Private Cloud
Lancashire > Preston
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Private Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Preston | 1.19% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 4.17% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £74.26 | - | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £69.38 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Preston
Private Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 24 | 5 | 24 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 28.57% | 10.64% | 27.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 2 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £184 | £372 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £220 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £280 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +69.64% | -41.05% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £340 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £376 | £500 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £530 | £509 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.13% | +1.71% | -28.51% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.94 | - | £19.83 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.24 | - | £37.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.12 | - | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +57.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.40 | - | £45.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.21 | - | £46.18 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £70.16 | £46.18 | £45.88 |
| % change year-on-year | +51.93% | +0.65% | +77.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Private Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Daily Rate Trend in Preston
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Private Cloud.
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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: