Containerisation Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Containerization
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Containerisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 11 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 5.26% 2.76% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 3.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
North West median daily rate £505 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +6.32% -17.39% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.53 £59.39 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £63.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% - -
75th Percentile - £68.18 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £63.79 £62.50
% change year-on-year +16.42% +2.06% -5.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Containerisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 174 120 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 83.25% 82.76% 92.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 57 123
10th Percentile £165 £281 £380
25th Percentile £353 £440 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £518 £623
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% -16.87% +19.71%
75th Percentile £557 £550 £716
90th Percentile £679 £609 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 18 52
10th Percentile £25.15 £25.80 £20.72
25th Percentile £41.94 £32.89 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £61.57 £54.69 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £66.28 £55.74
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% -17.11% +47.23%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Containerisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Containerisation job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Containerisation
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Containerisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Containerisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Containerisation in Lancashire over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Containerisation in Lancashire

Containerisation
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Containerisation within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston +1 6 £550 - 17
Containerisation
North West

Containerisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure AKS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) BGP
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
1 8 (72.73%) Software-Defined Networking
1 8 (72.73%) VLAN
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) GitLab
2 1 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) C# Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) JWT
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
1 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Product Ownership
2 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
4 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
1 6 (54.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (72.73%) ITSM
2 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Change Control
3 6 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 6 (54.55%) Platform Engineering
4 5 (45.45%) High Availability
4 5 (45.45%) Knowledge Management
4 5 (45.45%) Service Management
4 5 (45.45%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
6 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
6 3 (27.27%) DevOps
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Engineering
6 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
6 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (18.18%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Bash
1 8 (72.73%) PowerShell
2 6 (54.55%) Python
3 5 (45.45%) Perl
4 1 (9.09%) Bicep
4 1 (9.09%) C#
4 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
4 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCDP
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Docker
2 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (18.18%) FortiGate
3 1 (9.09%) Grafana
3 1 (9.09%) Prometheus
3 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Red Hat
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto