Docker Contract Job Trends in Preston

Docker
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Docker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Docker 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.70% - 1.67%
As % of the System Software category 20.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £645
% change year-on-year +4.76% -18.60% +17.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.53 - £37.55
Median hourly rate £42.69 - £40.33
75th Percentile £45.84 - £43.10
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £58.47 - £43.10

All System Software Skills
Preston

Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 15 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 18.52% - 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £146 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £700 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £623
% change year-on-year +10.00% -19.68% +46.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £40.25 - -
25th Percentile £41.34 - £37.55
Median hourly rate £42.31 - £40.33
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.54%
75th Percentile £52.94 - £43.10
90th Percentile £65.73 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 - £40.33
% change year-on-year - - -12.54%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Docker job vacancy trend in Preston

Docker
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Docker

Docker
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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure AKS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) MLOps
3 1 (33.33%) Observability
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Grafana
2 1 (33.33%) Prometheus
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat