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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 40 64
Rank change year-on-year -48 +24 -34
Permanent jobs citing Docker 707 1,006 972
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.90% 6.17% 4.14%
As % of the System Software category 37.45% 50.65% 34.84%
Number of salaries quoted 536 356 630
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,750 £102,911
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +2.94% -5.56%

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 1,888 1,986 2,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.76% 12.17% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,417 1,098 1,746
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,750 £56,763
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -7.07% -5.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%

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 18 September 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 21 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (2.83%) Apache
3 17 (2.40%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.41%) nginx
5 7 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.85%) IIS
6 6 (0.85%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.57%) Confluence
7 4 (0.57%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.42%) Camunda
9 2 (0.28%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) WordPress
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.14%) Moodle
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.70%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.14%) Magento
2 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 424 (59.97%) AWS
2 420 (59.41%) Azure
3 233 (32.96%) GitHub
4 150 (21.22%) GitHub Copilot
5 144 (20.37%) GCP
6 72 (10.18%) Azure AI
7 68 (9.62%) GitHub Actions
8 62 (8.77%) Serverless
9 54 (7.64%) SaaS
10 50 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (6.51%) AWS CloudFormation
12 36 (5.09%) Amazon S3
13 35 (4.95%) AWS Lambda
13 35 (4.95%) Azure Service Bus
14 31 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
15 28 (3.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 28 (3.96%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (3.96%) Azure AKS
16 25 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 24 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.82%) Broadband
2 20 (2.83%) Internet
3 11 (1.56%) VPN
4 10 (1.41%) Firewall
5 9 (1.27%) AMQP
5 9 (1.27%) DNS
5 9 (1.27%) SMS
6 8 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.99%) Network Security
8 4 (0.57%) SSH
9 3 (0.42%) HTTP
10 2 (0.28%) DHCP
10 2 (0.28%) Intranet
10 2 (0.28%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.28%) LAN
10 2 (0.28%) VLAN
10 2 (0.28%) WAN
10 2 (0.28%) WireGuard
10 2 (0.28%) X.509
11 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (23.76%) MongoDB
2 138 (19.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 110 (15.56%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (8.35%) Elasticsearch
5 54 (7.64%) SQL Server
6 50 (7.07%) NoSQL
7 48 (6.79%) Relational Database
8 38 (5.37%) MySQL
9 32 (4.53%) Redis
10 24 (3.39%) DynamoDB
11 20 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
12 19 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (2.55%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.27%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.27%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.85%) Delta Lake
15 6 (0.85%) Metadata
15 6 (0.85%) Power BI
15 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (0.71%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 138 (19.52%) Git
2 70 (9.90%) Jenkins
3 62 (8.77%) GitLab
4 26 (3.68%) JUnit
5 20 (2.83%) Selenium
6 19 (2.69%) Maven
7 15 (2.12%) Cypress.io
7 15 (2.12%) JIRA
8 14 (1.98%) Mockito
9 13 (1.84%) Claude Code
10 12 (1.70%) Postman
11 9 (1.27%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.99%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.99%) Gatling
13 6 (0.85%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.85%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.85%) Storybook
14 5 (0.71%) Subversion
14 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 168 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 106 (14.99%) Finance
3 56 (7.92%) Public Sector
4 43 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (4.95%) Advertising
6 24 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.11%) Aerospace
8 21 (2.97%) Marketing
9 15 (2.12%) Games
10 14 (1.98%) Law
11 12 (1.70%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.56%) Banking
13 10 (1.41%) Tech for Good
14 9 (1.27%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.13%) Legal
16 7 (0.99%) Retail
17 6 (0.85%) Electronics
18 4 (0.57%) Telecoms
19 3 (0.42%) Local Government
19 3 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 306 (43.28%) Developer
2 175 (24.75%) Senior
3 141 (19.94%) .NET Developer
4 104 (14.71%) Software Engineer
5 76 (10.75%) Lead
6 59 (8.35%) Senior Developer
7 53 (7.50%) DevOps Engineer
8 47 (6.65%) Java Developer
9 43 (6.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 31 (4.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 27 (3.82%) Senior Java Developer
12 25 (3.54%) Data Engineer
12 25 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.39%) Lead Developer
14 23 (3.25%) Architect
15 22 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
15 22 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.97%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
17 19 (2.69%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (30.98%) .NET
2 181 (25.60%) Terraform
3 151 (21.36%) .NET Core
4 150 (21.22%) ASP.NET
5 138 (19.52%) React
6 136 (19.24%) Node.js
7 132 (18.67%) ASP.NET Core
8 108 (15.28%) REST
9 104 (14.71%) CSS
10 102 (14.43%) AngularJS
11 89 (12.59%) HTML
12 86 (12.16%) Spring
13 83 (11.74%) RESTful
14 77 (10.89%) Vue
15 70 (9.90%) ML.NET
16 62 (8.77%) Spring Boot
17 47 (6.65%) Kafka
18 40 (5.66%) Blazor
19 30 (4.24%) OAuth
20 29 (4.10%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 120 (16.97%) Cloud Native
2 69 (9.76%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.81%) Greenfield Project
4 19 (2.69%) Digital TV
4 19 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.84%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.84%) Robotics
9 11 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.27%) IoT
11 9 (1.27%) Over-the-Top Content
11 9 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.13%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.13%) Blog
13 7 (0.99%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 132 (18.67%) Linux
2 22 (3.11%) Windows
3 18 (2.55%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.27%) Debian
5 7 (0.99%) Unix
6 6 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.71%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.57%) Android
8 4 (0.57%) CentOS
8 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.42%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.28%) Solaris
10 2 (0.28%) VMS
10 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.14%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (65.06%) CI/CD
2 295 (41.73%) Agile
3 249 (35.22%) Full-Stack Development
4 241 (34.09%) DevOps
5 236 (33.38%) AI
6 234 (33.10%) Containerisation
7 224 (31.68%) Microservices
8 205 (29.00%) Software Engineering
9 150 (21.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 145 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
11 143 (20.23%) Mentoring
12 132 (18.67%) Machine Learning
13 118 (16.69%) Scrum
14 106 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
15 100 (14.14%) TDD
16 93 (13.15%) Test Automation
17 91 (12.87%) Observability
18 81 (11.46%) Clean Code
19 80 (11.32%) Event-Driven
20 61 (8.63%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 281 (39.75%) SQL
2 232 (32.81%) C#
3 228 (32.25%) Python
4 157 (22.21%) TypeScript
5 129 (18.25%) JavaScript
6 125 (17.68%) Java
7 72 (10.18%) Bash
8 38 (5.37%) PowerShell
9 35 (4.95%) Go
10 24 (3.39%) Ruby
11 21 (2.97%) Bicep
12 19 (2.69%) PHP
12 19 (2.69%) Scala
13 17 (2.40%) C++
13 17 (2.40%) Kotlin
14 16 (2.26%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.56%) Groovy
16 9 (1.27%) Rust
17 8 (1.13%) C
18 4 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 115 (16.27%) Security Cleared
2 92 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 51 (7.21%) Degree
4 22 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.26%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.12%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.42%) GIAC
11 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.42%) OCP
11 3 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.28%) GCFA
12 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.19%) QA
2 33 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 25 (3.54%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.98%) WCAG
5 9 (1.27%) NIST
6 6 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.85%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.71%) GDPR
8 4 (0.57%) NCSC
9 3 (0.42%) SLA
10 2 (0.28%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.28%) MISRA
10 2 (0.28%) MISRA C
11 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) PSD2
11 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.42%) iptables
5 2 (0.28%) KVM
5 2 (0.28%) QEMU
5 2 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 470 (66.48%) Kubernetes
2 57 (8.06%) Ansible
3 44 (6.22%) Grafana
4 39 (5.52%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.69%) Puppet
6 14 (1.98%) Progress Chef
7 13 (1.84%) Argo
8 10 (1.41%) Podman
9 9 (1.27%) Istio
10 4 (0.57%) Kibana
10 4 (0.57%) linkerd
10 4 (0.57%) Packer
11 3 (0.42%) Cilium
11 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.28%) CASB
12 2 (0.28%) Consul
12 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.28%) Nagios
12 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 183 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.07%) Google
3 26 (3.68%) OpenAI
4 24 (3.39%) Oracle
5 19 (2.69%) Facebook
6 15 (2.12%) Okta
6 15 (2.12%) Red Hat
7 14 (1.98%) Ping Identity
8 12 (1.70%) Databricks
8 12 (1.70%) Informatica
9 10 (1.41%) Splunk
9 10 (1.41%) VMware
10 9 (1.27%) Typelevel
11 8 (1.13%) New Relic
12 5 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.71%) ForgeRock
12 5 (0.71%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.71%) IBM
13 4 (0.57%) ESRI
13 4 (0.57%) TIBCO