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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 36 72
Rank change year-on-year -41 +36 -41
Permanent jobs citing Docker 742 1,114 916
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 6.74% 3.69%
As % of the System Software category 39.55% 51.91% 31.85%
Number of salaries quoted 554 442 714
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 £77,424 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £104,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +7.41% -9.40%

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 2,146 2,876
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.26% 12.99% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 1,253 2,096
10th Percentile £32,000 £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 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £86,250
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 10 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
1 464 (62.53%) AWS
2 431 (58.09%) Azure
3 227 (30.59%) GitHub
4 189 (25.47%) GCP
5 152 (20.49%) GitHub Copilot
6 78 (10.51%) Serverless
7 76 (10.24%) Azure AI
8 55 (7.41%) SaaS
9 51 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (6.87%) GitHub Actions
10 50 (6.74%) AWS CloudFormation
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%) 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 (23.99%) MongoDB
2 143 (19.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 103 (13.88%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (8.76%) Elasticsearch
5 58 (7.82%) SQL Server
6 51 (6.87%) NoSQL
7 40 (5.39%) Redis
7 40 (5.39%) Relational Database
8 35 (4.72%) MySQL
9 29 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (2.70%) DynamoDB
11 14 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.21%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.08%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.94%) Big Data
14 7 (0.94%) Power BI
15 6 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 142 (19.14%) Git
2 71 (9.57%) Jenkins
3 56 (7.55%) 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
1 163 (21.97%) 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 11 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.35%) Legal
13 6 (0.81%) Electronics
13 6 (0.81%) Military
13 6 (0.81%) Tech for Good
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 (42.59%) Developer
2 170 (22.91%) Senior
3 148 (19.95%) .NET Developer
4 115 (15.50%) Software Engineer
5 81 (10.92%) 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%) Scala Engineer
16 23 (3.10%) Azure 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
1 223 (30.05%) .NET
2 159 (21.43%) .NET Core
3 155 (20.89%) ASP.NET
4 138 (18.60%) ASP.NET Core
5 132 (17.79%) React
6 118 (15.90%) Node.js
7 106 (14.29%) REST
8 105 (14.15%) AngularJS
8 105 (14.15%) CSS
9 95 (12.80%) HTML
10 82 (11.05%) RESTful
11 81 (10.92%) Spring
12 77 (10.38%) Vue
13 74 (9.97%) ML.NET
14 57 (7.68%) Spring Boot
15 49 (6.60%) Kafka
16 46 (6.20%) gRPC
17 38 (5.12%) Blazor
18 32 (4.31%) OAuth
19 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 27 (3.64%) 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%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.48%) IoT
10 11 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.21%) Robotics
12 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 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
4 263 (35.44%) DevOps
5 260 (35.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 251 (33.83%) Microservices
7 226 (30.46%) AI
8 225 (30.32%) Software Engineering
9 166 (22.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 158 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
11 157 (21.16%) Machine Learning
12 138 (18.60%) Mentoring
13 127 (17.12%) Scrum
14 118 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (15.90%) TDD
15 110 (14.82%) Clean Code
16 94 (12.67%) Test Automation
17 86 (11.59%) Observability
18 79 (10.65%) Event-Driven
19 72 (9.70%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 264 (35.58%) Python
2 261 (35.18%) SQL
3 238 (32.08%) C#
4 149 (20.08%) TypeScript
5 130 (17.52%) JavaScript
6 122 (16.44%) Java
7 64 (8.63%) 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 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
1 104 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 86 (11.59%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.55%) 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 65 (8.76%) 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
1 476 (64.15%) Kubernetes
2 189 (25.47%) Terraform
3 55 (7.41%) Ansible
4 50 (6.74%) Grafana
5 40 (5.39%) 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