Docker Job Trends in the North West
Docker
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 97 | 17 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -80 | +74 | -58 |
| Permanent jobs citing Docker | 200 | 561 | 154 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 1.55% | 11.69% | 2.16% |
| As % of the System Software category | 33.22% | 75.40% | 28.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 144 | 90 | 81 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £49,875 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | £57,500 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | -14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,125 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £87,500 | £87,500 |
| England median annual salary | £67,500 | £71,750 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.92% | +2.50% | -3.45% |
All System Software Skills
North West
Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the North West.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 602 | 744 | 541 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 4.65% | 15.51% | 7.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 468 | 239 | 313 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £28,000 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,375 | £33,125 | £35,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £53,750 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.63% | +13.16% | -13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £67,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £74,144 |
| England median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
Docker Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Docker relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Docker Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Docker.
Docker Salary Histogram in the North West
Salary distribution for jobs citing Docker in the North West over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Docker Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | -47 | 159 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 121 |
| Lancashire | -60 | 21 | £62,500 | +13.12% | 9 |
| Merseyside | -31 | 9 | £95,000 | +58.33% | 7 |
| Cheshire | -73 | 9 | £52,500 | -25.00% | 4 |
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Docker Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceph | 2.0% | 4 |
| 2 | Active Directory | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Hyper-V | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Virtual Machines | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2 | VMware Infrastructure | 0.5% | 1 |