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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 46 47
Rank change year-on-year -40 +1 -15
Permanent jobs citing Docker 759 937 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 5.71% 5.19%
As % of the System Software category 40.35% 50.40% 38.69%
Number of salaries quoted 572 301 576
10th Percentile £45,800 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - -

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 1,881 1,859 2,773
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.47% 11.32% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,380 982 1,647
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -

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 16 October 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 24 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (2.90%) Apache
3 16 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.45%) nginx
5 7 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 7 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.92%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.66%) Camunda
6 5 (0.66%) CMS
6 5 (0.66%) IIS
7 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.53%) Confluence
7 4 (0.53%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.40%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.40%) WordPress
9 2 (0.26%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.26%) Hedera
9 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.13%) Moodle
Applications
1 12 (1.58%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 448 (59.03%) Azure
2 438 (57.71%) AWS
3 262 (34.52%) GitHub
4 160 (21.08%) GitHub Copilot
5 145 (19.10%) GCP
6 83 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
7 78 (10.28%) Azure AI
8 68 (8.96%) SaaS
9 63 (8.30%) Serverless
10 51 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (6.19%) AWS CloudFormation
12 37 (4.87%) Amazon S3
13 35 (4.61%) Azure Service Bus
14 34 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
15 31 (4.08%) Azure AKS
16 27 (3.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 27 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (3.29%) Amazon ECS
17 25 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
17 25 (3.29%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.90%) Internet
2 15 (1.98%) VPN
3 14 (1.84%) AMQP
4 13 (1.71%) SMS
5 12 (1.58%) Broadband
6 11 (1.45%) Firewall
6 11 (1.45%) Network Security
7 8 (1.05%) DNS
8 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.53%) SSH
10 3 (0.40%) HTTP
10 3 (0.40%) OpenVPN
11 2 (0.26%) Intranet
11 2 (0.26%) X.509
12 1 (0.13%) Bluetooth
12 1 (0.13%) DHCP
12 1 (0.13%) DSL
12 1 (0.13%) LAN
12 1 (0.13%) SSL
12 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (22.40%) MongoDB
2 151 (19.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 126 (16.60%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (8.43%) Elasticsearch
5 54 (7.11%) Relational Database
6 51 (6.72%) SQL Server
7 48 (6.32%) NoSQL
8 43 (5.67%) MySQL
9 36 (4.74%) Redis
10 25 (3.29%) DynamoDB
11 21 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
12 20 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
14 13 (1.71%) BigQuery
15 12 (1.58%) Data Lake
16 8 (1.05%) Metadata
17 6 (0.79%) Delta Lake
17 6 (0.79%) Looker
17 6 (0.79%) Power BI
18 5 (0.66%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 141 (18.58%) Git
2 71 (9.35%) GitLab
2 71 (9.35%) Jenkins
3 34 (4.48%) JUnit
4 22 (2.90%) Mockito
5 17 (2.24%) Maven
5 17 (2.24%) Selenium
6 15 (1.98%) Claude Code
6 15 (1.98%) JIRA
7 11 (1.45%) Postman
8 10 (1.32%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.05%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.79%) Gatling
10 6 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
10 6 (0.79%) Storybook
11 5 (0.66%) Poetry
11 5 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.53%) Appium
General
1 188 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 118 (15.55%) Finance
3 63 (8.30%) Public Sector
4 46 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (4.61%) Advertising
5 35 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.77%) Marketing
7 19 (2.50%) Aerospace
8 17 (2.24%) Games
8 17 (2.24%) Law
9 15 (1.98%) Banking
9 15 (1.98%) Health Technology
9 15 (1.98%) Tech for Good
10 11 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.19%) Retail
12 7 (0.92%) Legal
13 6 (0.79%) Electronics
14 4 (0.53%) Billing
14 4 (0.53%) Police
14 4 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 324 (42.69%) Developer
2 208 (27.40%) Senior
3 152 (20.03%) .NET Developer
4 124 (16.34%) Software Engineer
5 79 (10.41%) Lead
6 73 (9.62%) Senior Developer
7 55 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 52 (6.85%) Java Developer
9 47 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 33 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 31 (4.08%) Senior Java Developer
12 27 (3.56%) Architect
12 27 (3.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 24 (3.16%) Data Engineer
14 23 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
14 23 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
15 22 (2.90%) Cloud Engineer
16 20 (2.64%) Lead Developer
16 20 (2.64%) Software Developer
16 20 (2.64%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (31.36%) .NET
2 206 (27.14%) Terraform
3 164 (21.61%) .NET Core
4 158 (20.82%) ASP.NET
5 150 (19.76%) React
6 142 (18.71%) ASP.NET Core
7 140 (18.45%) Node.js
8 124 (16.34%) REST
9 112 (14.76%) CSS
10 105 (13.83%) Spring
11 99 (13.04%) AngularJS
12 96 (12.65%) HTML
13 86 (11.33%) RESTful
14 82 (10.80%) Spring Boot
15 80 (10.54%) Vue
16 76 (10.01%) ML.NET
17 53 (6.98%) Kafka
18 41 (5.40%) Blazor
19 33 (4.35%) OAuth
20 31 (4.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 137 (18.05%) Cloud Native
2 74 (9.75%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (2.77%) Digital TV
4 21 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.11%) AI Agents
6 16 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.98%) Robotics
8 14 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.45%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.32%) IoT
10 10 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.19%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.05%) Blog
12 8 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (0.92%) Hackathon
13 7 (0.92%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 128 (16.86%) Linux
2 21 (2.77%) Windows
3 15 (1.98%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.32%) Unix
5 8 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.92%) Debian
7 6 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.53%) Android
8 4 (0.53%) macOS
8 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.40%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (65.48%) CI/CD
2 313 (41.24%) Agile
3 270 (35.57%) AI
4 261 (34.39%) DevOps
4 261 (34.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 243 (32.02%) Microservices
6 238 (31.36%) Software Engineering
7 234 (30.83%) Containerisation
8 167 (22.00%) Mentoring
9 165 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
10 154 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
11 135 (17.79%) Machine Learning
12 123 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (15.68%) Scrum
14 117 (15.42%) Test Automation
15 110 (14.49%) TDD
16 106 (13.97%) Observability
17 84 (11.07%) Event-Driven
17 84 (11.07%) Technical Leadership
18 81 (10.67%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 317 (41.77%) SQL
2 251 (33.07%) C#
3 241 (31.75%) Python
4 181 (23.85%) TypeScript
5 151 (19.89%) Java
6 139 (18.31%) JavaScript
7 74 (9.75%) Bash
8 39 (5.14%) PowerShell
9 29 (3.82%) Go
10 27 (3.56%) PHP
11 23 (3.03%) Bicep
11 23 (3.03%) Ruby
12 16 (2.11%) C++
12 16 (2.11%) Kotlin
13 15 (1.98%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.58%) Scala
15 10 (1.32%) Groovy
16 8 (1.05%) C
16 8 (1.05%) Rust
17 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 123 (16.21%) Security Cleared
2 104 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.98%) Degree
4 22 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.98%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.71%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.53%) GCFA
10 4 (0.53%) GIAC
10 4 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.40%) OCP
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.35%) QA
2 38 (5.01%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.82%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.45%) WCAG
5 9 (1.19%) NIST
6 7 (0.92%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.79%) GDPR
8 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.40%) NCSC
9 3 (0.40%) SLA
10 2 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.26%) MISRA
10 2 (0.26%) 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 12 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) iptables
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) KVM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) QEMU
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 502 (66.14%) Kubernetes
2 53 (6.98%) Ansible
3 52 (6.85%) Grafana
4 39 (5.14%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.84%) Argo
6 13 (1.71%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.71%) Puppet
7 9 (1.19%) Istio
8 6 (0.79%) Packer
9 4 (0.53%) Kibana
9 4 (0.53%) linkerd
9 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) Cilium
11 2 (0.26%) CASB
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.13%) Consul
12 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 205 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.77%) Google
3 30 (3.95%) Oracle
4 29 (3.82%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.50%) Facebook
6 14 (1.84%) Okta
6 14 (1.84%) Ping Identity
7 13 (1.71%) Splunk
8 12 (1.58%) Databricks
8 12 (1.58%) Informatica
9 11 (1.45%) New Relic
10 9 (1.19%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.05%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.05%) VMware
12 5 (0.66%) IBM
13 4 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.53%) ESRI
13 4 (0.53%) ForgeRock
13 4 (0.53%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.40%) NVIDIA