Business Case Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Business Cases
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Case 1 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.33% 3.85% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 4.32% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £475 - £581
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £449 £358 £575
% change year-on-year +25.42% -37.74% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £34.11 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +24.04% -31.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Business Case 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 243 162 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.15% 89.01% 72.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 83 67
10th Percentile £293 £363 £203
25th Percentile £388 £442 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +4.60%
75th Percentile £677 £614 £630
90th Percentile £804 £660 £673
North West median daily rate £475 £453 £495
% change year-on-year +4.80% -8.43% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 23 62
10th Percentile £21.14 £15.69 -
25th Percentile £37.25 £22.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £64.09 £28.75 £31.68
Median % change year-on-year +122.92% -9.25% -25.46%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.20 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.79 £68.81 £46.18
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £30.88 £30.00
% change year-on-year +61.92% +2.93% -1.77%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Case

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Case

Business Case
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 Business Case within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Preston - 1 £450 - 1
Business Case
North West

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared