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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 39 68
Rank change year-on-year -38 +29 -37
Permanent jobs citing Docker 742 1,045 946
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.20% 6.31% 3.81%
As % of the System Software category 39.03% 50.53% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 561 394 700
10th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,438 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -9.32%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +5.93% -6.90%

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 1,901 2,068 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.21% 12.50% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 1,203 2,019
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.91%

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 25 August 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 22 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (2.56%) Apache Spark
3 16 (2.16%) Apache
4 8 (1.08%) nginx
5 7 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.81%) IIS
6 6 (0.81%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.54%) Camunda
8 4 (0.54%) Confluence
9 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.27%) CMS
10 2 (0.27%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (1.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Magento
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 457 (61.59%) AWS
2 427 (57.55%) Azure
3 234 (31.54%) GitHub
4 174 (23.45%) GCP
5 154 (20.75%) GitHub Copilot
6 76 (10.24%) Azure AI
7 73 (9.84%) Serverless
8 59 (7.95%) GitHub Actions
9 56 (7.55%) SaaS
10 54 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (6.33%) AWS CloudFormation
12 40 (5.39%) Amazon S3
12 40 (5.39%) AWS Lambda
13 36 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
14 30 (4.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 30 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (4.04%) Azure AKS
15 25 (3.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 25 (3.37%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 50 (6.74%) Broadband
2 20 (2.70%) Internet
3 10 (1.35%) VPN
4 9 (1.21%) DNS
4 9 (1.21%) Firewall
5 6 (0.81%) AMQP
5 6 (0.81%) SMS
5 6 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.54%) Network Security
6 4 (0.54%) SSH
7 3 (0.40%) HTTP
8 2 (0.27%) DHCP
8 2 (0.27%) Intranet
8 2 (0.27%) MQTT
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
8 2 (0.27%) WireGuard
8 2 (0.27%) X.509
9 1 (0.13%) DSL
9 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (24.12%) MongoDB
2 144 (19.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 103 (13.88%) PostgreSQL
4 63 (8.49%) Elasticsearch
5 60 (8.09%) SQL Server
6 56 (7.55%) NoSQL
7 45 (6.06%) Relational Database
8 36 (4.85%) MySQL
9 35 (4.72%) Redis
10 24 (3.23%) DynamoDB
11 21 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.35%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.08%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.94%) Big Data
15 7 (0.94%) Power BI
16 6 (0.81%) Delta Lake
16 6 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 142 (19.14%) Git
2 71 (9.57%) Jenkins
3 60 (8.09%) GitLab
4 26 (3.50%) JUnit
5 21 (2.83%) Cypress.io
6 20 (2.70%) Selenium
7 19 (2.56%) Maven
8 16 (2.16%) JIRA
9 14 (1.89%) Mockito
10 12 (1.62%) CircleCI
10 12 (1.62%) Postman
11 11 (1.48%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.48%) Cucumber
12 9 (1.21%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.94%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.94%) Gatling
14 6 (0.81%) JMeter
14 6 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.67%) Locust
General
1 165 (22.24%) Social Skills
2 107 (14.42%) Finance
3 55 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 45 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (5.12%) Advertising
6 22 (2.96%) Marketing
7 21 (2.83%) Aerospace
7 21 (2.83%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (2.16%) Banking
8 16 (2.16%) Games
9 12 (1.62%) Law
9 12 (1.62%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.08%) Legal
10 8 (1.08%) Tech for Good
11 6 (0.81%) Electronics
11 6 (0.81%) Health Technology
12 5 (0.67%) Retail
13 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.40%) Local Government
14 3 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 317 (42.72%) Developer
2 167 (22.51%) Senior
3 147 (19.81%) .NET Developer
4 113 (15.23%) Software Engineer
5 82 (11.05%) Lead
6 57 (7.68%) DevOps Engineer
7 51 (6.87%) Senior Developer
8 47 (6.33%) Java Developer
9 44 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
10 32 (4.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (4.18%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
13 26 (3.50%) Data Engineer
13 26 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
14 25 (3.37%) Senior Java Developer
15 24 (3.23%) Lead Developer
16 23 (3.10%) Architect
17 22 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
17 22 (2.96%) Software Developer
18 21 (2.83%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (30.05%) .NET
2 189 (25.47%) Terraform
3 158 (21.29%) .NET Core
4 157 (21.16%) ASP.NET
5 138 (18.60%) ASP.NET Core
6 137 (18.46%) Node.js
7 134 (18.06%) React
8 112 (15.09%) REST
9 107 (14.42%) CSS
10 104 (14.02%) AngularJS
11 93 (12.53%) HTML
12 83 (11.19%) RESTful
12 83 (11.19%) Spring
13 76 (10.24%) Vue
14 74 (9.97%) ML.NET
15 61 (8.22%) Spring Boot
16 52 (7.01%) Kafka
17 41 (5.53%) Blazor
18 39 (5.26%) gRPC
19 31 (4.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 119 (16.04%) Cloud Native
2 81 (10.92%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (3.50%) Over-the-Top Content
4 26 (3.50%) Video\Live Streaming
5 23 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.70%) Digital TV
6 20 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.89%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.48%) IoT
10 11 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.48%) Robotics
11 10 (1.35%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.08%) Blog
12 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 131 (17.65%) Linux
2 18 (2.43%) Windows
3 16 (2.16%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.21%) Debian
5 7 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (0.81%) Unix
7 5 (0.67%) Android
7 5 (0.67%) CentOS
7 5 (0.67%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.27%) Solaris
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (66.17%) CI/CD
2 304 (40.97%) Agile
3 279 (37.60%) Containerisation
4 262 (35.31%) Full-Stack Development
5 259 (34.91%) DevOps
6 242 (32.61%) Microservices
7 229 (30.86%) AI
8 223 (30.05%) Software Engineering
9 159 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
10 149 (20.08%) Machine Learning
10 149 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
11 139 (18.73%) Mentoring
12 127 (17.12%) Scrum
13 114 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 108 (14.56%) TDD
15 104 (14.02%) Test Automation
16 96 (12.94%) Clean Code
17 83 (11.19%) Event-Driven
17 83 (11.19%) Observability
18 68 (9.16%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 270 (36.39%) SQL
2 259 (34.91%) Python
3 232 (31.27%) C#
4 158 (21.29%) TypeScript
5 135 (18.19%) JavaScript
6 123 (16.58%) Java
7 68 (9.16%) Bash
8 57 (7.68%) Go
9 38 (5.12%) Scala
10 36 (4.85%) PowerShell
11 25 (3.37%) Ruby
12 20 (2.70%) Bicep
12 20 (2.70%) PHP
13 18 (2.43%) C++
14 16 (2.16%) Kotlin
14 16 (2.16%) PL/SQL
15 10 (1.35%) Groovy
16 9 (1.21%) Rust
17 8 (1.08%) C
18 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (14.82%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.99%) SC Cleared
3 53 (7.14%) Degree
4 19 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.43%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.02%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.40%) OCP
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.13%) SANS
13 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.57%) QA
2 38 (5.12%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.43%) WCAG
5 9 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.21%) NIST
6 7 (0.94%) SOC 2
7 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.54%) NCSC
9 3 (0.40%) GDPR
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.40%) SLA
10 2 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.27%) MISRA
10 2 (0.27%) MISRA C
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 21 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.40%) iptables
5 3 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.27%) KVM
6 2 (0.27%) QEMU
7 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 480 (64.69%) Kubernetes
2 55 (7.41%) Ansible
3 50 (6.74%) Grafana
4 39 (5.26%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.70%) Puppet
6 17 (2.29%) Istio
7 16 (2.16%) Podman
8 13 (1.75%) Argo
9 12 (1.62%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.54%) linkerd
11 3 (0.40%) Cilium
11 3 (0.40%) Kibana
11 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.27%) Consul
12 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.27%) MIIS
12 2 (0.27%) Nagios
12 2 (0.27%) Packer
12 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 191 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.14%) Google
3 26 (3.50%) Typelevel
4 23 (3.10%) Oracle
5 21 (2.83%) Facebook
5 21 (2.83%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.02%) Databricks
6 15 (2.02%) Okta
7 14 (1.89%) Ping Identity
7 14 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.62%) Informatica
9 9 (1.21%) VMware
10 8 (1.08%) Confluent
11 7 (0.94%) Splunk
12 6 (0.81%) New Relic
13 5 (0.67%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.67%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.67%) IBM
14 4 (0.54%) TIBCO