The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Product Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 4 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
29
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Product Requirements
2
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire
Product Requirements 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
163
155
207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire
90.56%
79.49%
86.97%
Number of daily rates quoted
83
75
114
10th Percentile
£400
£313
£313
25th Percentile
£463
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£533
£538
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-0.93%
+2.38%
+10.53%
75th Percentile
£600
£650
£625
90th Percentile
£630
£746
£700
North West median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted
22
52
42
10th Percentile
£15.34
-
£24.14
25th Percentile
£23.43
£16.06
£29.30
Median hourly rate
£28.75
£22.39
£42.50
Median % change year-on-year
+28.41%
-47.32%
+15.65%
75th Percentile
£53.07
£45.96
£50.07
90th Percentile
£63.36
£47.82
£53.43
North West median hourly rate
£32.50
£22.11
£36.00
% change year-on-year
+46.99%
-38.58%
+71.43%
Product Requirements Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Product Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Product Requirements Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in Lancashire.
Product Requirements Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Product Requirements also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region with a requirement for Product Requirements.
Product Requirements Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
