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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 36 73
Rank change year-on-year -40 +37 -42
Permanent jobs citing Docker 741 1,104 923
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 6.71% 3.70%
As % of the System Software category 39.50% 51.83% 31.88%
Number of salaries quoted 554 433 709
10th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £77,131 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,410 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +7.41% -10.00%

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 1,876 2,130 2,895
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.27% 12.95% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,243 2,090
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £86,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -11.50%

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 11 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 20 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.43%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.89%) Apache
4 8 (1.08%) nginx
5 7 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.81%) IIS
7 5 (0.67%) Confluence
7 5 (0.67%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.54%) Camunda
9 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.27%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) Drupal
10 1 (0.13%) JBoss
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) 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
1 463 (62.48%) AWS
2 433 (58.43%) Azure
3 227 (30.63%) GitHub
4 190 (25.64%) GCP
5 153 (20.65%) GitHub Copilot
6 78 (10.53%) Serverless
7 76 (10.26%) Azure AI
8 55 (7.42%) SaaS
9 52 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (6.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 49 (6.61%) GitHub Actions
12 40 (5.40%) AWS Lambda
13 39 (5.26%) Amazon S3
14 35 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
14 35 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 31 (4.18%) Azure AKS
16 30 (4.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 30 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
17 23 (3.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 23 (3.10%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.10%) Broadband
2 20 (2.70%) Internet
3 10 (1.35%) DNS
3 10 (1.35%) VPN
4 9 (1.21%) Firewall
4 9 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.54%) AMQP
5 4 (0.54%) DHCP
5 4 (0.54%) Network Security
5 4 (0.54%) SMS
5 4 (0.54%) SSH
6 3 (0.40%) HTTP
6 3 (0.40%) MQTT
7 2 (0.27%) Intranet
7 2 (0.27%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.27%) SAN
7 2 (0.27%) VLAN
7 2 (0.27%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.13%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (24.02%) MongoDB
2 144 (19.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 103 (13.90%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (8.77%) Elasticsearch
5 58 (7.83%) SQL Server
6 51 (6.88%) NoSQL
7 41 (5.53%) Relational Database
8 40 (5.40%) Redis
9 35 (4.72%) MySQL
10 28 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
11 20 (2.70%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (1.21%) 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%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 143 (19.30%) Git
2 70 (9.45%) Jenkins
3 55 (7.42%) GitLab
4 26 (3.51%) JUnit
5 20 (2.70%) Cypress.io
5 20 (2.70%) Maven
5 20 (2.70%) Selenium
6 18 (2.43%) JIRA
7 14 (1.89%) Mockito
8 12 (1.62%) CircleCI
8 12 (1.62%) Postman
9 11 (1.48%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.48%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.08%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.94%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.94%) Gatling
12 6 (0.81%) JMeter
12 6 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.67%) Locust
General
1 162 (21.86%) Social Skills
2 110 (14.84%) Finance
3 52 (7.02%) Public Sector
4 49 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (5.40%) Advertising
6 22 (2.97%) Marketing
7 20 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 20 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (2.16%) Games
9 15 (2.02%) Law
10 14 (1.89%) Banking
11 11 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.35%) Legal
13 6 (0.81%) Electronics
13 6 (0.81%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.67%) Military
14 5 (0.67%) Retail
15 4 (0.54%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 316 (42.65%) Developer
2 170 (22.94%) Senior
3 148 (19.97%) .NET Developer
4 114 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 81 (10.93%) Lead
6 52 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
7 50 (6.75%) Senior Developer
8 44 (5.94%) Java Developer
9 43 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
10 32 (4.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (4.18%) AWS Engineer
12 29 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
14 27 (3.64%) Data Engineer
15 24 (3.24%) Scala Engineer
16 23 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
17 22 (2.97%) Architect
17 22 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
17 22 (2.97%) Lead Developer
18 21 (2.83%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (30.09%) .NET
2 159 (21.46%) .NET Core
3 155 (20.92%) ASP.NET
4 138 (18.62%) ASP.NET Core
5 131 (17.68%) React
6 118 (15.92%) Node.js
7 108 (14.57%) REST
8 105 (14.17%) AngularJS
8 105 (14.17%) CSS
9 95 (12.82%) HTML
10 82 (11.07%) RESTful
11 80 (10.80%) Spring
12 77 (10.39%) Vue
13 74 (9.99%) ML.NET
14 57 (7.69%) Spring Boot
15 49 (6.61%) Kafka
16 45 (6.07%) gRPC
17 38 (5.13%) Blazor
18 32 (4.32%) OAuth
19 30 (4.05%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 124 (16.73%) Cloud Native
2 86 (11.61%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.72%) Over-the-Top Content
3 35 (4.72%) Video\Live Streaming
4 32 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
5 27 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.70%) Digital TV
6 20 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.89%) AI Agents
7 14 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (1.48%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.48%) IoT
9 11 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.21%) Robotics
11 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.94%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 133 (17.95%) Linux
2 16 (2.16%) Windows
3 13 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 11 (1.48%) Unix
5 8 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.94%) Debian
7 5 (0.67%) Android
7 5 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (0.67%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.54%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Solaris
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (66.26%) CI/CD
2 309 (41.70%) Agile
3 295 (39.81%) Containerisation
4 261 (35.22%) DevOps
5 260 (35.09%) Full-Stack Development
6 250 (33.74%) Microservices
7 225 (30.36%) AI
7 225 (30.36%) Software Engineering
8 164 (22.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 157 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
10 156 (21.05%) Machine Learning
11 138 (18.62%) Mentoring
12 127 (17.14%) Scrum
13 118 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 118 (15.92%) TDD
14 110 (14.84%) Clean Code
15 95 (12.82%) Test Automation
16 85 (11.47%) Observability
17 79 (10.66%) Event-Driven
18 71 (9.58%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 263 (35.49%) SQL
2 261 (35.22%) Python
3 238 (32.12%) C#
4 149 (20.11%) TypeScript
5 129 (17.41%) JavaScript
6 121 (16.33%) Java
7 62 (8.37%) Go
8 60 (8.10%) Bash
9 48 (6.48%) Scala
10 36 (4.86%) PowerShell
11 25 (3.37%) Ruby
12 21 (2.83%) PHP
13 20 (2.70%) Bicep
14 17 (2.29%) C++
15 16 (2.16%) PL/SQL
16 15 (2.02%) Kotlin
17 10 (1.35%) Groovy
18 7 (0.94%) C
18 7 (0.94%) Rust
19 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 85 (11.47%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.56%) Degree
4 22 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.54%) CISSP
10 4 (0.54%) GIAC
10 4 (0.54%) ISACA
10 4 (0.54%) SANS
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.40%) OCP
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.91%) QA
2 36 (4.86%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.43%) WCAG
5 12 (1.62%) NIST
6 7 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.40%) GDPR
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.40%) NCSC
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
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.40%) iptables
5 3 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.27%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) QEMU
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 474 (63.97%) Kubernetes
2 188 (25.37%) Terraform
3 54 (7.29%) Ansible
4 50 (6.75%) Grafana
5 40 (5.40%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.70%) Puppet
7 16 (2.16%) Istio
7 16 (2.16%) Podman
8 13 (1.75%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.62%) Argo
10 5 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.54%) Kibana
11 4 (0.54%) linkerd
12 3 (0.40%) Packer
12 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.27%) CASB
13 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.27%) MIIS
13 2 (0.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 195 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.96%) Google
3 35 (4.72%) Typelevel
4 22 (2.97%) Oracle
5 21 (2.83%) Facebook
6 18 (2.43%) Okta
7 15 (2.02%) Databricks
7 15 (2.02%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.89%) Ping Identity
9 13 (1.75%) Red Hat
10 12 (1.62%) Informatica
11 8 (1.08%) Confluent
11 8 (1.08%) ForgeRock
11 8 (1.08%) VMware
12 6 (0.81%) Splunk
13 5 (0.67%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.67%) IBM
13 5 (0.67%) New Relic
14 4 (0.54%) TIBCO