Docker Job Trends in London

Docker
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 37 35
Rank change year-on-year -40 -2 -9
Permanent jobs citing Docker 467 998 1,139
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.39% 6.42% 6.39%
As % of the System Software category 37.84% 46.05% 41.40%
Number of salaries quoted 314 553 965
10th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £72,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +12.12% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £130,875 £138,750 £116,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -6.67%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,234 2,167 2,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.97% 13.93% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,390 2,260
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,725 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £66,375
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +12.99% -5.18%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £107,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Docker job vacancy trend in London

Docker
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Docker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Docker

Docker
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Docker in London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Docker in London

Docker
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -19 46 £80,000 -5.88% 164
South London -12 23 £76,250 +22.00% 78
West London -26 4 £82,500 +22.22% 60
East London -12 2 - - 128
North London -2 1 - - 16
Docker
England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 33 (7.07%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.50%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.43%) Confluence
4 15 (3.21%) Apache
5 12 (2.57%) Appian
6 8 (1.71%) IIS
7 6 (1.28%) Tomcat
8 5 (1.07%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (1.07%) nginx
9 4 (0.86%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.86%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.64%) CMS
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.21%) Camunda
12 1 (0.21%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.21%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (1.93%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.43%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.50%) Shopify
2 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 283 (60.60%) AWS
2 229 (49.04%) Azure
3 143 (30.62%) GCP
4 89 (19.06%) GitHub
5 69 (14.78%) Serverless
6 62 (13.28%) GitHub Actions
7 53 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (8.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 34 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
9 34 (7.28%) Amazon S3
10 32 (6.85%) AWS Lambda
11 30 (6.42%) Datadog
12 29 (6.21%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (6.21%) Amazon ECS
13 28 (6.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (3.85%) SaaS
15 17 (3.64%) Azure AI
15 17 (3.64%) Cloud Run
16 16 (3.43%) Azure AKS
17 14 (3.00%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.28%) Broadband
2 15 (3.21%) Firewall
3 12 (2.57%) VPN
4 10 (2.14%) DNS
5 9 (1.93%) WAN
6 8 (1.71%) Network Security
7 7 (1.50%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.86%) AMQP
8 4 (0.86%) VLAN
8 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.64%) Internet
9 3 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.43%) BGP
10 2 (0.43%) MQTT
10 2 (0.43%) OSPF
10 2 (0.43%) RTMP
10 2 (0.43%) SAN
10 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.43%) SSL
10 2 (0.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (19.70%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (11.78%) NoSQL
3 49 (10.49%) SQL Server
4 44 (9.42%) Relational Database
5 42 (8.99%) MongoDB
6 34 (7.28%) MySQL
7 23 (4.93%) RDBMS
8 21 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (4.28%) BigQuery
10 19 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (3.85%) Pinecone
12 13 (2.78%) DB2
12 13 (2.78%) Redis
13 12 (2.57%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.93%) DynamoDB
14 9 (1.93%) Power BI
15 6 (1.28%) Big Data
15 6 (1.28%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 113 (24.20%) Jenkins
2 69 (14.78%) Git
3 41 (8.78%) GitLab
4 29 (6.21%) JIRA
5 27 (5.78%) Bitbucket
6 26 (5.57%) MLflow
6 26 (5.57%) TeamCity
7 22 (4.71%) JMeter
8 19 (4.07%) Selenium
9 17 (3.64%) JUnit
10 15 (3.21%) Cucumber
10 15 (3.21%) Mockito
11 11 (2.36%) CircleCI
12 10 (2.14%) Vite
13 9 (1.93%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.50%) Jaeger
15 6 (1.28%) Storybook
16 5 (1.07%) Artifactory
16 5 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 5 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 140 (29.98%) Social Skills
2 114 (24.41%) Finance
3 39 (8.35%) Public Sector
4 35 (7.49%) Telecoms
5 34 (7.28%) Banking
6 31 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.93%) Marketing
8 19 (4.07%) Law
9 16 (3.43%) Manufacturing
10 14 (3.00%) Financial Institution
10 14 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.78%) Front Office
12 12 (2.57%) Electronics
13 11 (2.36%) Retail
14 8 (1.71%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.28%) Legal
16 5 (1.07%) Advertising
17 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
18 2 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (26.98%) Developer
2 92 (19.70%) Senior
3 62 (13.28%) Lead
4 52 (11.13%) DevOps Engineer
5 50 (10.71%) Software Engineer
6 40 (8.57%) Full-Stack Developer
7 39 (8.35%) Java Developer
8 29 (6.21%) Data Engineer
9 27 (5.78%) Python Developer
10 26 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (5.57%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (5.14%) Senior Developer
12 23 (4.93%) Architect
13 20 (4.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 20 (4.28%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 20 (4.28%) Java Engineer
14 19 (4.07%) Lead Developer
15 17 (3.64%) Support Engineer
16 16 (3.43%) Backend Developer
16 16 (3.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (17.99%) Kafka
2 83 (17.77%) React
3 78 (16.70%) REST
4 65 (13.92%) RESTful
5 57 (12.21%) Spring
6 53 (11.35%) Spring Boot
7 51 (10.92%) Node.js
8 46 (9.85%) .NET
8 46 (9.85%) HTML
9 44 (9.42%) FastAPI
10 39 (8.35%) Elastic Stack
11 38 (8.14%) PyTorch
12 35 (7.49%) Django
13 33 (7.07%) TensorFlow
14 31 (6.64%) CSS
14 31 (6.64%) scikit-learn
14 31 (6.64%) Web Services
15 30 (6.42%) Flask
16 29 (6.21%) AngularJS
16 29 (6.21%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 88 (18.84%) Cloud Native
2 62 (13.28%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (5.78%) AI Agents
4 18 (3.85%) Algorithms
4 18 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.78%) Low-Code
8 11 (2.36%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.36%) Over-the-Top Content
8 11 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.36%) Video\Live Streaming
9 10 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
11 8 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.28%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.28%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.07%) Blockchain
13 5 (1.07%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.07%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 87 (18.63%) Linux
2 41 (8.78%) Windows
3 24 (5.14%) Unix
4 19 (4.07%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.64%) Android
6 8 (1.71%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.50%) VMS
7 7 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.64%) SUSE
10 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.21%) AIX
11 1 (0.21%) CentOS
11 1 (0.21%) Debian
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (68.09%) CI/CD
2 244 (52.25%) Containerisation
3 225 (48.18%) DevOps
4 173 (37.04%) Agile
5 170 (36.40%) Microservices
6 148 (31.69%) AI
7 140 (29.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 130 (27.84%) Software Engineering
9 103 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
10 97 (20.77%) Machine Learning
11 87 (18.63%) Full-Stack Development
11 87 (18.63%) Test Automation
12 75 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 68 (14.56%) Mentoring
13 68 (14.56%) Observability
14 62 (13.28%) Analytics
15 61 (13.06%) LLM
16 58 (12.42%) High Availability
17 57 (12.21%) Data Engineering
18 54 (11.56%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 272 (58.24%) Python
2 128 (27.41%) Java
3 126 (26.98%) SQL
4 95 (20.34%) JavaScript
5 69 (14.78%) Bash
6 58 (12.42%) TypeScript
7 57 (12.21%) C#
8 40 (8.57%) Go
9 38 (8.14%) PowerShell
10 22 (4.71%) Shell Script
11 18 (3.85%) PHP
12 17 (3.64%) Scala
13 13 (2.78%) Rust
14 12 (2.57%) C++
15 11 (2.36%) Bicep
16 5 (1.07%) C
16 5 (1.07%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.07%) R
16 5 (1.07%) Ruby
17 4 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 70 (14.99%) Security Cleared
2 62 (13.28%) Degree
3 42 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (6.85%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.78%) AWS Certification
6 25 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.07%) PhD
12 4 (0.86%) MCP
13 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.43%) CCNP
14 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.64%) QA
2 24 (5.14%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.14%) GDPR
3 19 (4.07%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.86%) SLA
5 4 (0.86%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.64%) SEPA
7 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.43%) PSD2
8 1 (0.21%) Basel III
8 1 (0.21%) MiFID
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.43%) NFS
5 2 (0.43%) vSphere
6 1 (0.21%) iptables
6 1 (0.21%) KVM
6 1 (0.21%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 357 (76.45%) Kubernetes
2 178 (38.12%) Terraform
3 69 (14.78%) Prometheus
4 66 (14.13%) Ansible
5 49 (10.49%) Grafana
6 28 (6.00%) Argo
7 15 (3.21%) Kibana
8 6 (1.28%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.28%) Puppet
9 5 (1.07%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.64%) Istio
11 3 (0.64%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.64%) linkerd
11 3 (0.64%) Mesos
11 3 (0.64%) Rancher
12 2 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
12 2 (0.43%) logstash
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.21%) Podman
Vendors
1 59 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.49%) Google
3 33 (7.07%) Splunk
4 29 (6.21%) OpenAI
5 26 (5.57%) Databricks
6 20 (4.28%) Atlassian
7 18 (3.85%) Dynatrace
7 18 (3.85%) Oracle
8 17 (3.64%) SAP
9 16 (3.43%) VMware
10 14 (3.00%) Palo Alto
11 12 (2.57%) Red Hat
12 10 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (2.14%) Fortinet
12 10 (2.14%) Foundry
13 8 (1.71%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.71%) UiPath
14 7 (1.50%) IBM
15 5 (1.07%) Ericsson
15 5 (1.07%) Nokia