DevSecOps Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

DevSecOps
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring DevSecOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.97% - 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% - 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £575 £500 £552
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.46% -6.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £45.88
North West median hourly rate - - £45.88

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

DevSecOps 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 245 161 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.55% 88.95% 72.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 83 69
10th Percentile £291 £363 £205
25th Percentile £375 £442 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +4.60%
75th Percentile £678 £614 £627
90th Percentile £805 £660 £665
North West median daily rate £475 £455 £495
% change year-on-year +4.40% -8.08% -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 £31.76 £30.00
% change year-on-year +57.43% +5.87% -1.77%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

DevSecOps job vacancy trend in Lancashire

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DevSecOps

DevSecOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DevSecOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DevSecOps

DevSecOps
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 DevSecOps within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 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 - 3 £700 -
DevSecOps
North West

DevSecOps
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Key Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) SOC 2