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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 92 32
Rank change year-on-year +59 -60 +5
Permanent jobs citing Docker 312 152 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.96% 2.22% 7.44%
As % of the System Software category 62.53% 27.99% 41.98%
Number of salaries quoted 95 78 235
10th Percentile £50,300 £44,625 £44,625
25th Percentile £56,875 £51,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £87,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,000
% change year-on-year - +0.69% -4.00%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 499 543 698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.53% 7.92% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 256 311 587
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,498 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,375 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £65,625 £58,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.18% +1.82% -

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 job vacancy trend in the North West

Docker
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Docker.

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 11 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Docker in the North West

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 11 November 2025. 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 +31 128 £65,000 +8.33% 128
Lancashire +40 115 £50,000 -16.67% 33
Cheshire +29 57 £67,500 -9.40% 20
Merseyside +4 10 £55,000 -26.67% 5
Docker
England

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (1.92%) Confluence
2 4 (1.28%) Apache Solr
2 4 (1.28%) nginx
3 3 (0.96%) CMS
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.32%) Strapi
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 102 (32.69%) AWS
2 58 (18.59%) Azure
3 39 (12.50%) GCP
4 19 (6.09%) GitHub
5 16 (5.13%) Serverless
6 12 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.24%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (2.24%) AWS CodeBuild
11 7 (2.24%) Route 53
11 7 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.92%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.92%) SaaS
13 5 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 180 (57.69%) Cisco IOS
1 180 (57.69%) VPN
2 4 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.32%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) Firewall
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.94%) NoSQL
2 23 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (6.41%) MongoDB
4 16 (5.13%) MySQL
5 12 (3.85%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.60%) Redis
7 5 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.28%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.64%) Big Data
9 2 (0.64%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.64%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.64%) Metadata
9 2 (0.64%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.32%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 23 (7.37%) Git
1 23 (7.37%) Jenkins
2 22 (7.05%) GitLab
3 9 (2.88%) JIRA
4 8 (2.56%) Cypress.io
5 7 (2.24%) CircleCI
5 7 (2.24%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.92%) Selenium
7 3 (0.96%) webpack
8 2 (0.64%) MLflow
8 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.32%) CA Release Automation
9 1 (0.32%) ESLint
9 1 (0.32%) git-flow
9 1 (0.32%) Locust
9 1 (0.32%) Sinon.JS
9 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.32%) Storybook
9 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 186 (59.62%) Analytical Skills
2 180 (57.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 22 (7.05%) Finance
5 10 (3.21%) Games
6 7 (2.24%) Retail
7 6 (1.92%) Marketing
8 4 (1.28%) Banking
8 4 (1.28%) Legal
9 3 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.64%) Law
11 1 (0.32%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.32%) Electronics
11 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 181 (58.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (13.46%) Senior
3 41 (13.14%) Developer
4 24 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 19 (6.09%) Senior Developer
6 18 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (4.81%) Java Developer
8 12 (3.85%) Lead
8 12 (3.85%) Senior Java Developer
9 11 (3.53%) Senior DevOps
10 10 (3.21%) Architect
10 10 (3.21%) AWS Architect
10 10 (3.21%) AWS DevOps
10 10 (3.21%) AWS Solution Architect
10 10 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (2.56%) DevOps Architect
12 8 (2.56%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.56%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (60.58%) Elastic Stack
2 34 (10.90%) React
3 26 (8.33%) .NET
4 19 (6.09%) Spring
4 19 (6.09%) Spring Boot
5 18 (5.77%) RESTful
6 15 (4.81%) Node.js
7 13 (4.17%) HTML
8 12 (3.85%) CSS
9 10 (3.21%) .NET Core
9 10 (3.21%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (2.88%) AngularJS
10 9 (2.88%) Kafka
10 9 (2.88%) Next.js
11 8 (2.56%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.56%) Hibernate
11 8 (2.56%) Jest
11 8 (2.56%) REST
11 8 (2.56%) Vue
12 7 (2.24%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 180 (57.69%) Cyberattack
2 26 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.56%) Wiki
5 7 (2.24%) e-Learning
6 6 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.64%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.64%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.64%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.64%) Online Banking
9 2 (0.64%) Online Games
10 1 (0.32%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 205 (65.71%) Linux
2 190 (60.90%) Windows
3 180 (57.69%) Android
4 8 (2.56%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.24%) Debian
6 5 (1.60%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.64%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (86.54%) DevOps
2 225 (72.12%) Problem-Solving
3 191 (61.22%) Platform Engineering
4 186 (59.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 183 (58.65%) Line Management
5 183 (58.65%) Risk Management
6 182 (58.33%) Mathematics
6 182 (58.33%) Storage Management
7 181 (58.01%) Task Automation
8 103 (33.01%) CI/CD
9 80 (25.64%) Containerisation
10 67 (21.47%) Agile
11 53 (16.99%) Microservices
12 46 (14.74%) Software Engineering
13 34 (10.90%) TDD
14 27 (8.65%) Clean Code
14 27 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
15 26 (8.33%) Roadmaps
16 24 (7.69%) AI
17 22 (7.05%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 233 (74.68%) Python
2 196 (62.82%) Bash
3 186 (59.62%) PowerShell
4 46 (14.74%) Java
5 36 (11.54%) SQL
6 29 (9.29%) JavaScript
7 28 (8.97%) C#
8 27 (8.65%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.24%) PHP
10 4 (1.28%) Go
11 2 (0.64%) Bicep
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) C++
12 1 (0.32%) Julia
12 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (3.53%) Azure Certification
2 9 (2.88%) AWS Certification
2 9 (2.88%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 6 (1.92%) Degree
4 6 (1.92%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.32%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (0.32%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.81%) GDPR
2 9 (2.88%) HIPAA
3 8 (2.56%) NIST
3 8 (2.56%) QA
4 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 183 (58.65%) vSphere
2 182 (58.33%) VMware NSX
3 181 (58.01%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.28%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.32%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.32%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 227 (72.76%) Terraform
2 197 (63.14%) Ansible
3 92 (29.49%) Kubernetes
4 21 (6.73%) Grafana
5 14 (4.49%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.96%) Puppet
8 2 (0.64%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.32%) Argo
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 187 (59.94%) Splunk
2 180 (57.69%) 3PAR
2 180 (57.69%) Cisco
2 180 (57.69%) Juniper
3 20 (6.41%) Google
4 8 (2.56%) Microsoft
5 4 (1.28%) Oracle
5 4 (1.28%) VMware
6 3 (0.96%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.64%) Databricks
8 1 (0.32%) F5
8 1 (0.32%) Okta
8 1 (0.32%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.32%) PayPal
8 1 (0.32%) Pega
8 1 (0.32%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.32%) SAP
8 1 (0.32%) WSO2