Degree Contracts in Lancashire

Academic Degree
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 25 17
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 22 10 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 11.40% 4.15% 8.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.43% 8.55% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 5
10th Percentile - £446 £440
25th Percentile £313 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £637 £487
Median % change year-on-year -15.68% +30.90% +11.57%
75th Percentile £600 £850 £588
90th Percentile £656 - £694
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 14
10th Percentile - - £31.09
25th Percentile £11.77 £37.80 £36.87
Median hourly rate £40.25 £42.16 £42.06
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +0.23% -3.86%
75th Percentile £44.64 £52.99 £85.18
90th Percentile £46.18 £65.74 £96.23
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £40.59 £35.56
% change year-on-year -34.98% +14.14% -19.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 70 117 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 36.27% 48.55% 37.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 60 55
10th Percentile £313 £361 £224
25th Percentile £463 £422 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £520 £487
Median % change year-on-year +12.98% +6.89% +21.63%
75th Percentile £704 £600 £644
90th Percentile £720 £700 £736
North West median daily rate £513 £509 £500
% change year-on-year +0.74% +1.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 34 24
10th Percentile £11.77 £25.75 £20.34
25th Percentile £15.00 £29.30 £35.86
Median hourly rate £16.06 £42.50 £41.49
Median % change year-on-year -62.21% +2.44% -4.63%
75th Percentile - £49.52 £54.21
90th Percentile £45.88 £53.41 £96.16
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £39.61
% change year-on-year -59.85% +0.98% -5.12%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Lancashire over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Lancashire over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Lancashire

Degree
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 Degree within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +4 8 - - 31
Fleetwood - 4 £588 - 1
Ormskirk - 1 £600 -
Barnoldswick - 1 - - 1
Blackpool - 1 - - 6
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (18.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.55%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Metadata
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Power View
1 4 (18.18%) PowerPivot
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (18.18%) Publishing
5 2 (9.09%) Local Government
5 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Military
6 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Administrator
1 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
1 4 (18.18%) SharePoint Engineer
1 4 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Manager
2 1 (4.55%) Business Manager
2 1 (4.55%) Coordinator
2 1 (4.55%) Development Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Functional Test Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Test Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) CSS
1 4 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.09%) NHS
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
4 5 (22.73%) Data Entry
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 4 (18.18%) Information Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) Information Security
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
5 4 (18.18%) Metadata Management
5 4 (18.18%) People Management
5 4 (18.18%) Statistics
5 4 (18.18%) Validation
5 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) C++
3 1 (4.55%) MATLAB
3 1 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) APMG
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) GDPR
2 2 (9.09%) P3O
2 2 (9.09%) PMO
3 1 (4.55%) MISRA
3 1 (4.55%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) VMware
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Anaplan
3 1 (4.55%) Atlassian