Containerisation Contract Job Trends in Preston

Containerization
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston 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 13 14 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 7.23% 2.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.45% 2.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 -
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.53 £59.39 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £63.79 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% - -
75th Percentile £45.84 £68.18 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £63.79 -
% change year-on-year +16.42% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71 45 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 85.54% 90.00% 98.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 24 24
10th Percentile £177 £419 £333
25th Percentile £400 £494 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £538 £431
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +24.95% +2.21%
75th Percentile £552 £554 £500
90th Percentile £680 £600 £568
Lancashire median daily rate £453 £518 £623
% change year-on-year -12.56% -16.87% +19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 33
10th Percentile £32.15 £27.58 £20.58
25th Percentile £39.53 £30.68 £37.80
Median hourly rate £41.94 £34.26 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.42% -25.81% +15.33%
75th Percentile £45.84 £59.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.56 £67.84 £74.38
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Containerisation job vacancy trend in Preston

Containerisation
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Containerisation

Containerisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure AKS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) BGP
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Control
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) ITSM
1 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CCDP
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (16.67%) Grafana
2 1 (16.67%) Prometheus
2 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) VMware