Degree Contracts in Lancashire

Academic Degree
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 17 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Degree 10 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.05% 5.99% 5.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.52% 18.57% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £526 £504 £292
25th Percentile £526 £520 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £569 £341
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +66.67% -37.95%
75th Percentile £564 £595 £373
90th Percentile £571 £598 £391
North West median daily rate £475 £535 £456
% change year-on-year -11.26% +17.32% -3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 13
10th Percentile £70.55 - -
25th Percentile £71.13 £37.55 £37.80
Median hourly rate £76.23 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -12.68% -43.72%
75th Percentile £81.00 £46.18 -
90th Percentile - £65.97 £51.62
North West median hourly rate £33.50 £48.56 £40.59
% change year-on-year -31.01% +19.64% +65.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 105 70 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 53.03% 32.26% 45.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 20 65
10th Percentile £153 £253 £355
25th Percentile £387 £285 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -6.32% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £628 £641
90th Percentile £646 £663 £707
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 29 40
10th Percentile £18.87 - £29.30
25th Percentile £47.12 - £37.80
Median hourly rate £70.16 £16.06 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +336.86% -65.00% -25.36%
75th Percentile £74.70 £43.10 £47.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £47.14 £53.02
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £17.53 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.95% -58.75% +6.14%

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
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
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 2 August 2025. 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 - 3 £530 - 18
Blackburn - 1 - - 9
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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Simulink
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA Agile
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (20.00%) Aeronautics
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Avionics
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Buyer
1 2 (20.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Development Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Head of Digital
1 2 (20.00%) Senior
1 2 (20.00%) Senior Buyer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Networks
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Maximo Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
1 5 (50.00%) Analytics
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (20.00%) Physics
4 2 (20.00%) Product Management
4 2 (20.00%) Safety Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) SysML
4 2 (20.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) MathWorks
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) SAP