Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Project Delivery
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 23 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 0
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 8 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.91% 2.40% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 3.40% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £463 £439
25th Percentile - £481 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +16.67%
75th Percentile - £569 £554
90th Percentile - £588 £561
North West median daily rate £475 £498 £489
% change year-on-year -4.52% +1.74% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +155.13% - -
North West median hourly rate £61.70 £36.25 £61.70
% change year-on-year +70.21% -41.25% +206.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Project Delivery 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 140 147 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.89% 70.67% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 59 137
10th Percentile £334 £259 £359
25th Percentile £425 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -10.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £645
90th Percentile £678 £646 £720
North West median daily rate £455 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.87 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.75
Median hourly rate £47.12 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -12.68% +22.18%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.36 £51.35 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% +28.79% +46.67%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Lancashire

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 26 September 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 4 £335 -25.56% 2
Burnley 0 3 - - 1
Project Delivery
North West

Project Delivery
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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (12.50%) SAP IBP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) MPLS
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Networks
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAP BW Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 8
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
1 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Budget Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Case
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) UX Design
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Canon
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Ariba
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds