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 in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 21 60 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 8.24% 24.69% 14.23%
As % of the General category 14.19% 50.00% 25.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 45 33
10th Percentile £295 £355 £228
25th Percentile £359 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +36.77%
75th Percentile £569 £675 £650
90th Percentile £656 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £497 £513 £499
% change year-on-year -3.12% +2.71% +1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £10.80
25th Percentile - £45.00 £11.28
Median hourly rate £19.18 £46.00 £12.36
Median % change year-on-year -58.30% +272.32% -11.92%
75th Percentile - £47.00 £13.14
90th Percentile - - £13.43
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -23.08% +36.84%

All General Skills
Lancashire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 148 120 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 58.04% 49.38% 56.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 79 93
10th Percentile £305 £310 £355
25th Percentile £372 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £700
90th Percentile £741 £700 £762
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 11 25
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.70 £11.59
25th Percentile £16.06 £30.31 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £46.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.87% +41.56% +61.11%
75th Percentile £43.10 £54.88 £52.70
90th Percentile £46.18 £57.50 £96.14
North West median hourly rate £21.43 £23.15 £23.22
% change year-on-year -7.43% -0.31% +13.28%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 0 7 £350 -6.67%
Blackpool -3 2 £540 -3.57% 7
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 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (38.10%) Local Government
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Marketing
3 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Consultant
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Data Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Data Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Architect
4 2 (9.52%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Business Architect
5 1 (4.76%) DBA
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (4.76%) Senior DBA
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Oracle DBA
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) User Experience Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) NHS
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.76%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Housing Management
2 5 (23.81%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 3 (14.29%) Data Transformation
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.52%) Agile
5 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.52%) Change Management
5 2 (9.52%) Line Management
5 2 (9.52%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Identification
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team Management
6 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) APMG
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Data Guard
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Aareon
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Northgate
2 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle