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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 32 40
Rank change year-on-year -51 +8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Docker 510 1,245 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.13% 7.91% 5.98%
As % of the System Software category 38.26% 49.39% 39.87%
Number of salaries quoted 351 738 1,404
10th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £126,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -3.45%

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 1,333 2,521 4,121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.19% 16.02% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 936 1,582 3,553
10th Percentile £29,188 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,313 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 12 February 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 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.73%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.14%) nginx
4 9 (1.76%) CMS
5 7 (1.37%) Apache Solr
6 6 (1.18%) Apache
6 6 (1.18%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.98%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.98%) Apache Pulsar
7 5 (0.98%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.98%) Drupal
7 5 (0.98%) WordPress
8 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.39%) IIS
10 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.20%) Camunda
11 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (0.78%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.39%) Weka
3 1 (0.20%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 9 (1.76%) Shopify
2 1 (0.20%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 336 (65.88%) AWS
2 232 (45.49%) Azure
3 124 (24.31%) GCP
3 124 (24.31%) GitHub
4 72 (14.12%) Serverless
5 62 (12.16%) GitHub Actions
6 58 (11.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 49 (9.61%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (9.41%) AWS Lambda
9 43 (8.43%) Amazon S3
10 41 (8.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 37 (7.25%) SaaS
12 28 (5.49%) Pulumi
13 27 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
14 21 (4.12%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (3.92%) Datadog
15 20 (3.92%) OpenShift
16 19 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
17 18 (3.53%) AWS Step Functions
18 16 (3.14%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (12.16%) Broadband
2 17 (3.33%) Firewall
3 14 (2.75%) VPN
4 10 (1.96%) DNS
5 9 (1.76%) Network Security
5 9 (1.76%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.98%) AMQP
7 4 (0.78%) DHCP
7 4 (0.78%) WAN
8 3 (0.59%) HTTP
8 3 (0.59%) Internet
8 3 (0.59%) RTP
8 3 (0.59%) SCCP
8 3 (0.59%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.59%) VLAN
8 3 (0.59%) VoIP
8 3 (0.59%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.39%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.39%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.90%) PostgreSQL
2 72 (14.12%) NoSQL
3 46 (9.02%) SQL Server
4 42 (8.24%) Relational Database
5 39 (7.65%) MySQL
6 37 (7.25%) MongoDB
7 26 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (3.73%) RDBMS
10 18 (3.53%) Redis
11 15 (2.94%) BigQuery
11 15 (2.94%) DynamoDB
12 14 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (2.35%) Tableau
14 11 (2.16%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.96%) Pinecone
15 10 (1.96%) Weaviate
16 9 (1.76%) Apache Iceberg
16 9 (1.76%) Looker
Development Applications
1 80 (15.69%) Git
2 76 (14.90%) Jenkins
3 55 (10.78%) GitLab
4 27 (5.29%) TeamCity
5 19 (3.73%) Jaeger
6 16 (3.14%) Selenium
7 12 (2.35%) MLflow
7 12 (2.35%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.16%) JUnit
9 10 (1.96%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.37%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.37%) JMeter
11 6 (1.18%) JIRA
11 6 (1.18%) Maven
12 5 (0.98%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.98%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.98%) Storybook
12 5 (0.98%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.98%) Vite
13 4 (0.78%) Postman
General
1 118 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.75%) Finance
3 32 (6.27%) Public Sector
4 28 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 21 (4.12%) Law
7 15 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (1.96%) Retail
9 9 (1.76%) Games
10 8 (1.57%) Legal
11 7 (1.37%) Banking
11 7 (1.37%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.18%) Marketing
13 5 (0.98%) Aviation
13 5 (0.98%) Front Office
13 5 (0.98%) Local Government
13 5 (0.98%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.98%) Police
14 3 (0.59%) Electronics
14 3 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 155 (30.39%) Senior
2 150 (29.41%) Developer
3 90 (17.65%) Lead
4 71 (13.92%) Software Engineer
5 53 (10.39%) DevOps Engineer
6 38 (7.45%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.06%) Full-Stack Developer
8 35 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (6.27%) Java Developer
10 27 (5.29%) Software Developer
11 25 (4.90%) Lead DevOps
11 25 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
12 24 (4.71%) Data Engineer
12 24 (4.71%) Scala Engineer
13 23 (4.51%) Platform Engineer
13 23 (4.51%) Python Developer
14 22 (4.31%) Architect
14 22 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
15 19 (3.73%) Lead DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.53%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (17.84%) React
2 84 (16.47%) .NET
3 65 (12.75%) Node.js
4 59 (11.57%) Spring
5 53 (10.39%) Spring Boot
6 51 (10.00%) RESTful
7 50 (9.80%) Kafka
8 47 (9.22%) Elastic Stack
8 47 (9.22%) REST
9 41 (8.04%) Django
10 39 (7.65%) .NET Core
10 39 (7.65%) AngularJS
11 35 (6.86%) gRPC
12 31 (6.08%) CSS
12 31 (6.08%) HTML
12 31 (6.08%) Vue
13 30 (5.88%) Flask
14 25 (4.90%) Akka
15 19 (3.73%) FastAPI
15 19 (3.73%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 93 (18.24%) Cloud Native
2 60 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (8.43%) Product Ownership
4 41 (8.04%) Over-the-Top Content
4 41 (8.04%) Video\Live Streaming
5 18 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.35%) AI Agents
8 10 (1.96%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.57%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.18%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.98%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.98%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.78%) PKI
14 3 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 115 (22.55%) Linux
2 46 (9.02%) Unix
3 33 (6.47%) Windows
4 17 (3.33%) Android
5 14 (2.75%) Windows Server
6 11 (2.16%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.37%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.37%) VMS
8 6 (1.18%) CentOS
9 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Fedora
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (63.53%) CI/CD
2 265 (51.96%) DevOps
3 254 (49.80%) Containerisation
4 188 (36.86%) Agile
5 163 (31.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 139 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
7 136 (26.67%) Microservices
8 131 (25.69%) Software Engineering
9 99 (19.41%) AI
10 93 (18.24%) Mentoring
11 83 (16.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 74 (14.51%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (13.53%) Machine Learning
14 65 (12.75%) Observability
15 61 (11.96%) Test Automation
16 59 (11.57%) Coaching
17 58 (11.37%) TDD
18 57 (11.18%) Event-Driven
19 55 (10.78%) Clean Code
20 54 (10.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 240 (47.06%) Python
2 134 (26.27%) JavaScript
3 132 (25.88%) Java
4 122 (23.92%) SQL
5 78 (15.29%) Go
6 66 (12.94%) Bash
7 65 (12.75%) C#
8 55 (10.78%) TypeScript
9 54 (10.59%) Scala
10 30 (5.88%) PHP
11 26 (5.10%) Bicep
12 25 (4.90%) PowerShell
13 14 (2.75%) C++
14 8 (1.57%) Delphi
15 7 (1.37%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.98%) C
16 5 (0.98%) Rust
16 5 (0.98%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.78%) Perl
17 4 (0.78%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.94%) Degree
3 53 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 40 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (7.06%) AWS Certification
6 18 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.35%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.59%) CISSP
9 3 (0.59%) LPIC
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.39%) CISA
10 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.39%) CISM
10 2 (0.39%) CRISC
10 2 (0.39%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.39%) Linux+ Certification
10 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.27%) QA
2 16 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.55%) GDPR
5 10 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.96%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.57%) NIST
7 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.98%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.39%) ECSS
8 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.18%) vSphere
3 5 (0.98%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.59%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.39%) Ceph
6 2 (0.39%) Lustre
6 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) vCloud
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 334 (65.49%) Kubernetes
2 210 (41.18%) Terraform
3 94 (18.43%) Ansible
4 65 (12.75%) Grafana
5 64 (12.55%) Prometheus
6 37 (7.25%) Argo
7 19 (3.73%) Kustomize
8 7 (1.37%) Puppet
9 4 (0.78%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.59%) Packer
10 3 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.20%) Kibana
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.20%) Nagios
12 1 (0.20%) Rancher
12 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (8.63%) Google
2 43 (8.43%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.49%) Oracle
4 19 (3.73%) Databricks
5 18 (3.53%) Typelevel
6 14 (2.75%) Splunk
7 9 (1.76%) Palantir
7 9 (1.76%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.57%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.57%) SAP
9 7 (1.37%) VMware
10 6 (1.18%) Mercator
10 6 (1.18%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.18%) TIBCO
11 5 (0.98%) IFS
11 5 (0.98%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.98%) Mavenir
11 5 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.98%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.98%) Workday