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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 37 58
Rank change year-on-year -40 +21 -28
Permanent jobs citing Docker 559 926 1,432
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 6.66% 4.41%
As % of the System Software category 39.90% 47.34% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 351 689 1,249
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,950 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £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 £83,750 £100,000 £83,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £138,750 £97,500
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 1,401 1,956 4,221
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.71% 14.07% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 975 1,520 3,466
10th Percentile £31,550 £30,500 £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 £80,625 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £113,875 £86,625
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 4 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 (5.01%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.58%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.50%) nginx
4 9 (1.61%) CMS
4 9 (1.61%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.89%) Apache
5 5 (0.89%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.89%) Drupal
5 5 (0.89%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.89%) Oracle Spatial
5 5 (0.89%) WordPress
6 4 (0.72%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.54%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.36%) Camunda
8 2 (0.36%) Confluence
8 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.18%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (0.72%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Shopify
2 1 (0.18%) Magento
2 1 (0.18%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 393 (70.30%) AWS
2 228 (40.79%) Azure
3 173 (30.95%) GCP
4 112 (20.04%) GitHub
5 95 (16.99%) Serverless
6 58 (10.38%) Amazon S3
6 58 (10.38%) AWS Lambda
7 51 (9.12%) AWS CloudFormation
7 51 (9.12%) SaaS
8 45 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
9 40 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (6.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 35 (6.26%) Amazon ECS
12 32 (5.72%) Amazon EC2
13 31 (5.55%) Amazon EKS
14 26 (4.65%) OpenShift
15 24 (4.29%) Pulumi
16 22 (3.94%) Amazon SQS
16 22 (3.94%) PaaS
17 21 (3.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 104 (18.60%) Broadband
2 10 (1.79%) DNS
2 10 (1.79%) Firewall
3 8 (1.43%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.25%) Network Security
4 7 (1.25%) VPN
5 6 (1.07%) DHCP
6 5 (0.89%) AMQP
7 4 (0.72%) HTTP
7 4 (0.72%) MQTT
8 3 (0.54%) RTP
8 3 (0.54%) SCCP
8 3 (0.54%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.54%) VLAN
8 3 (0.54%) VoIP
8 3 (0.54%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.36%) DSL
9 2 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.36%) WAN
9 2 (0.36%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (14.31%) NoSQL
2 79 (14.13%) PostgreSQL
3 65 (11.63%) MongoDB
4 53 (9.48%) SQL Server
5 44 (7.87%) Relational Database
6 36 (6.44%) Amazon RDS
7 28 (5.01%) MySQL
8 23 (4.11%) DynamoDB
8 23 (4.11%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (3.58%) Redis
10 19 (3.40%) RDBMS
11 17 (3.04%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (2.33%) Tableau
14 12 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (1.97%) Pinecone
16 10 (1.79%) Weaviate
17 9 (1.61%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 101 (18.07%) Git
2 84 (15.03%) Jenkins
3 57 (10.20%) GitLab
4 24 (4.29%) TeamCity
5 19 (3.40%) Jaeger
5 19 (3.40%) Selenium
6 18 (3.22%) CircleCI
6 18 (3.22%) Cypress.io
7 15 (2.68%) Cucumber
8 13 (2.33%) MLflow
9 12 (2.15%) JMeter
9 12 (2.15%) SonarQube
10 11 (1.97%) JUnit
11 10 (1.79%) JIRA
11 10 (1.79%) Maven
12 6 (1.07%) Locust
12 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio
12 6 (1.07%) Vite
13 5 (0.89%) Postman
13 5 (0.89%) Storybook
General
1 104 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 73 (13.06%) Finance
3 43 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (6.62%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.04%) Telecoms
6 15 (2.68%) Banking
7 14 (2.50%) Law
8 10 (1.79%) Retail
9 8 (1.43%) Advertising
10 7 (1.25%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (1.07%) Aviation
11 6 (1.07%) Front Office
11 6 (1.07%) Legal
11 6 (1.07%) Marketing
12 5 (0.89%) Games
12 5 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.89%) Military
13 4 (0.72%) Local Government
13 4 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 174 (31.13%) Developer
2 153 (27.37%) Senior
3 99 (17.71%) Lead
4 85 (15.21%) Software Engineer
5 54 (9.66%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (7.51%) Scala Engineer
7 41 (7.33%) Senior Developer
8 38 (6.80%) Full-Stack Developer
9 33 (5.90%) Java Developer
10 29 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (4.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 26 (4.65%) Software Developer
13 25 (4.47%) Data Engineer
14 24 (4.29%) .NET Developer
14 24 (4.29%) Lead DevOps
15 23 (4.11%) Scala Software Engineer
16 22 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
16 22 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (3.76%) Python Engineer
17 21 (3.76%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (18.78%) React
2 88 (15.74%) Node.js
3 78 (13.95%) .NET
4 69 (12.34%) Spring
5 66 (11.81%) Kafka
6 60 (10.73%) gRPC
6 60 (10.73%) Spring Boot
7 54 (9.66%) REST
8 53 (9.48%) RESTful
9 48 (8.59%) AngularJS
10 43 (7.69%) Django
11 42 (7.51%) Elastic Stack
12 40 (7.16%) .NET Core
13 30 (5.37%) CSS
13 30 (5.37%) HTML
14 29 (5.19%) Vue
15 26 (4.65%) Flask
16 25 (4.47%) ASP.NET
17 24 (4.29%) Akka
17 24 (4.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 98 (17.53%) Cloud Native
2 81 (14.49%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (11.99%) Over-the-Top Content
3 67 (11.99%) Video\Live Streaming
4 52 (9.30%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.68%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.43%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.25%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.25%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.25%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.89%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 104 (18.60%) Linux
2 32 (5.72%) Unix
3 16 (2.86%) Android
4 14 (2.50%) Windows
5 13 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 9 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.25%) CentOS
8 4 (0.72%) VMS
9 3 (0.54%) Debian
9 3 (0.54%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (65.47%) CI/CD
2 289 (51.70%) Containerisation
3 271 (48.48%) DevOps
4 221 (39.53%) Agile
5 185 (33.09%) Microservices
6 169 (30.23%) Software Engineering
7 156 (27.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 136 (24.33%) Problem-Solving
9 112 (20.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 108 (19.32%) Mentoring
11 105 (18.78%) AI
12 100 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 95 (16.99%) Machine Learning
14 93 (16.64%) Clean Code
15 84 (15.03%) Coaching
16 81 (14.49%) TDD
17 76 (13.60%) Test Automation
18 74 (13.24%) Scrum
19 71 (12.70%) Continuous Delivery
20 70 (12.52%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 272 (48.66%) Python
2 140 (25.04%) Java
3 131 (23.43%) JavaScript
4 114 (20.39%) SQL
5 108 (19.32%) Go
6 88 (15.74%) Scala
7 71 (12.70%) C#
8 70 (12.52%) TypeScript
9 66 (11.81%) Bash
10 25 (4.47%) PHP
11 21 (3.76%) PowerShell
12 15 (2.68%) Bicep
12 15 (2.68%) C++
13 11 (1.97%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.43%) Delphi
14 8 (1.43%) Rust
15 7 (1.25%) C
15 7 (1.25%) Groovy
15 7 (1.25%) Ruby
16 4 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 74 (13.24%) Security Cleared
2 69 (12.34%) Degree
3 57 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.19%) AWS Certification
4 29 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.94%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.89%) CISSP
8 5 (0.89%) GIAC
8 5 (0.89%) ISACA
8 5 (0.89%) SANS
9 3 (0.54%) LPIC
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Linux+ Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.48%) QA
2 25 (4.47%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.15%) NIST
5 11 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.79%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.25%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.25%) WCAG
8 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.72%) GDPR
9 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.89%) Firmware
4 3 (0.54%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 3 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.36%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) KVM
6 1 (0.18%) QEMU
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 339 (60.64%) Kubernetes
2 196 (35.06%) Terraform
3 86 (15.38%) Ansible
4 56 (10.02%) Grafana
5 55 (9.84%) Prometheus
6 38 (6.80%) Argo
7 19 (3.40%) Kustomize
8 15 (2.68%) Podman
9 12 (2.15%) Puppet
10 8 (1.43%) Istio
11 6 (1.07%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.89%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.89%) HP Fortify
12 5 (0.89%) Packer
13 4 (0.72%) Kibana
14 3 (0.54%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 2 (0.36%) MIIS
15 2 (0.36%) Nagios
15 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (10.55%) Google
2 50 (8.94%) Microsoft
3 45 (8.05%) Typelevel
4 22 (3.94%) Databricks
5 19 (3.40%) Oracle
6 15 (2.68%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.61%) Palantir
7 9 (1.61%) Splunk
8 8 (1.43%) Confluent
9 7 (1.25%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.07%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.07%) VMware
11 5 (0.89%) ESRI
11 5 (0.89%) ForgeRock
11 5 (0.89%) Okta
11 5 (0.89%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.72%) Ericsson
12 4 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.72%) Mavenir
12 4 (0.72%) Nokia