OSINT Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring OSINT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSINT 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.85% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - £775

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

OSINT 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 190 121 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.51% 84.62% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 71 87
10th Percentile £160 £300 £335
25th Percentile £343 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -7.83% +7.98%
75th Percentile £658 £575 £720
90th Percentile £712 £623 £735
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 16 47
10th Percentile £29.42 £21.12 £12.95
25th Percentile £41.94 £25.88 £41.31
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -13.38% +13.81%
75th Percentile £64.83 £52.23 -
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.52 £29.22
% change year-on-year +35.42% +7.87% -22.08%

OSINT
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
OSINT jobs