Knowledge Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Knowledge Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Knowledge Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Management 13 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 6.84% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £250 - -
25th Percentile £473 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £505 £499 £511
% change year-on-year +1.20% -2.40% +13.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 - £19.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Knowledge Management 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 163 141 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.79% 72.68% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 49 133
10th Percentile £179 £257 £360
25th Percentile £400 £325 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +7.06%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £650
90th Percentile £671 £634 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 60
10th Percentile £22.36 £26.25 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £36.18 £37.78
Median hourly rate £63.20 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +56.73% -12.68% +22.19%
75th Percentile £71.13 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.41 £58.13 £63.21
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.27
% change year-on-year -37.63% +14.35% +41.06%

Knowledge Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Knowledge Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Management in Lancashire over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Management in Lancashire

Knowledge Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
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 Knowledge Management within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 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 - 8 £550 - 1
Knowledge Management
North West

Knowledge Management
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 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) BGP
1 5 (38.46%) Firewall
1 5 (38.46%) Software-Defined Networking
1 5 (38.46%) VLAN
2 4 (30.77%) WebEx
General
1 9 (69.23%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Legal
3 4 (30.77%) Aerospace
3 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
4 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Product Ownership
2 5 (38.46%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
1 7 (53.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
1 7 (53.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) ITSM
2 7 (53.85%) Change Control
2 7 (53.85%) High Availability
2 7 (53.85%) Platform Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (46.15%) Product Requirements
3 6 (46.15%) Service Management
3 6 (46.15%) User Stories
4 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (38.46%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (30.77%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
6 3 (23.08%) Digital Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Bash
1 9 (69.23%) Perl
1 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
1 9 (69.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) CCDP
2 7 (53.85%) CCNA
2 7 (53.85%) CCNP
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Citrix
1 7 (53.85%) Red Hat
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) Siemens