £580
90th Percentile £638 £624 £645
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.00 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.26%
75th Percentile £28.00 - £15.19
90th Percentile - - £19.78
England median hourly rate £52.75 £29.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +81.90% +28.89% -55.00%

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 June 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 23 June 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 -5 78 £500 -6.98% 9
West Yorkshire +11 57 £488 -0.51% 13
East Yorkshire - 5 - -
North Yorkshire - 1 £550 -
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 9 (6.47%) Confluence
2 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Apache
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.72%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 66 (47.48%) AWS
2 40 (28.78%) GCP
3 35 (25.18%) GitHub
4 34 (24.46%) Azure
5 21 (15.11%) GitHub Actions
6 15 (10.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 14 (10.07%) Serverless
8 10 (7.19%) Cloud Run
9 9 (6.47%) OpenShift
10 7 (5.04%) Apigee
11 6 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (2.88%) BrowserStack
13 4 (2.88%) Kong
14 3 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (2.16%) Stackdriver
15 2 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (1.44%) Amazon S3
15 2 (1.44%) Datadog
15 2 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.04%) Firewall
2 5 (3.60%) 3GPP
2 5 (3.60%) RTP
2 5 (3.60%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.88%) Network Security
4 2 (1.44%) DNS
5 1 (0.72%) Internet
5 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (28.06%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (15.83%) MongoDB
3 15 (10.79%) SQL Server
4 11 (7.91%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.60%) Redis
6 4 (2.88%) Hazelcast
6 4 (2.88%) Neo4j
6 4 (2.88%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.16%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.16%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.72%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 51 (36.69%) Jenkins
2 29 (20.86%) GitLab
3 27 (19.42%) Git
4 26 (18.71%) JIRA
5 15 (10.79%) Gatling
6 14 (10.07%) Maven
7 12 (8.63%) Selenium
8 8 (5.76%) REST Assured
9 7 (5.04%) Jaeger
9 7 (5.04%) Serenity BDD
10 6 (4.32%) Artifactory
10 6 (4.32%) Gradle
11 5 (3.60%) Liquibase
11 5 (3.60%) TeamCity
12 4 (2.88%) Snyk
13 3 (2.16%) Cucumber
13 3 (2.16%) JUnit
14 2 (1.44%) Mockito
14 2 (1.44%) Robot Framework
14 2 (1.44%) Terragrunt
General
1 30 (21.58%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.55%) Finance
3 17 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.23%) Banking
4 15 (10.79%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.60%) Aviation
6 5 (3.60%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.60%) Fire and Rescue
6 5 (3.60%) Police
7 4 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Law
8 3 (2.16%) Military
9 2 (1.44%) Games
9 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) Legal
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (35.97%) Developer
2 29 (20.86%) Senior
3 24 (17.27%) DevOps Engineer
4 21 (15.11%) Python Developer
5 20 (14.39%) Senior Developer
6 16 (11.51%) Java Developer
7 12 (8.63%) Lead
8 11 (7.91%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) Software Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Backend Developer
9 10 (7.19%) GCP DevOps
9 10 (7.19%) GCP DevOps Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) GCP Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Senior Backend Developer
9 10 (7.19%) Test Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) Lead Test Engineer
11 8 (5.76%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (4.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 6 (4.32%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 6 (4.32%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (23.74%) OpenTelemetry
2 29 (20.86%) Kafka
3 25 (17.99%) Spring Boot
4 21 (15.11%) Spring
5 20 (14.39%) Playwright
6 15 (10.79%) FastAPI
6 15 (10.79%) REST
6 15 (10.79%) RESTful
7 14 (10.07%) React
8 13 (9.35%) Node.js
9 12 (8.63%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (7.91%) .NET
11 8 (5.76%) OAuth
11 8 (5.76%) Spring Cloud
12 7 (5.04%) JPA
12 7 (5.04%) JWT
12 7 (5.04%) OAuth2
13 6 (4.32%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (4.32%) Redux
13 6 (4.32%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.67%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.63%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (7.19%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (4.32%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.60%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.60%) PKI
5 5 (3.60%) Robotics
6 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.88%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.44%) Clustering
8 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.44%) Sports Betting
8 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.72%) Life Science
9 1 (0.72%) Replication
9 1 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.86%) Linux
2 10 (7.19%) Windows
3 4 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.44%) Unix
5 1 (0.72%) Android
5 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (76.26%) CI/CD
2 85 (61.15%) DevOps
3 60 (43.17%) Agile
4 57 (41.01%) Containerisation
5 56 (40.29%) Observability
6 53 (38.13%) Microservices
7 43 (30.94%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (21.58%) Test Automation
9 29 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (17.99%) Software Engineering
11 22 (15.83%) API Development
12 21 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (12.95%) DevSecOps
13 18 (12.95%) Full-Stack Development
13 18 (12.95%) Incident Response
14 16 (11.51%) Code Quality
14 16 (11.51%) Identity Access Management
14 16 (11.51%) Secrets Management
15 15 (10.79%) BDD
15 15 (10.79%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 71 (51.08%) Python
2 57 (41.01%) Java
3 34 (24.46%) SQL
4 16 (11.51%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.63%) Scala
5 12 (8.63%) TypeScript
6 11 (7.91%) C#
7 8 (5.76%) Bash
7 8 (5.76%) PowerShell
8 6 (4.32%) Go
9 5 (3.60%) Rust
9 5 (3.60%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.16%) Ruby
11 2 (1.44%) Bicep
11 2 (1.44%) PromQL
12 1 (0.72%) C
12 1 (0.72%) Groovy
12 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 26 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.95%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.07%) Degree
4 9 (6.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.63%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.32%) WCAG
3 5 (3.60%) QA
4 2 (1.44%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.72%) SEPA
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) KVM
2 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) NFS
3 1 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 112 (80.58%) Kubernetes
2 52 (37.41%) Terraform
3 47 (33.81%) Prometheus
4 46 (33.09%) Grafana
5 23 (16.55%) Ansible
6 13 (9.35%) Control-M
6 13 (9.35%) IBM Guardium
6 13 (9.35%) Nessus
7 10 (7.19%) HAProxy
8 6 (4.32%) Kiali
9 5 (3.60%) Kustomize
10 4 (2.88%) Argo
11 2 (1.44%) Consul
11 2 (1.44%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.72%) Packer
12 1 (0.72%) Podman
12 1 (0.72%) SELinux
Vendors
1 20 (14.39%) Splunk
2 14 (10.07%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.35%) Tenable
4 6 (4.32%) Google
5 5 (3.60%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.16%) Oracle
8 2 (1.44%) AppDynamics
8 2 (1.44%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.44%) IBM
8 2 (1.44%) Solace
8 2 (1.44%) VMware
9 1 (0.72%) New Relic
9 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.72%) Temenos
9 1 (0.72%) Trend Micro