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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 35 29
Rank change year-on-year -59 -6 -6
Permanent jobs citing Docker 435 1,216 1,534
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.86% 6.82% 7.63%
As % of the System Software category 35.14% 45.27% 44.88%
Number of salaries quoted 341 665 1,293
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,991 £70,576
% change year-on-year +0.71% +2.01% -2.65%

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 1,238 2,686 3,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.13% 15.07% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,687 2,954
10th Percentile £28,928 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,238 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +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 14 December 2025.

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 14 (3.22%) nginx
2 13 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.76%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.30%) Apache Solr
5 9 (2.07%) CMS
6 7 (1.61%) IIS
7 5 (1.15%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.15%) Apache
7 5 (1.15%) Apache Pulsar
7 5 (1.15%) ArcGIS
7 5 (1.15%) Drupal
7 5 (1.15%) WordPress
8 4 (0.92%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.92%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.92%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Weka
2 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 277 (63.68%) AWS
2 245 (56.32%) Azure
3 104 (23.91%) GitHub
4 100 (22.99%) GCP
5 64 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (13.56%) GitHub Actions
7 57 (13.10%) Serverless
8 44 (10.11%) AWS CloudFormation
9 35 (8.05%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (7.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 29 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
12 27 (6.21%) Amazon S3
12 27 (6.21%) SaaS
13 23 (5.29%) Azure AKS
14 21 (4.83%) OpenShift
15 18 (4.14%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (4.14%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (4.14%) Datadog
16 15 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
17 12 (2.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.45%) Firewall
1 15 (3.45%) VPN
2 11 (2.53%) DNS
2 11 (2.53%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.38%) Broadband
4 5 (1.15%) Internet
4 5 (1.15%) Network Security
5 4 (0.92%) AMQP
5 4 (0.92%) WAN
6 3 (0.69%) DHCP
6 3 (0.69%) VLAN
7 2 (0.46%) InfiniBand
7 2 (0.46%) LAN
7 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.46%) VSAN
8 1 (0.23%) 5G
8 1 (0.23%) MIMO
8 1 (0.23%) NAS
8 1 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (18.16%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (13.10%) NoSQL
3 52 (11.95%) SQL Server
4 36 (8.28%) MySQL
5 29 (6.67%) MongoDB
6 26 (5.98%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (5.06%) Relational Database
9 19 (4.37%) Redis
10 13 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.53%) DynamoDB
12 10 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.84%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.61%) MariaDB
15 6 (1.38%) Power BI
15 6 (1.38%) Tick Data
16 5 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (1.15%) BigQuery
16 5 (1.15%) Tableau
17 4 (0.92%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 73 (16.78%) Git
2 49 (11.26%) GitLab
3 48 (11.03%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.99%) SonarQube
5 11 (2.53%) JUnit
5 11 (2.53%) Selenium
6 9 (2.07%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.07%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (1.84%) JIRA
7 8 (1.84%) TeamCity
8 7 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.38%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.15%) MLflow
11 4 (0.92%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.92%) Maven
11 4 (0.92%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.69%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.69%) JMeter
12 3 (0.69%) MSBuild
General
1 122 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.25%) Finance
3 26 (5.98%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.52%) Telecoms
5 20 (4.60%) Law
6 14 (3.22%) Marketing
6 14 (3.22%) Retail
7 13 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.30%) Banking
8 10 (2.30%) Games
9 9 (2.07%) Legal
10 8 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.38%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.38%) Front Office
12 5 (1.15%) Local Government
12 5 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.15%) Police
12 5 (1.15%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.92%) Electronics
14 3 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (28.28%) Senior
2 116 (26.67%) Developer
3 65 (14.94%) DevOps Engineer
4 63 (14.48%) Lead
5 49 (11.26%) Software Engineer
6 34 (7.82%) Architect
7 31 (7.13%) Senior Developer
8 28 (6.44%) Azure Engineer
8 28 (6.44%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (5.29%) Java Developer
10 22 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (5.06%) Python Developer
11 20 (4.60%) Data Engineer
12 19 (4.37%) .NET Developer
12 19 (4.37%) Lead DevOps
12 19 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (4.14%) Development Engineer
13 18 (4.14%) Senior DevOps
13 18 (4.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (20.23%) .NET
2 79 (18.16%) React
3 55 (12.64%) RESTful
4 50 (11.49%) Kafka
5 47 (10.80%) REST
6 46 (10.57%) Spring
6 46 (10.57%) Spring Boot
7 42 (9.66%) Node.js
8 40 (9.20%) Django
9 34 (7.82%) .NET Core
9 34 (7.82%) Flask
10 33 (7.59%) AngularJS
10 33 (7.59%) CSS
10 33 (7.59%) HTML
11 31 (7.13%) Elastic Stack
12 26 (5.98%) FastAPI
13 23 (5.29%) Vue
14 22 (5.06%) gRPC
15 20 (4.60%) Web Services
16 19 (4.37%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 108 (24.83%) Cloud Native
2 43 (9.89%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (5.98%) Product Ownership
4 20 (4.60%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.99%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.76%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.53%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.30%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.38%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.15%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.92%) PKI
12 4 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 88 (20.23%) Linux
2 42 (9.66%) Windows
3 23 (5.29%) Unix
4 18 (4.14%) Windows Server
5 14 (3.22%) Android
6 8 (1.84%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.61%) VMS
8 6 (1.38%) CentOS
9 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.23%) Fedora
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (67.13%) CI/CD
2 253 (58.16%) DevOps
3 223 (51.26%) Containerisation
4 163 (37.47%) Agile
5 135 (31.03%) Infrastructure as Code
6 123 (28.28%) Microservices
7 120 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (22.53%) Software Engineering
9 84 (19.31%) AI
10 77 (17.70%) Mentoring
11 70 (16.09%) Observability
12 67 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (14.02%) Full-Stack Development
14 55 (12.64%) Event-Driven
15 54 (12.41%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 47 (10.80%) Test Automation
17 46 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 46 (10.57%) Machine Learning
18 42 (9.66%) Platform Engineering
19 40 (9.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 209 (48.05%) Python
2 125 (28.74%) SQL
3 107 (24.60%) JavaScript
4 88 (20.23%) Java
5 74 (17.01%) C#
6 52 (11.95%) Bash
7 43 (9.89%) TypeScript
8 42 (9.66%) PowerShell
9 34 (7.82%) Go
10 28 (6.44%) Bicep
11 23 (5.29%) PHP
12 11 (2.53%) C++
13 8 (1.84%) Delphi
14 6 (1.38%) Scala
15 5 (1.15%) Ruby
15 5 (1.15%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.69%) Groovy
16 3 (0.69%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.46%) R
17 2 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 60 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 51 (11.72%) Degree
3 44 (10.11%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.75%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.37%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.22%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.92%) CISM
9 4 (0.92%) CISSP
10 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.46%) CISA
11 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.82%) QA
2 20 (4.60%) GDPR
3 12 (2.76%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.38%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.38%) NIST
7 5 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.15%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.46%) ECSS
8 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) SEPA
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.15%) vSphere
3 4 (0.92%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.46%) Ceph
4 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.46%) Lustre
4 2 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Postfix
5 1 (0.23%) vCloud
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 291 (66.90%) Kubernetes
2 177 (40.69%) Terraform
3 71 (16.32%) Grafana
4 67 (15.40%) Ansible
5 52 (11.95%) Prometheus
6 15 (3.45%) Argo
7 5 (1.15%) Puppet
8 4 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.69%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.46%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.23%) Rancher
11 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.75%) Oracle
3 24 (5.52%) Google
4 16 (3.68%) Databricks
5 11 (2.53%) Red Hat
5 11 (2.53%) Splunk
6 9 (2.07%) SAP
7 8 (1.84%) VMware
8 6 (1.38%) Mercator
9 5 (1.15%) Dell
9 5 (1.15%) Epicor
9 5 (1.15%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.15%) IBM
9 5 (1.15%) Infor
9 5 (1.15%) Informatica
9 5 (1.15%) Nokia
9 5 (1.15%) Software AG
9 5 (1.15%) Talend
9 5 (1.15%) TIBCO
9 5 (1.15%) Workday