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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 38 32
Rank change year-on-year -53 -6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Docker 434 1,228 1,583
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 6.18% 7.53%
As % of the System Software category 34.64% 43.35% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 338 641 1,327
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,306 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,375 £115,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,079 £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +0.11% -0.82% -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 1,253 2,833 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.22% 14.26% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 963 1,731 3,029
10th Percentile £28,942 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £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 £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 26 November 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 13 (3.00%) Apache Solr
1 13 (3.00%) CMS
1 13 (3.00%) nginx
2 12 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.30%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.84%) IIS
5 5 (1.15%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.15%) Apache
6 4 (0.92%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.92%) Drupal
6 4 (0.92%) WordPress
7 3 (0.69%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.46%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Weka
2 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 262 (60.37%) AWS
2 247 (56.91%) Azure
3 98 (22.58%) GitHub
4 96 (22.12%) GCP
5 65 (14.98%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (11.29%) GitHub Actions
7 45 (10.37%) Serverless
8 40 (9.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (7.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 27 (6.22%) Amazon ECS
11 25 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (5.53%) Azure AKS
13 22 (5.07%) OpenShift
13 22 (5.07%) SaaS
14 20 (4.61%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (4.15%) Amazon S3
16 16 (3.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 15 (3.46%) Datadog
18 14 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
19 13 (3.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.69%) Firewall
2 13 (3.00%) VPN
3 11 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.30%) DNS
5 6 (1.38%) Broadband
6 5 (1.15%) Internet
7 4 (0.92%) Network Security
8 3 (0.69%) AMQP
8 3 (0.69%) WAN
9 2 (0.46%) DHCP
9 2 (0.46%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.46%) LAN
9 2 (0.46%) VLAN
9 2 (0.46%) VSAN
10 1 (0.23%) 5G
10 1 (0.23%) MIMO
10 1 (0.23%) NAS
10 1 (0.23%) NGN
10 1 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (17.51%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (13.36%) NoSQL
3 48 (11.06%) SQL Server
4 39 (8.99%) MySQL
5 35 (8.06%) Elasticsearch
6 30 (6.91%) MongoDB
7 23 (5.30%) Relational Database
8 22 (5.07%) Redis
9 17 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (2.30%) DynamoDB
12 9 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.07%) Tick Data
13 6 (1.38%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.38%) MariaDB
13 6 (1.38%) Power BI
14 5 (1.15%) Big Data
15 4 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.92%) Neo4j
15 4 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 86 (19.82%) Git
2 48 (11.06%) GitLab
3 46 (10.60%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.00%) SonarQube
5 12 (2.76%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (2.30%) JUnit
6 10 (2.30%) Selenium
7 9 (2.07%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.07%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (1.84%) JIRA
8 8 (1.84%) TeamCity
9 7 (1.61%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.38%) MSBuild
10 6 (1.38%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.92%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.92%) Maven
12 4 (0.92%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.92%) webpack
13 3 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 126 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.44%) Finance
3 22 (5.07%) Public Sector
4 19 (4.38%) Telecoms
5 18 (4.15%) Marketing
6 17 (3.92%) Law
7 15 (3.46%) Retail
8 12 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (2.53%) Games
10 10 (2.30%) Legal
11 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.15%) Automotive
12 5 (1.15%) Banking
12 5 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.15%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.92%) Front Office
13 4 (0.92%) Local Government
13 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 127 (29.26%) Developer
2 119 (27.42%) Senior
3 67 (15.44%) DevOps Engineer
4 53 (12.21%) Lead
5 45 (10.37%) Software Engineer
6 35 (8.06%) Architect
7 34 (7.83%) Senior Developer
8 30 (6.91%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (6.22%) Python Developer
10 26 (5.99%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (5.30%) Senior DevOps
12 22 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
13 21 (4.84%) .NET Developer
14 19 (4.38%) Data Engineer
14 19 (4.38%) Software Developer
15 18 (4.15%) Java Developer
16 17 (3.92%) Python Engineer
16 17 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
17 16 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
17 16 (3.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (21.89%) .NET
2 70 (16.13%) React
3 56 (12.90%) REST
4 55 (12.67%) RESTful
5 42 (9.68%) CSS
5 42 (9.68%) HTML
6 39 (8.99%) Spring
6 39 (8.99%) Spring Boot
7 38 (8.76%) Kafka
8 37 (8.53%) Django
9 36 (8.29%) AngularJS
9 36 (8.29%) Node.js
10 34 (7.83%) .NET Core
11 33 (7.60%) Flask
12 31 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
13 26 (5.99%) FastAPI
14 23 (5.30%) RabbitMQ
14 23 (5.30%) Vue
15 22 (5.07%) Web Services
16 20 (4.61%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 104 (23.96%) Cloud Native
2 37 (8.53%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.76%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.30%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.38%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.15%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.15%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.92%) BYOD
13 4 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.92%) PKI
13 4 (0.92%) Wiki
14 3 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 91 (20.97%) Linux
2 46 (10.60%) Windows
3 24 (5.53%) Unix
4 21 (4.84%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.07%) Android
6 6 (1.38%) CentOS
6 6 (1.38%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.38%) VMS
7 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.23%) Fedora
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (64.98%) CI/CD
2 256 (58.99%) DevOps
3 218 (50.23%) Containerisation
4 161 (37.10%) Agile
5 129 (29.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 128 (29.49%) Microservices
7 120 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (21.43%) Software Engineering
9 77 (17.74%) AI
10 74 (17.05%) Mentoring
11 63 (14.52%) Observability
12 60 (13.82%) Full-Stack Development
13 58 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (11.29%) Event-Driven
15 46 (10.60%) Machine Learning
15 46 (10.60%) Test Automation
16 45 (10.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 41 (9.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 37 (8.53%) Clean Code
19 36 (8.29%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 210 (48.39%) Python
2 132 (30.41%) SQL
3 109 (25.12%) JavaScript
4 90 (20.74%) C#
5 80 (18.43%) Java
6 53 (12.21%) Bash
7 46 (10.60%) TypeScript
8 44 (10.14%) PowerShell
9 28 (6.45%) Bicep
10 26 (5.99%) Go
11 23 (5.30%) PHP
12 10 (2.30%) C++
13 8 (1.84%) Delphi
14 6 (1.38%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.15%) Ruby
16 4 (0.92%) Scala
16 4 (0.92%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.69%) C
17 3 (0.69%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.69%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 42 (9.68%) Degree
3 39 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.45%) AWS Certification
4 28 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.38%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.15%) CISM
8 5 (1.15%) CISSP
9 3 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.46%) CISA
10 2 (0.46%) CRISC
10 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.37%) QA
2 28 (6.45%) GDPR
3 10 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.30%) HIPAA
4 8 (1.84%) NIST
5 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.92%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.46%) ECSS
8 2 (0.46%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) SEPA
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.92%) vSphere
5 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.46%) Ceph
6 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.46%) Lustre
6 2 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.23%) Postfix
7 1 (0.23%) vCloud
7 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 286 (65.90%) Kubernetes
2 162 (37.33%) Terraform
3 64 (14.75%) Ansible
3 64 (14.75%) Grafana
4 46 (10.60%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.84%) Argo
6 5 (1.15%) Puppet
7 4 (0.92%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.46%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.46%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Rancher
10 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.45%) Google
3 23 (5.30%) Oracle
4 16 (3.69%) Databricks
5 12 (2.76%) Splunk
6 9 (2.07%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.84%) SAP
8 7 (1.61%) VMware
9 5 (1.15%) Dell
9 5 (1.15%) Epicor
9 5 (1.15%) IBM
9 5 (1.15%) Infor
9 5 (1.15%) Informatica
9 5 (1.15%) Jitterbit
9 5 (1.15%) Mercator
9 5 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.15%) SnapLogic
9 5 (1.15%) Software AG
9 5 (1.15%) Talend
9 5 (1.15%) TIBCO