Public Sector Contracts in Lancashire

Public Sector
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 8 3
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 10 25 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.71% 12.82% 26.45%
As % of the General category 11.36% 19.69% 52.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 51
10th Percentile £384 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +13.21%
75th Percentile £615 £720 £700
90th Percentile - - £775
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45.00
Median hourly rate - £19.18 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year - -58.30% +224.86%
75th Percentile - - £47.00
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.01 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.08% -20.00% +12.30%

All General Skills
Lancashire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 88 127 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 50.29% 65.13% 50.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 54 85
10th Percentile £330 £313 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +13.29%
75th Percentile £615 £714 £675
90th Percentile £663 £781 £733
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 50 10
10th Percentile £20.37 £14.68 £19.11
25th Percentile £25.29 - £39.81
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £47.79
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -66.39% +17.87%
75th Percentile £40.20 £35.23 £53.26
90th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £57.43
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -5 2 £512 +46.21% 2
Fleetwood +1 1 £140 -78.04% 1
Lancaster - 1 £600 -
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Teamcenter
1 1 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Serverless
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) .NET Architect
2 4 (40.00%) .NET Technical Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Applications Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Java Applications Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Java Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Java Technical Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) CESG
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (40.00%) Data Integration
2 4 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 4 (40.00%) Integration Patterns
2 4 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) SABSA
4 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
1 1 (10.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (10.00%) Dell