Docker Job Trends in the South West

Docker
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 49 81
Rank change year-on-year -21 +32 -43
Permanent jobs citing Docker 195 138 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.33% 4.14% 2.71%
As % of the System Software category 34.21% 33.17% 23.38%
Number of salaries quoted 142 79 199
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £44,750
25th Percentile £46,438 £51,474 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.91% +10.76% -3.70%
75th Percentile £71,625 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £116,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -6.67%

All System Software Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 570 416 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.82% 12.48% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 360 295 865
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,125 £90,000 £82,100
England median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% - -9.09%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Docker job vacancy trend in the South West

Docker
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Docker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Docker

Docker
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Docker in the South West over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Docker in the South West

Docker
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Gloucestershire -19 68 £60,500 -6.92% 29
Somerset +5 48 £42,500 -32.00% 9
Devon +3 28 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Bristol -43 28 £61,250 -28.05% 11
Wiltshire -17 7 £60,000 +17.51% 3
Cornwall - 7 £47,000 -
Dorset -17 4 £45,000 -5.26%
Docker
England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (5.64%) Confluence
2 7 (3.59%) Apache
3 5 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.05%) CMS
5 3 (1.54%) nginx
6 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.03%) Headless CMS
6 2 (1.03%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.51%) Drupal
7 1 (0.51%) IIS
7 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 107 (54.87%) Azure
2 93 (47.69%) AWS
3 44 (22.56%) GCP
3 44 (22.56%) GitHub
4 28 (14.36%) GitHub Copilot
5 26 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (11.28%) Amazon S3
7 21 (10.77%) Azure AI
8 19 (9.74%) SaaS
8 19 (9.74%) Serverless
9 17 (8.72%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (5.64%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.62%) Entra ID
13 9 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (3.59%) OpenShift
15 6 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
16 5 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.67%) Network Security
2 7 (3.59%) Broadband
2 7 (3.59%) Internet
3 4 (2.05%) IPv4
3 4 (2.05%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.54%) Firewall
5 1 (0.51%) DNS
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (21.54%) MongoDB
2 28 (14.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (6.15%) NoSQL
5 12 (6.15%) SQL Server
6 8 (4.10%) MySQL
7 7 (3.59%) InfluxDB
7 7 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (3.08%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (2.56%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.05%) Redis
11 2 (1.03%) Big Data
11 2 (1.03%) Flink
11 2 (1.03%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.51%) DocumentDB
12 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 46 (23.59%) Git
2 31 (15.90%) Jenkins
3 26 (13.33%) GitLab
4 20 (10.26%) JIRA
5 11 (5.64%) Cypress.io
6 9 (4.62%) Bitbucket
7 8 (4.10%) Eclipse
7 8 (4.10%) Subversion
8 7 (3.59%) Robot Framework
8 7 (3.59%) TestRail
9 6 (3.08%) CircleCI
9 6 (3.08%) Selenium
10 5 (2.56%) MSI
11 3 (1.54%) JUnit
12 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.51%) JMeter
12 1 (0.51%) Maven
12 1 (0.51%) Mockito
12 1 (0.51%) Valgrind
12 1 (0.51%) Vite
General
1 31 (15.90%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.26%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (6.15%) Automotive
4 11 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (5.64%) Marketing
5 10 (5.13%) Advertising
5 10 (5.13%) Finance
6 9 (4.62%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.59%) Games
8 6 (3.08%) Retail
9 3 (1.54%) Electronics
9 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 79 (40.51%) Developer
2 42 (21.54%) .NET Developer
3 30 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 27 (13.85%) Senior
5 23 (11.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (8.21%) Lead
7 15 (7.69%) Java Developer
8 14 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (7.18%) Software Developer
9 13 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Backend Developer
10 10 (5.13%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) IT Support
11 9 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Server Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Server Support
11 9 (4.62%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (32.82%) .NET
2 55 (28.21%) .NET Core
3 35 (17.95%) RESTful
4 31 (15.90%) ASP.NET
4 31 (15.90%) CSS
5 29 (14.87%) HTML
6 28 (14.36%) ASP.NET Core
7 24 (12.31%) React
7 24 (12.31%) Spring
8 23 (11.79%) Spring Boot
9 22 (11.28%) Node.js
10 21 (10.77%) AngularJS
10 21 (10.77%) ML.NET
11 20 (10.26%) REST
12 18 (9.23%) Vue
13 15 (7.69%) .NET Framework
14 14 (7.18%) Elastic Stack
15 11 (5.64%) Blazor
16 9 (4.62%) Entity Framework
16 9 (4.62%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.87%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.56%) Digital TV
6 4 (2.05%) IoT
6 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.05%) Over-the-Top Content
6 4 (2.05%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.54%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.54%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.54%) PKI
7 3 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.03%) PropTech
9 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (29.74%) Linux
2 24 (12.31%) Windows
3 10 (5.13%) Unix
4 7 (3.59%) CentOS
5 5 (2.56%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (69.74%) CI/CD
2 107 (54.87%) Containerisation
3 82 (42.05%) DevOps
4 67 (34.36%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (32.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (31.28%) Agile
7 57 (29.23%) Software Engineering
8 44 (22.56%) AI
9 40 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (19.49%) Microservices
11 35 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (16.92%) Machine Learning
13 32 (16.41%) Test Automation
14 31 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 23 (11.79%) Computer Science
16 22 (11.28%) API Design
17 21 (10.77%) DevSecOps
18 18 (9.23%) Analytics
18 18 (9.23%) Mentoring
19 17 (8.72%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (45.13%) Python
2 62 (31.79%) C#
3 47 (24.10%) JavaScript
4 46 (23.59%) Java
4 46 (23.59%) SQL
5 25 (12.82%) Bash
6 22 (11.28%) TypeScript
7 18 (9.23%) PowerShell
8 15 (7.69%) C++
9 9 (4.62%) Scala
10 8 (4.10%) PHP
11 7 (3.59%) Bicep
12 6 (3.08%) Perl
13 5 (2.56%) Go
14 4 (2.05%) C
15 2 (1.03%) Rust
15 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (29.23%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 24 (12.31%) Degree
4 22 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (9.74%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.10%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.05%) CCNA
9 4 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.05%) ISTQB
9 4 (2.05%) OSCP
9 4 (2.05%) RHCE
9 4 (2.05%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.13%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.10%) WCAG
3 6 (3.08%) NCSC
3 6 (3.08%) QA
4 5 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.54%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.05%) Firmware
4 4 (2.05%) Squid
4 4 (2.05%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.05%) vSphere
5 3 (1.54%) iptables
6 1 (0.51%) KVM
6 1 (0.51%) QEMU
6 1 (0.51%) Xen
Systems Management
1 151 (77.44%) Kubernetes
2 60 (30.77%) Terraform
3 43 (22.05%) Ansible
4 25 (12.82%) Grafana
5 15 (7.69%) Prometheus
6 10 (5.13%) Puppet
7 7 (3.59%) Kibana
8 6 (3.08%) logstash
8 6 (3.08%) vCenter Server
9 5 (2.56%) Packer
10 4 (2.05%) Podman
10 4 (2.05%) Progress Chef
10 4 (2.05%) ZABBIX
11 2 (1.03%) Argo
11 2 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (1.03%) Istio
11 2 (1.03%) linkerd
11 2 (1.03%) Mesos
12 1 (0.51%) Consul
12 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.67%) Red Hat
3 12 (6.15%) Google
4 11 (5.64%) Splunk
4 11 (5.64%) VMware
5 10 (5.13%) Facebook
6 8 (4.10%) Atlassian
7 6 (3.08%) Oracle
8 4 (2.05%) Databricks
8 4 (2.05%) Typelevel
9 3 (1.54%) OneLogin
9 3 (1.54%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.51%) Cisco
10 1 (0.51%) Dell
10 1 (0.51%) TOWER Software