Rational DOORS Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

IBM Rational DOORS
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Rational DOORS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing Rational DOORS 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.52% - 4.31%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.41% - 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £564 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £616 - -
90th Percentile £621 - -
North West median daily rate £588 £650 -
% change year-on-year -9.62% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.55
Median hourly rate - - £40.33
75th Percentile - - £52.12
90th Percentile - - £68.35
North West median hourly rate - £63.02 £40.33
% change year-on-year - +56.28% -19.35%

All Development Application Skills
Lancashire

Rational DOORS falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 37 14 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.69% 7.14% 10.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 4
10th Percentile £400 £395 -
25th Percentile £563 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £413 £558
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -26.01% -10.80%
75th Percentile £638 £507 £743
90th Percentile £712 £534 £747
North West median daily rate £500 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +16.41% -9.58% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £27.46
25th Percentile £37.25 - £37.55
Median hourly rate £43.15 £70.16 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -38.50% +73.99% -12.68%
75th Percentile £53.27 - £46.18
90th Percentile £64.90 - £56.63
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £75.00 £43.25
% change year-on-year -37.60% +73.40% -6.34%

Rational DOORS
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Rational DOORS job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Rational DOORS
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Rational DOORS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Rational DOORS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Rational DOORS

Rational DOORS
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 Rational DOORS within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 23 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 - 2 £588 - 3
Rational DOORS
North West

Rational DOORS
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens