Presales Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Presales
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Presales skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Presales 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 3.65% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 - -
75th Percentile £671 - -
90th Percentile £680 - -
North West median daily rate £665 - £602
% change year-on-year - - +72.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Presales 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 261 172 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.33% 88.21% 72.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 85 61
10th Percentile £204 £355 £205
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £656 £580 £638
90th Percentile £712 £654 £740
North West median daily rate £492 £461 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 24 48
10th Percentile £21.14 £16.09 -
25th Percentile £36.69 £25.84 £16.06
Median hourly rate £64.09 £40.83 £26.55
Median % change year-on-year +56.99% +53.77% -42.13%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.40 £43.10
90th Percentile £74.26 £71.06 £48.00
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.43 £32.50
% change year-on-year +75.87% -12.52% +6.04%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Presales job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Presales
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Presales

Presales
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Presales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Presales

Presales
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 Presales within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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 - 12 £665 - 9
Presales
North West

Presales
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Consultant
2 10 (83.33%) Senior
2 10 (83.33%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Performance Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Recruitment Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Learning Management System
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Mentoring
2 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) Business Development
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Performance Management
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (58.33%) Qualtrics