Hybrid/Remote Docker Job Trends

Docker
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 34 30
Rank change year-on-year -63 -4 -7
Permanent jobs citing Docker 426 1,236 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.78% 6.52% 7.57%
As % of the System Software category 34.24% 44.19% 44.84%
Number of salaries quoted 335 663 1,310
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,875 £83,938
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £70,576
% change year-on-year +0.71% +2.01% -2.65%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,244 2,797 3,470
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.11% 14.75% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,727 3,008
10th Percentile £28,928 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,869 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% -1.79%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Docker and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Docker job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Docker
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docker

Docker
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Docker over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Docker salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 15 (3.52%) nginx
2 13 (3.05%) Apache Solr
3 12 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.82%) CMS
4 10 (2.35%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.88%) IIS
6 5 (1.17%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.17%) Apache
6 5 (1.17%) Drupal
6 5 (1.17%) WordPress
7 4 (0.94%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (0.94%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.70%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Weka
2 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 264 (61.97%) AWS
2 244 (57.28%) Azure
3 101 (23.71%) GitHub
4 94 (22.07%) GCP
5 64 (15.02%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (13.15%) GitHub Actions
7 50 (11.74%) Serverless
8 41 (9.62%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (7.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 31 (7.28%) AWS Lambda
11 28 (6.57%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (5.87%) SaaS
13 24 (5.63%) Amazon S3
13 24 (5.63%) Azure AKS
14 21 (4.93%) OpenShift
15 19 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (4.23%) Datadog
17 15 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (3.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.29%) Firewall
2 13 (3.05%) VPN
3 10 (2.35%) DNS
3 10 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.41%) Broadband
5 5 (1.17%) Internet
6 4 (0.94%) AMQP
6 4 (0.94%) Network Security
7 3 (0.70%) WAN
8 2 (0.47%) DHCP
8 2 (0.47%) InfiniBand
8 2 (0.47%) LAN
8 2 (0.47%) VLAN
8 2 (0.47%) VSAN
9 1 (0.23%) 5G
9 1 (0.23%) MIMO
9 1 (0.23%) NAS
9 1 (0.23%) NGN
9 1 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (17.37%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (13.15%) NoSQL
3 51 (11.97%) SQL Server
4 38 (8.92%) MySQL
5 30 (7.04%) Elasticsearch
6 29 (6.81%) MongoDB
7 22 (5.16%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (4.93%) Relational Database
9 20 (4.69%) Redis
10 12 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (2.35%) DynamoDB
12 9 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.64%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.64%) MariaDB
13 7 (1.64%) Tick Data
14 5 (1.17%) Power BI
15 4 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.94%) Big Data
16 3 (0.70%) Neo4j
16 3 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 72 (16.90%) Git
2 48 (11.27%) GitLab
3 44 (10.33%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.82%) SonarQube
5 11 (2.58%) JUnit
5 11 (2.58%) Octopus Deploy
5 11 (2.58%) Selenium
6 9 (2.11%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.88%) JIRA
7 8 (1.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.88%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.17%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.94%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.94%) MLflow
9 4 (0.94%) MSBuild
9 4 (0.94%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.70%) git-flow
10 3 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.70%) TestRail
10 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 121 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 55 (12.91%) Finance
3 24 (5.63%) Public Sector
4 20 (4.69%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.99%) Law
6 14 (3.29%) Marketing
6 14 (3.29%) Retail
7 12 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.35%) Games
9 9 (2.11%) Legal
10 8 (1.88%) Banking
11 7 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.41%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.17%) Local Government
13 5 (1.17%) Police
13 5 (1.17%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.94%) Front Office
14 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 117 (27.46%) Senior
2 113 (26.53%) Developer
3 65 (15.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 61 (14.32%) Lead
5 46 (10.80%) Software Engineer
6 34 (7.98%) Architect
7 31 (7.28%) Senior Developer
8 28 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (6.10%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (5.40%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (5.40%) Python Developer
11 21 (4.93%) Java Developer
12 20 (4.69%) Data Engineer
13 19 (4.46%) Senior DevOps
14 18 (4.23%) .NET Developer
14 18 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (4.23%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.99%) Cloud Engineer
15 17 (3.99%) Development Engineer
15 17 (3.99%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (20.66%) .NET
2 70 (16.43%) React
3 50 (11.74%) RESTful
4 46 (10.80%) REST
5 43 (10.09%) Kafka
5 43 (10.09%) Spring Boot
6 42 (9.86%) Spring
7 38 (8.92%) Django
8 36 (8.45%) Node.js
9 33 (7.75%) AngularJS
9 33 (7.75%) CSS
9 33 (7.75%) Flask
9 33 (7.75%) HTML
10 31 (7.28%) .NET Core
11 29 (6.81%) Elastic Stack
12 25 (5.87%) FastAPI
13 23 (5.40%) Vue
14 20 (4.69%) gRPC
14 20 (4.69%) RabbitMQ
15 19 (4.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 106 (24.88%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.92%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 20 (4.69%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.82%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.64%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.41%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.17%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.94%) PKI
13 3 (0.70%) IoT
13 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.70%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 92 (21.60%) Linux
2 47 (11.03%) Windows
3 23 (5.40%) Unix
4 21 (4.93%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.35%) Android
6 7 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.64%) VMS
7 6 (1.41%) CentOS
8 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.23%) Fedora
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (67.61%) CI/CD
2 248 (58.22%) DevOps
3 222 (52.11%) Containerisation
4 159 (37.32%) Agile
5 132 (30.99%) Infrastructure as Code
6 119 (27.93%) Microservices
7 117 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (22.30%) Software Engineering
9 81 (19.01%) AI
10 75 (17.61%) Mentoring
11 70 (16.43%) Observability
12 65 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (13.15%) Full-Stack Development
14 51 (11.97%) Event-Driven
14 51 (11.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 45 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 44 (10.33%) Test Automation
17 42 (9.86%) Machine Learning
18 40 (9.39%) Platform Engineering
19 37 (8.69%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 208 (48.83%) Python
2 126 (29.58%) SQL
3 103 (24.18%) JavaScript
4 83 (19.48%) Java
5 77 (18.08%) C#
6 51 (11.97%) Bash
7 42 (9.86%) PowerShell
8 40 (9.39%) TypeScript
9 28 (6.57%) Bicep
9 28 (6.57%) Go
10 23 (5.40%) PHP
11 9 (2.11%) C++
12 8 (1.88%) Delphi
13 5 (1.17%) Ruby
13 5 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.94%) Scala
15 3 (0.70%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.47%) Groovy
16 2 (0.47%) R
16 2 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 45 (10.56%) Degree
3 42 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (6.34%) AWS Certification
6 18 (4.23%) Azure Certification
7 15 (3.52%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.17%) CISM
9 5 (1.17%) CISSP
10 3 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.47%) CISA
11 2 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.98%) QA
2 22 (5.16%) GDPR
3 10 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.64%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.41%) NIST
7 5 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.17%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.47%) ECSS
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) SEPA
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.17%) vSphere
3 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.47%) Ceph
4 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.47%) Lustre
4 2 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.23%) Postfix
5 1 (0.23%) vCloud
5 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 284 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 171 (40.14%) Terraform
3 71 (16.67%) Grafana
4 65 (15.26%) Ansible
5 52 (12.21%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.58%) Argo
7 5 (1.17%) Puppet
8 4 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.47%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.47%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.23%) Rancher
11 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.63%) Oracle
3 23 (5.40%) Google
4 15 (3.52%) Databricks
5 11 (2.58%) Splunk
6 10 (2.35%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.88%) SAP
7 8 (1.88%) VMware
8 6 (1.41%) Mercator
9 5 (1.17%) Dell
9 5 (1.17%) Epicor
9 5 (1.17%) IBM
9 5 (1.17%) Infor
9 5 (1.17%) Informatica
9 5 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.17%) SnapLogic
9 5 (1.17%) Software AG
9 5 (1.17%) Talend
9 5 (1.17%) TIBCO
9 5 (1.17%) Workday