P3O Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring P3O skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing P3O 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.61% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £625 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Lancashire

P3O falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 26 15 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 15.85% 7.50% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 12
10th Percentile £172 £172 £330
25th Percentile £250 £189 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £218 £443
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% -50.85% -17.67%
75th Percentile £530 £246 £600
90th Percentile £575 £264 £723
North West median daily rate £450 £456 £486
% change year-on-year -1.37% -6.12% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £47.58 £24.69 £32.99
25th Percentile £56.05 £32.96 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £40.33 £69.58
Median % change year-on-year +73.99% -42.05% +21.01%
75th Percentile £70.81 £43.10 £78.00
90th Percentile £71.19 - £78.35
North West median hourly rate £63.40 £23.14 £29.15
% change year-on-year +174.04% -20.63% -58.36%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing P3O relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

P3O job vacancy trend in Lancashire

P3O
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing P3O.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing P3O

P3O
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 P3O within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 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 - 1 - - 1
P3O
North West

P3O
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP