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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 36 46
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing Docker 138 47 60
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 6.30% 5.16% 3.42%
As % of the System Software category 41.44% 28.14% 21.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 29 47
10th Percentile £413 £413 £359
25th Percentile £450 £481 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -11.36%
75th Percentile £538 £606 £588
90th Percentile £588 £650 £630
England median daily rate £525 £567 £550
% change year-on-year -7.37% +3.05% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £27.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year +136.36% -56.86% -8.93%

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 333 167 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.19% 18.33% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 113 200
10th Percentile £194 £223 £178
25th Percentile £355 £350 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £403
Median % change year-on-year - +18.01% -5.29%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £506
90th Percentile £588 £625 £615
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 18
10th Percentile £26.81 - -
25th Percentile £27.65 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £29.68 - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.00%
75th Percentile £31.08 - £15.19
90th Percentile £31.55 - £18.63
England median hourly rate £42.69 £29.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +47.19% +28.89% -42.68%

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 18 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 18 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 -12 79 £475 -10.29% 15
West Yorkshire +9 61 £500 +2.56% 31
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 3 (2.17%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.45%) Apache
2 2 (1.45%) Confluence
2 2 (1.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 78 (56.52%) AWS
2 51 (36.96%) GCP
3 38 (27.54%) Azure
4 33 (23.91%) Serverless
5 27 (19.57%) GitHub
6 16 (11.59%) Amazon S3
7 14 (10.14%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (9.42%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (7.97%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (7.25%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (7.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (6.52%) AWS KMS
11 9 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (6.52%) OpenShift
12 8 (5.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (5.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (3.62%) Apigee
15 5 (3.62%) Azure AKS
16 3 (2.17%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 23 (16.67%) Firewall
2 12 (8.70%) DNS
3 8 (5.80%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.90%) Network Security
5 3 (2.17%) VPN
6 2 (1.45%) SSL
7 1 (0.72%) FTP
7 1 (0.72%) HTTP
7 1 (0.72%) VLAN
7 1 (0.72%) VSAN
7 1 (0.72%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (32.61%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (15.94%) NoSQL
3 18 (13.04%) MongoDB
4 8 (5.80%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (4.35%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.90%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.45%) Redis
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.72%) Power BI
8 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (36.96%) Jenkins
2 38 (27.54%) GitLab
3 26 (18.84%) Git
4 24 (17.39%) JIRA
5 12 (8.70%) Liquibase
6 9 (6.52%) Jaeger
7 8 (5.80%) Selenium
8 4 (2.90%) CircleCI
9 3 (2.17%) Cypress.io
9 3 (2.17%) Gatling
9 3 (2.17%) Maven
9 3 (2.17%) Mocha
9 3 (2.17%) REST Assured
9 3 (2.17%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (1.45%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.45%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.72%) Postman
11 1 (0.72%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.72%) Travis CI
General
1 42 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 37 (26.81%) Finance
3 25 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (16.67%) Banking
5 16 (11.59%) Financial Institution
6 15 (10.87%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.35%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.17%) Law
9 2 (1.45%) Military
9 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Games
10 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (34.06%) Developer
2 30 (21.74%) Senior
3 24 (17.39%) Python Developer
4 22 (15.94%) Software Engineer
5 21 (15.22%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (11.59%) GCP Engineer
7 13 (9.42%) Lead
8 11 (7.97%) AWS Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) GCP DevOps
8 11 (7.97%) GCP DevOps Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) Senior Developer
9 10 (7.25%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Java Developer
10 9 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 7 (5.07%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (5.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 6 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (25.36%) OpenTelemetry
2 28 (20.29%) RESTful
3 24 (17.39%) FastAPI
3 24 (17.39%) Node.js
4 23 (16.67%) React
4 23 (16.67%) REST
5 21 (15.22%) Kafka
6 20 (14.49%) Spring Boot
7 18 (13.04%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (8.70%) Spring
9 10 (7.25%) Jest
10 9 (6.52%) Middleware
11 8 (5.80%) .NET
12 6 (4.35%) Django
12 6 (4.35%) FHIR
12 6 (4.35%) Flask
13 5 (3.62%) .NET Core
13 5 (3.62%) CSS
13 5 (3.62%) HTML
13 5 (3.62%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.12%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (17.39%) Cloud Native
3 18 (13.04%) Public Cloud
4 11 (7.97%) NHS
5 10 (7.25%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (5.80%) Management Information System
7 7 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.90%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.17%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.17%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (1.45%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.72%) CUDA
11 1 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.72%) Life Science
11 1 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (31.88%) Linux
2 12 (8.70%) Windows
3 5 (3.62%) Unix
4 3 (2.17%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.72%) CentOS
5 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (75.36%) CI/CD
2 77 (55.80%) DevOps
3 74 (53.62%) Containerisation
4 68 (49.28%) Agile
5 54 (39.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 53 (38.41%) Microservices
7 46 (33.33%) Observability
8 37 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (23.19%) Software Engineering
10 27 (19.57%) Mentoring
11 25 (18.12%) Test Automation
12 24 (17.39%) DevSecOps
12 24 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
13 23 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
14 22 (15.94%) API Development
15 21 (15.22%) Computer Science
16 20 (14.49%) Infrastructure Automation
17 19 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
18 17 (12.32%) High Availability
19 16 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 79 (57.25%) Python
2 36 (26.09%) Java
3 28 (20.29%) SQL
4 20 (14.49%) Bash
4 20 (14.49%) JavaScript
5 19 (13.77%) Go
6 17 (12.32%) TypeScript
7 10 (7.25%) C#
8 9 (6.52%) PowerShell
8 9 (6.52%) Rust
9 6 (4.35%) Shell Script
10 5 (3.62%) Groovy
11 3 (2.17%) Delphi
11 3 (2.17%) PHP
11 3 (2.17%) Ruby
12 2 (1.45%) Bicep
12 2 (1.45%) C
13 1 (0.72%) C++
13 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (15.94%) Degree
2 21 (15.22%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (8.70%) Master's Degree
3 12 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.62%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (1.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (1.45%) CCSP
6 2 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.45%) CISSP
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.72%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.42%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.07%) WCAG
3 5 (3.62%) SLA
4 4 (2.90%) HL7
5 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.45%) GDPR
5 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.45%) NIST
5 2 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.45%) PSD2
5 2 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.90%) KVM
2 2 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.45%) vSphere
3 1 (0.72%) Ceph
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) QEMU
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 107 (77.54%) Kubernetes
2 60 (43.48%) Grafana
2 60 (43.48%) Terraform
3 56 (40.58%) Prometheus
4 36 (26.09%) Ansible
5 18 (13.04%) Control-M
5 18 (13.04%) IBM Guardium
5 18 (13.04%) Nessus
6 9 (6.52%) Kiali
7 5 (3.62%) Packer
8 2 (1.45%) HP Fortify
8 2 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.45%) Puppet
9 1 (0.72%) Argo
9 1 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.72%) Kibana
9 1 (0.72%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.72%) logstash
9 1 (0.72%) Podman
9 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (26.09%) Splunk
2 18 (13.04%) Tenable
3 6 (4.35%) Brio
3 6 (4.35%) Google
4 5 (3.62%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.62%) Oracle
5 4 (2.90%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.90%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.17%) F5
6 3 (2.17%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.45%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.45%) Databricks
7 2 (1.45%) VMware
8 1 (0.72%) Cisco
8 1 (0.72%) CloudEndure
8 1 (0.72%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.72%) NetApp