Developer Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Developer
North West > Lancashire

The median Developer daily rate in Lancashire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 15 13 37
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 8.67% 6.63% 14.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.68% 6.91% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 28
10th Percentile £367 - £361
25th Percentile £405 £363 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £408 £645
Median % change year-on-year +28.83% -36.82% +35.79%
75th Percentile £680 £448 £720
90th Percentile £686 £475 -
North West median daily rate £425 £440 £475
% change year-on-year -3.41% -7.37% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £47.12 - -
North West median hourly rate £47.12 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -27.51% -13.33% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 155 188 236
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 95.92% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 59 127
10th Percentile £168 £250 £315
25th Percentile £397 £313 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -13.64% +8.91%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £645
90th Percentile £671 £628 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 51 63
10th Percentile £19.26 £16.58 £20.34
25th Percentile £39.01 £18.00 £30.65
Median hourly rate £46.29 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% -12.68% +22.17%
75th Percentile £71.13 £48.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.79 £74.37 £61.09
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +6.06% +45.05%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Developer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Lancashire

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Lancashire over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Lancashire

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Lancashire

Developer
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 Developer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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 +5 6 £670 - 16
Blackpool - 6 £495 - 5
Lytham St Annes - 1 £551 -
Blackburn - 1 £500 - 3
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) Deployment Automation
3 4 (26.67%) DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) HTTPS
3 4 (26.67%) IBM
3 4 (26.67%) JSON
3 4 (26.67%) Power BI
3 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
3 4 (26.67%) SOAP
3 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
3 4 (26.67%) XML
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (13.33%) API Development
5 2 (13.33%) API Management
5 2 (13.33%) Axway
5 2 (13.33%) Azure
5 2 (13.33%) CA Endevor
5 2 (13.33%) Data Mapping
5 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
5 2 (13.33%) DB2
5 2 (13.33%) IMS/DB
5 2 (13.33%) JCL
5 2 (13.33%) JMS
5 2 (13.33%) Linux

Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (13.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.67%) ShareGate
3 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) HTTPS
2 2 (13.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
2 2 (13.33%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (13.33%) DB2
2 2 (13.33%) IMS/DB
3 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) JSON
1 4 (26.67%) SOAP
1 4 (26.67%) XML
2 2 (13.33%) JMS
2 2 (13.33%) OAuth
2 2 (13.33%) REST
3 1 (6.67%) .NET
3 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.67%) React Native
3 1 (6.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Low-Code
1 2 (13.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (13.33%) Shadow IT
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Code
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Deployment Automation
1 4 (26.67%) DevOps
1 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) API Development
3 2 (13.33%) API Management
3 2 (13.33%) Data Mapping
3 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.67%) Coaching
4 1 (6.67%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (6.67%) Cross-Platform Development
4 1 (6.67%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (6.67%) Mobile Development
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) SFIA
4 1 (6.67%) User Experience
4 1 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) JCL
1 2 (13.33%) PL/1
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) IBM
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Axway
3 2 (13.33%) SAP
3 2 (13.33%) Software AG
3 2 (13.33%) Syncsort
3 2 (13.33%) webMethods
4 1 (6.67%) Nintex