Operational Stability Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Operational Stability
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire citing Operational Stability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	43	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Operational Stability	7	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire	1.50%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.83%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	3	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	-	-
North West median daily rate	£458	£600	-
% change year-on-year	-23.75%	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Operational Stability falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	382	175	140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire	81.97%	84.95%	72.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	197	103	49
10^th Percentile	£270	£165	£257
25^th Percentile	£400	£381	£325
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	+5.26%	-13.64%
75^th Percentile	£601	£575	£588
90^th Percentile	£670	£671	£634
North West median daily rate	£500	£450	£475
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-5.26%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	85	37	25
10^th Percentile	£13.10	£23.32	£29.89
25^th Percentile	£14.06	£41.94	£37.00
Median hourly rate	£35.00	£47.12	£40.33
Median % change year-on-year	-25.72%	+16.85%	-12.68%
75^th Percentile	£61.57	£70.16	£46.18
90^th Percentile	£71.45	£74.87	£51.53
North West median hourly rate	£43.96	£29.14	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+50.88%	-27.75%	+13.59%

Operational Stability Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Operational Stability Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Operational Stability.

Operational Stability 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 Operational Stability within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Blackpool	-	3	£400	-	1
Operational Stability North West

Operational Stability Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Operational Stability also mentioned 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 citing Operational Stability.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	JIRA	100.0%	7
2	Active Directory	57.1%	4
2	Continuous Improvement	57.1%	4
2	DHCP	57.1%	4
2	DNS	57.1%	4
2	ITIL	57.1%	4
2	Microsoft	57.1%	4
2	Microsoft 365	57.1%	4
2	Problem-Solving	57.1%	4
2	ServiceNow	57.1%	4
2	SharePoint	57.1%	4
2	Stakeholder Engagement	57.1%	4
2	TCP/IP	57.1%	4
2	User Experience	57.1%	4
2	VPN	57.1%	4
2	Windows	57.1%	4
2	Windows 10	57.1%	4
18	Agile	42.9%	3
18	BDD	42.9%	3
18	Confluence	42.9%	3
18	Cucumber	42.9%	3
18	Full-Stack Development	42.9%	3
18	Git	42.9%	3
18	JavaScript	42.9%	3
18	Linux	42.9%	3
18	Mentoring	42.9%	3
18	Microservices	42.9%	3
18	Node.js	42.9%	3
18	Red Hat Enterprise Linux	42.9%	3
18	REST	42.9%	3

Operational Stability Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	57.1%	4
1	ITIL	57.1%	4
1	Problem-Solving	57.1%	4
1	Stakeholder Engagement	57.1%	4
1	User Experience	57.1%	4
6	Agile	42.9%	3
6	BDD	42.9%	3
6	Full-Stack Development	42.9%	3
6	Mentoring	42.9%	3
6	Microservices	42.9%	3
6	Software Engineering	42.9%	3
6	Stakeholder Management	42.9%	3
6	TDD	42.9%	3
6	Test Automation	42.9%	3
6	Translating Business Requirements	42.9%	3
6	User Stories	42.9%	3