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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 36 60
Rank change year-on-year -40 +24 -32
Permanent jobs citing Docker 576 1,056 1,412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.13% 7.30% 4.34%
As % of the System Software category 40.22% 50.26% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 367 686 1,229
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,059 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £82,500 £98,474 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £135,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -2.78%

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 1,432 2,101 4,171
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.77% 14.53% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 997 1,521 3,422
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,790 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 10 May 2026.

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 28 (4.86%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.47%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.26%) nginx
4 9 (1.56%) CMS
4 9 (1.56%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.87%) Apache
6 4 (0.69%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.69%) Drupal
6 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.69%) Oracle Spatial
6 4 (0.69%) WordPress
7 3 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.52%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.35%) Camunda
8 2 (0.35%) Confluence
8 2 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.17%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (0.69%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 391 (67.88%) AWS
2 247 (42.88%) Azure
3 169 (29.34%) GCP
4 127 (22.05%) GitHub
5 98 (17.01%) Serverless
6 59 (10.24%) Amazon S3
6 59 (10.24%) AWS Lambda
7 50 (8.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 50 (8.68%) SaaS
8 45 (7.81%) GitHub Actions
9 42 (7.29%) GitHub Copilot
10 39 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (6.08%) Amazon ECS
12 34 (5.90%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (5.21%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (4.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (3.99%) Pulumi
16 22 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
16 22 (3.82%) Azure AI
17 21 (3.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (18.23%) Broadband
2 10 (1.74%) DNS
2 10 (1.74%) Firewall
3 8 (1.39%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.22%) Network Security
4 7 (1.22%) VPN
5 6 (1.04%) DHCP
6 5 (0.87%) AMQP
7 4 (0.69%) HTTP
7 4 (0.69%) Internet
7 4 (0.69%) MQTT
8 3 (0.52%) RTP
8 3 (0.52%) SCCP
8 3 (0.52%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.52%) VLAN
8 3 (0.52%) VoIP
8 3 (0.52%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.35%) DSL
9 2 (0.35%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (15.10%) MongoDB
2 79 (13.72%) NoSQL
3 75 (13.02%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (7.99%) Relational Database
5 45 (7.81%) SQL Server
6 37 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
7 36 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 30 (5.21%) MySQL
9 29 (5.03%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (3.99%) DynamoDB
11 21 (3.65%) Redis
12 18 (3.13%) RDBMS
13 17 (2.95%) BigQuery
14 14 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (2.26%) Tableau
16 12 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
17 11 (1.91%) Amazon Athena
17 11 (1.91%) Pinecone
18 10 (1.74%) Weaviate
19 9 (1.56%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 97 (16.84%) Git
2 75 (13.02%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.51%) GitLab
4 24 (4.17%) TeamCity
5 18 (3.13%) CircleCI
5 18 (3.13%) Cypress.io
5 18 (3.13%) Jaeger
6 13 (2.26%) Maven
6 13 (2.26%) MLflow
7 11 (1.91%) JMeter
7 11 (1.91%) Selenium
8 10 (1.74%) JIRA
8 10 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.22%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.04%) JUnit
10 6 (1.04%) Locust
10 6 (1.04%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.04%) Vite
11 5 (0.87%) Postman
11 5 (0.87%) Storybook
General
1 99 (17.19%) Social Skills
2 76 (13.19%) Finance
3 42 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 15 (2.60%) Banking
5 15 (2.60%) Telecoms
6 13 (2.26%) Law
7 11 (1.91%) Advertising
8 10 (1.74%) Retail
9 7 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.22%) Games
9 7 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.22%) Marketing
10 6 (1.04%) Aviation
10 6 (1.04%) Front Office
10 6 (1.04%) Legal
11 5 (0.87%) Military
12 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (34.20%) Developer
2 149 (25.87%) Senior
3 98 (17.01%) Lead
4 85 (14.76%) Software Engineer
5 52 (9.03%) DevOps Engineer
6 46 (7.99%) .NET Developer
7 42 (7.29%) Scala Engineer
8 40 (6.94%) Full-Stack Developer
9 38 (6.60%) Java Developer
9 38 (6.60%) Senior Developer
10 29 (5.03%) Cloud Engineer
11 28 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 25 (4.34%) Data Engineer
13 24 (4.17%) AWS Engineer
14 23 (3.99%) Scala Software Engineer
15 22 (3.82%) Platform Engineer
15 22 (3.82%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (3.82%) Software Developer
16 21 (3.65%) Python Developer
16 21 (3.65%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (19.44%) React
2 98 (17.01%) .NET
3 95 (16.49%) Node.js
4 66 (11.46%) Spring
5 63 (10.94%) Kafka
6 61 (10.59%) .NET Core
7 58 (10.07%) AngularJS
7 58 (10.07%) gRPC
7 58 (10.07%) REST
8 55 (9.55%) RESTful
8 55 (9.55%) Spring Boot
9 47 (8.16%) ASP.NET
10 45 (7.81%) CSS
11 43 (7.47%) HTML
12 41 (7.12%) ASP.NET Core
13 39 (6.77%) Vue
14 34 (5.90%) Django
15 31 (5.38%) Elastic Stack
16 23 (3.99%) Playwright
16 23 (3.99%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 96 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 78 (13.54%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (11.63%) Over-the-Top Content
3 67 (11.63%) Video\Live Streaming
4 53 (9.20%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.43%) AI Agents
5 14 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.56%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.39%) Digital TV
8 8 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
8 8 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.22%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.22%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.87%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 103 (17.88%) Linux
2 31 (5.38%) Unix
3 15 (2.60%) Android
4 12 (2.08%) Windows
5 11 (1.91%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.87%) CentOS
9 4 (0.69%) VMS
10 3 (0.52%) Debian
10 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (65.80%) CI/CD
2 280 (48.61%) Containerisation
3 262 (45.49%) DevOps
4 232 (40.28%) Agile
5 191 (33.16%) Microservices
6 166 (28.82%) Software Engineering
7 158 (27.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 140 (24.31%) Full-Stack Development
9 130 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
10 121 (21.01%) AI
11 108 (18.75%) Mentoring
12 105 (18.23%) Machine Learning
13 102 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 97 (16.84%) Clean Code
15 85 (14.76%) Scrum
16 83 (14.41%) Coaching
16 83 (14.41%) TDD
17 73 (12.67%) Continuous Delivery
18 71 (12.33%) Test Automation
19 70 (12.15%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 264 (45.83%) Python
2 138 (23.96%) SQL
3 134 (23.26%) Java
3 134 (23.26%) JavaScript
4 105 (18.23%) Go
5 93 (16.15%) C#
6 88 (15.28%) Scala
7 84 (14.58%) TypeScript
8 68 (11.81%) Bash
9 25 (4.34%) PHP
10 22 (3.82%) PowerShell
11 15 (2.60%) Bicep
11 15 (2.60%) C++
12 11 (1.91%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.39%) Groovy
13 8 (1.39%) Ruby
13 8 (1.39%) Rust
14 7 (1.22%) C
15 4 (0.69%) Perl
15 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.28%) Degree
3 57 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.69%) AWS Certification
4 27 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.82%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.74%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.87%) CISSP
8 5 (0.87%) GIAC
8 5 (0.87%) ISACA
8 5 (0.87%) SANS
9 3 (0.52%) LPIC
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.35%) Linux+ Certification
10 2 (0.35%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.38%) QA
2 25 (4.34%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.08%) NIST
5 11 (1.91%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.74%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.22%) WCAG
8 6 (1.04%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.69%) GDPR
10 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.87%) Firmware
4 3 (0.52%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
6 1 (0.17%) QEMU
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 349 (60.59%) Kubernetes
2 196 (34.03%) Terraform
3 82 (14.24%) Ansible
4 51 (8.85%) Prometheus
5 44 (7.64%) Grafana
6 37 (6.42%) Argo
7 18 (3.13%) Kustomize
8 15 (2.60%) Podman
9 12 (2.08%) Puppet
10 8 (1.39%) Istio
11 7 (1.22%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.87%) HP Fortify
12 5 (0.87%) Packer
13 4 (0.69%) Kibana
14 3 (0.52%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 2 (0.35%) MIIS
15 2 (0.35%) Nagios
15 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.24%) Google
3 45 (7.81%) Typelevel
4 22 (3.82%) Databricks
5 13 (2.26%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.08%) Oracle
7 9 (1.56%) Palantir
8 8 (1.39%) Confluent
9 6 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.04%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.04%) Splunk
9 6 (1.04%) VMware
10 5 (0.87%) ForgeRock
10 5 (0.87%) Okta
10 5 (0.87%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.69%) ESRI
11 4 (0.69%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.69%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.52%) BT
12 3 (0.52%) Mitel