Public Sector Contracts in Lancashire

Public Sector
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 3 11
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 25 64 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 12.82% 26.45% 12.31%
As % of the General category 19.69% 52.46% 20.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 51 29
10th Percentile £350 £363 £206
25th Percentile £450 £506 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +46.21%
75th Percentile £720 £700 £650
90th Percentile - £775 £700
North West median daily rate £525 £525 £498
% change year-on-year - +5.42% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £11.05
25th Percentile - £45.00 £11.90
Median hourly rate £19.18 £46.00 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -58.30% +224.86% -64.60%
75th Percentile - £47.00 £16.69
90th Percentile - - £17.69
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £17.81
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.30% -12.05%

All General Skills
Lancashire

Public Sector is in the General Skills 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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 127 122 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 65.13% 50.41% 61.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 85 94
10th Percentile £313 £355 £237
25th Percentile £413 £456 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £486
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +13.29% +21.38%
75th Percentile £714 £675 £600
90th Percentile £781 £733 £712
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 10 38
10th Percentile £14.68 £19.11 £13.68
25th Percentile - £39.81 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £47.79 £40.54
Median % change year-on-year -66.39% +17.87% +14.20%
75th Percentile £35.23 £53.26 £46.21
90th Percentile £46.18 £57.43 £72.70
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Blackpool -1 9 £720 +15.20% 3
Preston +3 5 £350 -6.67% 1
Fleetwood - 2 £638 -
Accrington - 1 - -
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
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 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.00%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) GitLab
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (32.00%) Local Government
2 2 (8.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Senior
2 7 (28.00%) Consultant
2 7 (28.00%) Developer
3 6 (24.00%) ServiceNow Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Architect
5 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
6 3 (12.00%) Data Consultant
6 3 (12.00%) Data Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Systems Architect
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (4.00%) Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Business Architect
8 1 (4.00%) DBA
8 1 (4.00%) Oracle DBA
8 1 (4.00%) Senior DBA
8 1 (4.00%) Senior Oracle DBA
8 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Node.js
1 1 (4.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) NHS
1 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) ITIL
2 6 (24.00%) Housing Management
2 6 (24.00%) Line Management
3 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Software Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (12.00%) Data Transformation
6 2 (8.00%) Agile
6 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.00%) Change Management
6 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Identification
6 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (4.00%) Continuous Deployment
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.00%) APMG
2 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.00%) Aareon
2 3 (12.00%) Northgate
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle