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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 36 71
Rank change year-on-year -41 +35 -40
Permanent jobs citing Docker 742 1,121 925
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 6.80% 3.71%
As % of the System Software category 39.45% 52.09% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 554 447 722
10th Percentile £45,225 £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 £77,481 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £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 1,881 2,152 2,893
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.30% 13.05% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,250 2,109
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £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% - -10.71%

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 8 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 (62.40%) AWS
2 431 (58.09%) Azure
3 226 (30.46%) GitHub
4 190 (25.61%) GCP
5 152 (20.49%) GitHub Copilot
6 78 (10.51%) Serverless
7 76 (10.24%) Azure AI
8 56 (7.55%) SaaS
9 52 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (6.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 50 (6.74%) GitHub Actions
11 41 (5.53%) Amazon S3
11 41 (5.53%) AWS Lambda
12 35 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
12 35 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
13 32 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (4.18%) Azure AKS
15 30 (4.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 23 (3.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 23 (3.10%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.22%) 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%) MQTT
5 4 (0.54%) Network Security
5 4 (0.54%) SMS
5 4 (0.54%) SSH
6 3 (0.40%) HTTP
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 (23.99%) MongoDB
2 143 (19.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 102 (13.75%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (8.76%) Elasticsearch
5 59 (7.95%) SQL Server
6 51 (6.87%) NoSQL
7 40 (5.39%) Redis
8 39 (5.26%) Relational Database
9 35 (4.72%) MySQL
10 29 (3.91%) 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
1 141 (19.00%) Git
2 71 (9.57%) Jenkins
3 57 (7.68%) GitLab
4 26 (3.50%) 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 (21.83%) Social Skills
2 110 (14.82%) Finance
3 52 (7.01%) Public Sector
4 49 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (5.39%) Advertising
6 22 (2.96%) Marketing
7 20 (2.70%) Aerospace
8 19 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (2.16%) Games
10 14 (1.89%) Banking
10 14 (1.89%) Law
11 10 (1.35%) Legal
11 10 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.81%) Electronics
12 6 (0.81%) Military
12 6 (0.81%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.67%) Retail
14 4 (0.54%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 316 (42.59%) Developer
2 170 (22.91%) Senior
3 148 (19.95%) .NET Developer
4 114 (15.36%) Software Engineer
5 82 (11.05%) Lead
6 53 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 50 (6.74%) Senior Developer
8 44 (5.93%) Java Developer
9 43 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
10 32 (4.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (4.18%) AWS Engineer
12 29 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 27 (3.64%) Data Engineer
15 24 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
15 24 (3.23%) Scala Engineer
16 23 (3.10%) Cloud Engineer
17 22 (2.96%) Architect
17 22 (2.96%) Lead Developer
18 21 (2.83%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (30.19%) .NET
2 160 (21.56%) .NET Core
3 155 (20.89%) ASP.NET
4 138 (18.60%) ASP.NET Core
5 130 (17.52%) React
6 117 (15.77%) Node.js
7 106 (14.29%) AngularJS
8 105 (14.15%) REST
9 104 (14.02%) CSS
10 95 (12.80%) HTML
11 82 (11.05%) RESTful
12 81 (10.92%) Spring
13 77 (10.38%) Vue
14 74 (9.97%) ML.NET
15 57 (7.68%) Spring Boot
16 50 (6.74%) Kafka
17 46 (6.20%) gRPC
18 38 (5.12%) Blazor
19 32 (4.31%) OAuth
20 30 (4.04%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 125 (16.85%) Cloud Native
2 87 (11.73%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (4.85%) Over-the-Top Content
3 36 (4.85%) Video\Live Streaming
4 32 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (3.77%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.70%) Digital TV
6 20 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.89%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (1.48%) IoT
10 11 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.35%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.21%) Robotics
13 8 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.94%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 131 (17.65%) 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
1 493 (66.44%) CI/CD
2 309 (41.64%) Agile
3 295 (39.76%) Containerisation
4 264 (35.58%) DevOps
5 260 (35.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 252 (33.96%) Microservices
7 225 (30.32%) AI
8 224 (30.19%) Software Engineering
9 165 (22.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 158 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
11 157 (21.16%) Machine Learning
12 138 (18.60%) Mentoring
13 128 (17.25%) Scrum
14 118 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (15.90%) TDD
15 110 (14.82%) Clean Code
16 93 (12.53%) Test Automation
17 87 (11.73%) Observability
18 79 (10.65%) Event-Driven
19 72 (9.70%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 264 (35.58%) Python
2 262 (35.31%) SQL
3 237 (31.94%) C#
4 147 (19.81%) TypeScript
5 129 (17.39%) JavaScript
6 121 (16.31%) Java
7 63 (8.49%) Go
8 61 (8.22%) Bash
9 49 (6.60%) Scala
10 36 (4.85%) PowerShell
11 25 (3.37%) Ruby
12 21 (2.83%) PHP
13 20 (2.70%) Bicep
14 16 (2.16%) C++
14 16 (2.16%) PL/SQL
15 15 (2.02%) Kotlin
16 10 (1.35%) Groovy
17 7 (0.94%) C
17 7 (0.94%) Rust
18 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 87 (11.73%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.68%) Degree
4 22 (2.96%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.89%) 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 (8.89%) QA
2 36 (4.85%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.43%) WCAG
5 12 (1.62%) NIST
6 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.81%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.40%) GDPR
8 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.40%) NCSC
9 2 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
9 2 (0.27%) MISRA
9 2 (0.27%) MISRA C
10 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) PSD2
10 1 (0.13%) SEPA
10 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
1 478 (64.42%) Kubernetes
2 190 (25.61%) Terraform
3 56 (7.55%) Ansible
4 51 (6.87%) Grafana
5 41 (5.53%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.56%) Puppet
7 16 (2.16%) Istio
7 16 (2.16%) Podman
8 13 (1.75%) Argo
8 13 (1.75%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.54%) Kibana
10 4 (0.54%) linkerd
11 3 (0.40%) Packer
11 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.27%) CASB
12 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.27%) MIIS
12 2 (0.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 194 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.82%) Google
3 36 (4.85%) Typelevel
4 22 (2.96%) 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 11 (1.48%) 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