The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring GCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
GCP falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills |
20 |
16 |
14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston |
23.81% |
30.77% |
26.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
10 |
14 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
£356 |
£515 |
£231 |
| 25th Percentile |
£429 |
- |
£350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£545 |
£538 |
£375 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+1.21% |
+43.47% |
-26.11% |
| 75th Percentile |
£648 |
£614 |
£463 |
| 90th Percentile |
£700 |
£688 |
£488 |
| Lancashire median daily rate |
£450 |
£538 |
£625 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.36% |
-13.92% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
6 |
0 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£39.53 |
- |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£42.69 |
- |
£46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+105.38% |
| 75th Percentile |
£45.84 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£60.05 |
- |
£49.67 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate |
£45.46 |
£46.18 |
£46.18 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.56% |
- |
+105.38% |
