Performance Metrics Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Performance Metrics
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Performance Metrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 26 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Performance Metrics 11 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.66% 0.61% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.26% 0.71% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £483 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £562 - £538
90th Percentile £581 - -
North West median daily rate £485 £411 £513
% change year-on-year +18.00% -19.80% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.27 £70.16 -
Median % change year-on-year -73.96% - -
North West median hourly rate £56.64 £70.16 £84.67
% change year-on-year -19.28% -17.13% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Performance Metrics 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 337 141 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 81.60% 86.50% 69.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 81 59
10th Percentile £208 £363 £259
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +1.42% -10.36%
75th Percentile £631 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £678 £646
North West median daily rate £500 £454 £493
% change year-on-year +10.25% -8.01% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 19 27
10th Percentile £13.86 £18.87 £25.87
25th Percentile £21.14 £23.32 £35.36
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.12 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +16.85% -12.68%
75th Percentile £66.25 £63.40 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.91 £73.36 £51.35
North West median hourly rate £47.12 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +87.36% -40.82% +21.43%

Performance Metrics
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Performance Metrics job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Performance Metrics
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Performance Metrics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Performance Metrics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics
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 Performance Metrics within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 -6 10 £493 - 1
Burnley - 1 - -
Performance Metrics
North West

Performance Metrics
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 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Incident Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Security Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Security Incident Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Management Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (90.91%) Service Management
1 10 (90.91%) SIAM
2 9 (81.82%) Validation
3 6 (54.55%) Incident Management
3 6 (54.55%) ITIL
4 5 (45.45%) Major Incident Management
5 4 (36.36%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
5 4 (36.36%) Information Security
5 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
5 4 (36.36%) Security Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) ERP
7 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CPIM
3 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) SAP