B2B Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Business-to-Business (B2B)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring B2B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing B2B 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.42% - 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% - 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £375
75th Percentile £494 - £438
90th Percentile - - £468
North West median daily rate £525 £513 £413
% change year-on-year +2.44% +24.24% -17.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

B2B falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 344 140 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 81.13% 85.37% 71.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 81 58
10th Percentile £204 £325 £259
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% +3.31% -12.00%
75th Percentile £626 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £678 £640
North West median daily rate £500 £453 £488
% change year-on-year +10.38% -7.08% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 19 27
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £25.87
25th Percentile £21.14 £23.32 £35.36
Median hourly rate £43.56 £47.12 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +16.85% -12.68%
75th Percentile £64.09 £63.40 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.91 £73.36 £51.35
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +86.08% -40.82% +33.77%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

B2B job vacancy trend in Lancashire

B2B
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing B2B.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing B2B

B2B
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 B2B within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 27 September 2026. 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
Skelmersdale - 4 - -
B2B
North West

B2B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Advertising
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Sales Executive
1 4 (66.67%) Sales Executive
1 4 (66.67%) Trainee
1 4 (66.67%) Trainee Sales Executive
2 1 (16.67%) CRM Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) CRM
2 4 (66.67%) B2B Sales
2 4 (66.67%) Business Development
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) Lead Generation
2 4 (66.67%) Telesales
3 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft