Docker Job Trends in the East Midlands

Docker
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 74 85
Rank change year-on-year -48 +11 -33
Permanent jobs citing Docker 62 67 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.92% 2.86% 2.40%
As % of the System Software category 18.79% 22.79% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 45 12 45
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +11.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £66,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £71,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.93% +1.43% -3.45%

All System Software Skills
East Midlands

Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 330 294 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.90% 12.53% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 268 214 232
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,375 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £26,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -23.53% -19.05%
75th Percentile £57,125 £40,813 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £54,625 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Docker relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Docker job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Docker
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Docker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Docker

Docker
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Docker in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Docker in the East Midlands

Docker
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -17 27 £70,000 +16.67% 21
Nottinghamshire -3 16 £60,000 +14.29% 49
Derbyshire -24 10 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Northamptonshire -36 6 £70,000 +16.67% 15
Lincolnshire -14 1 £37,500 - 27
Docker
England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (3.23%) IIS
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.61%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 43 (69.35%) Azure
2 23 (37.10%) AWS
3 12 (19.35%) GCP
4 10 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (11.29%) SaaS
6 6 (9.68%) GitHub
7 5 (8.06%) Azure AKS
7 5 (8.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (8.06%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (6.45%) SonarCloud
8 4 (6.45%) Supabase
9 3 (4.84%) Azure AI
9 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
9 3 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (4.84%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (4.84%) IaaS
9 3 (4.84%) PaaS
10 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (3.23%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) Internet
2 4 (6.45%) DNS
2 4 (6.45%) Firewall
2 4 (6.45%) VLAN
2 4 (6.45%) VPN
3 2 (3.23%) DHCP
3 2 (3.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.45%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.23%) KNIME
4 2 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (32.26%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) GitLab
2 4 (6.45%) Storybook
3 3 (4.84%) Subversion
4 2 (3.23%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.61%) Vite
General
1 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.45%) Retail
5 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 12 (19.35%) Developer
2 12 (19.35%) Senior
3 10 (16.13%) Senior DevOps
3 10 (16.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Architect
5 5 (8.06%) Trainee
6 4 (6.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Lead
6 4 (6.45%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) .NET Architect
7 3 (4.84%) .NET Developer
7 3 (4.84%) Automation Architect
7 3 (4.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Software Architect
7 3 (4.84%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (30.65%) Terraform
2 16 (25.81%) .NET
3 12 (19.35%) REST
4 9 (14.52%) React
5 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET
5 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET Core
5 7 (11.29%) CSS
6 5 (8.06%) .NET Core
6 5 (8.06%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (6.45%) .NET Framework
7 4 (6.45%) Next.js
7 4 (6.45%) Node.js
7 4 (6.45%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (6.45%) Vitest
7 4 (6.45%) YAML
8 3 (4.84%) Blazor
8 3 (4.84%) Django
8 3 (4.84%) HTML
8 3 (4.84%) ML.NET
9 2 (3.23%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.84%) Digital TV
3 3 (4.84%) Robotics
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (3.23%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) SCADA
4 2 (3.23%) Tandem
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (43.55%) Linux
2 9 (14.52%) Windows
3 4 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.61%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (83.87%) CI/CD
2 37 (59.68%) DevOps
3 32 (51.61%) Containerisation
4 24 (38.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (29.03%) DevSecOps
6 17 (27.42%) Observability
6 17 (27.42%) Software Engineering
7 15 (24.19%) Agile
8 14 (22.58%) Microservices
9 12 (19.35%) AI
9 12 (19.35%) Mentoring
10 11 (17.74%) Full-Stack Development
10 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (17.74%) SDLC
11 10 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (16.13%) Platform Engineering
11 10 (16.13%) Test Automation
12 9 (14.52%) Cloud Security
12 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (14.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.03%) C#
2 16 (25.81%) Python
3 15 (24.19%) SQL
4 11 (17.74%) PowerShell
5 8 (12.90%) Bash
5 8 (12.90%) JavaScript
6 7 (11.29%) TypeScript
7 5 (8.06%) Shell Script
8 4 (6.45%) Bicep
9 3 (4.84%) Go
9 3 (4.84%) Java
10 1 (1.61%) PHP
10 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.84%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.23%) CISSP
3 2 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.06%) QA
3 4 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (6.45%) SOC 2
4 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (77.42%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.06%) Ansible
2 5 (8.06%) Grafana
3 3 (4.84%) Istio
3 3 (4.84%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.61%) Argo
Vendors
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) Google
3 4 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.23%) Dynatrace
4 2 (3.23%) IFS
4 2 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.23%) Veracode
4 2 (3.23%) VMware
5 1 (1.61%) WooCommerce