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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 33 76
Rank change year-on-year -45 +43 -43
Permanent jobs citing Docker 721 1,174 992
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 7.12% 3.62%
As % of the System Software category 39.77% 53.53% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 546 492 810
10th Percentile £44,375 £48,165 £42,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -10.34%
75th Percentile £77,131 £86,750 £84,919
90th Percentile £91,875 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £68,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +6.62% -6.21%

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 1,813 2,193 3,217
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.30% 13.30% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 1,291 2,436
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,565 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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

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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 26 July 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 23 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.50%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.80%) Apache
4 9 (1.25%) nginx
5 6 (0.83%) IIS
5 6 (0.83%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.69%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.55%) CMS
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.42%) Camunda
8 3 (0.42%) Confluence
9 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.28%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.28%) WordPress
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 451 (62.55%) AWS
2 404 (56.03%) Azure
3 225 (31.21%) GitHub
4 189 (26.21%) GCP
5 151 (20.94%) GitHub Copilot
6 83 (11.51%) Serverless
7 74 (10.26%) Azure AI
8 49 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
9 47 (6.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 47 (6.52%) SaaS
10 45 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
11 44 (6.10%) AWS Lambda
12 43 (5.96%) Amazon S3
13 35 (4.85%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (4.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 32 (4.44%) Amazon ECS
15 31 (4.30%) Azure Service Bus
16 29 (4.02%) Azure AKS
17 24 (3.33%) Amazon EKS
18 23 (3.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (9.57%) Broadband
2 20 (2.77%) Internet
3 11 (1.53%) VPN
4 10 (1.39%) DNS
5 9 (1.25%) Firewall
6 8 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.69%) MQTT
8 4 (0.55%) DHCP
8 4 (0.55%) HTTP
8 4 (0.55%) Network Security
8 4 (0.55%) SSH
9 3 (0.42%) AMQP
10 2 (0.28%) Intranet
10 2 (0.28%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.28%) RTP
10 2 (0.28%) SMS
10 2 (0.28%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.28%) VLAN
10 2 (0.28%) VoIP
10 2 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (25.10%) MongoDB
2 138 (19.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 97 (13.45%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (8.88%) Elasticsearch
5 52 (7.21%) SQL Server
6 50 (6.93%) NoSQL
7 42 (5.83%) Relational Database
8 38 (5.27%) MySQL
9 36 (4.99%) Redis
10 31 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (2.64%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.25%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.11%) Data Lake
15 8 (1.11%) Delta Lake
16 7 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 6 (0.83%) Big Data
17 6 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 130 (18.03%) Git
2 67 (9.29%) Jenkins
3 58 (8.04%) GitLab
4 21 (2.91%) JUnit
5 19 (2.64%) Cypress.io
6 17 (2.36%) JIRA
6 17 (2.36%) Maven
7 16 (2.22%) Selenium
8 12 (1.66%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.53%) Mockito
10 10 (1.39%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.39%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.39%) Postman
11 7 (0.97%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.83%) Gatling
12 6 (0.83%) JMeter
12 6 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.69%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.69%) Subversion
13 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 149 (20.67%) Social Skills
2 97 (13.45%) Finance
3 46 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 41 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (5.41%) Advertising
6 22 (3.05%) Marketing
7 18 (2.50%) Aerospace
7 18 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (2.08%) Games
9 13 (1.80%) Banking
10 10 (1.39%) Law
10 10 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.97%) Legal
12 5 (0.69%) Electronics
12 5 (0.69%) Military
12 5 (0.69%) Retail
13 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.42%) Aviation
14 3 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 313 (43.41%) Developer
2 158 (21.91%) Senior
3 142 (19.69%) .NET Developer
4 109 (15.12%) Software Engineer
5 80 (11.10%) Lead
6 52 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
7 46 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
8 45 (6.24%) Senior Developer
9 39 (5.41%) Java Developer
10 31 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
11 30 (4.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
11 30 (4.16%) Scala Engineer
12 27 (3.74%) Data Engineer
12 27 (3.74%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 21 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
15 20 (2.77%) Lead Developer
15 20 (2.77%) Python Engineer
15 20 (2.77%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (29.13%) .NET
2 155 (21.50%) .NET Core
3 152 (21.08%) ASP.NET
4 136 (18.86%) ASP.NET Core
5 122 (16.92%) React
6 116 (16.09%) Node.js
7 104 (14.42%) AngularJS
8 103 (14.29%) CSS
9 96 (13.31%) REST
10 95 (13.18%) HTML
11 79 (10.96%) RESTful
11 79 (10.96%) Vue
12 78 (10.82%) Spring
13 73 (10.12%) ML.NET
14 61 (8.46%) Spring Boot
15 54 (7.49%) gRPC
16 51 (7.07%) Kafka
17 33 (4.58%) Blazor
18 31 (4.30%) Django
19 29 (4.02%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 122 (16.92%) Cloud Native
2 95 (13.18%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (6.24%) Over-the-Top Content
3 45 (6.24%) Video\Live Streaming
4 32 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
5 30 (4.16%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.77%) Digital TV
7 15 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (1.53%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.25%) Robotics
12 8 (1.11%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.11%) IoT
12 8 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.97%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.97%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.97%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 131 (18.17%) Linux
2 15 (2.08%) Ubuntu
3 14 (1.94%) Windows
4 11 (1.53%) Unix
5 7 (0.97%) Debian
5 7 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.55%) CentOS
7 4 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.42%) Android
8 3 (0.42%) VMS
8 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (68.10%) CI/CD
2 297 (41.19%) Containerisation
3 293 (40.64%) Agile
4 258 (35.78%) Full-Stack Development
5 255 (35.37%) DevOps
5 255 (35.37%) Microservices
6 219 (30.37%) Software Engineering
7 208 (28.85%) AI
8 167 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
9 160 (22.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 159 (22.05%) Machine Learning
11 130 (18.03%) Mentoring
12 122 (16.92%) Scrum
13 116 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 115 (15.95%) TDD
15 113 (15.67%) Clean Code
16 87 (12.07%) Test Automation
17 84 (11.65%) Coaching
18 83 (11.51%) Observability
19 73 (10.12%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 274 (38.00%) Python
2 244 (33.84%) SQL
3 219 (30.37%) C#
4 146 (20.25%) TypeScript
5 124 (17.20%) JavaScript
6 114 (15.81%) Java
7 73 (10.12%) Go
8 60 (8.32%) Bash
8 60 (8.32%) Scala
9 34 (4.72%) PowerShell
10 23 (3.19%) PHP
10 23 (3.19%) Ruby
11 21 (2.91%) Bicep
12 14 (1.94%) C++
13 12 (1.66%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.66%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.39%) Groovy
15 9 (1.25%) Rust
16 6 (0.83%) C
17 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (12.48%) Security Cleared
2 76 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 58 (8.04%) Degree
4 21 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.80%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.55%) CISSP
9 4 (0.55%) GIAC
9 4 (0.55%) ISACA
9 4 (0.55%) SANS
10 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.14%) OCP
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.74%) QA
2 33 (4.58%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.50%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.36%) WCAG
5 12 (1.66%) NIST
6 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.69%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.42%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.28%) GDPR
10 2 (0.28%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) PSD2
11 1 (0.14%) SEPA
11 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.55%) Firmware
3 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) iptables
4 3 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.28%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.28%) KVM
6 1 (0.14%) QEMU
6 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 462 (64.08%) Kubernetes
2 181 (25.10%) Terraform
3 53 (7.35%) Ansible
4 51 (7.07%) Grafana
5 43 (5.96%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.64%) Puppet
7 16 (2.22%) Istio
7 16 (2.22%) Podman
8 15 (2.08%) Argo
9 14 (1.94%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.69%) Kibana
11 4 (0.55%) linkerd
11 4 (0.55%) Packer
12 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.42%) Nagios
12 3 (0.42%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.28%) CASB
13 2 (0.28%) MIIS
13 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 194 (26.91%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.80%) Google
3 45 (6.24%) Typelevel
4 20 (2.77%) Facebook
5 18 (2.50%) Oracle
6 17 (2.36%) Databricks
7 16 (2.22%) Okta
8 12 (1.66%) Ping Identity
9 10 (1.39%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.25%) Informatica
11 8 (1.11%) Confluent
11 8 (1.11%) ForgeRock
11 8 (1.11%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.11%) VMware
12 7 (0.97%) Splunk
13 5 (0.69%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.69%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.69%) IBM
13 5 (0.69%) New Relic
14 4 (0.55%) TIBCO