SIAM Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring SIAM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	15	20	-
Rank change year-on-year	+5	-	-
Contract jobs citing SIAM	41	7	0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire	8.70%	4.14%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	10.59%	4.90%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	36	0	0
10^th Percentile	£456	-	-
25^th Percentile	£483	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£561	-	-
75^th Percentile	£586	-	-
90^th Percentile	£600	-	-
North West median daily rate	£554	£382	-
% change year-on-year	+44.96%	-	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	7	0
Median hourly rate	-	£63.40	-
North West median hourly rate	-	£63.40	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

SIAM 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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	387	143	141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire	82.17%	84.62%	72.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	202	83	49
10^th Percentile	£204	£250	£259
25^th Percentile	£350	£400	£325
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£475	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+15.68%	-	-13.64%
75^th Percentile	£600	£584	£588
90^th Percentile	£662	£677	£634
North West median daily rate	£500	£450	£475
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-5.26%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	85	23	28
10^th Percentile	£13.10	£19.65	£25.97
25^th Percentile	£16.01	£30.68	£35.36
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£45.46	£40.33
Median % change year-on-year	-12.01%	+12.73%	-12.68%
75^th Percentile	£64.09	£63.40	£46.18
90^th Percentile	£71.45	£74.92	£56.56
North West median hourly rate	£46.80	£25.15	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+86.12%	-37.64%	+15.21%

SIAM Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

SIAM Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

SIAM Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM in Lancashire over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in Lancashire

SIAM Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

SIAM 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 SIAM within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 21 October 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	+9	40	£565	-	3
SIAM North West

SIAM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SIAM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region with a requirement for SIAM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	90.2%	37
2	SC Cleared	85.4%	35
3	Cybersecurity	80.5%	33
4	Service Management	68.3%	28
5	Validation	56.1%	23
6	Incident Management	53.7%	22
7	SLA	51.2%	21
8	Performance Metrics	43.9%	18
9	Vulnerability Management	41.5%	17
10	ITIL	39.0%	16
10	ITSM	39.0%	16
12	Incident Response	31.7%	13
13	NCSC	29.3%	12
13	NIST	29.3%	12
15	GRC	26.8%	11
16	DBS Check	24.4%	10
16	Major Incident Management	24.4%	10
16	Vulnerability Remediation	24.4%	10
19	Security Operations	22.0%	9
19	ServiceNow	22.0%	9
21	Dashboard Development	19.5%	8
21	Information Security	19.5%	8
21	Security Testing	19.5%	8
21	Vulnerability Scanning	19.5%	8
25	Continuous Improvement	17.1%	7
25	Penetration Testing	17.1%	7
25	Service Delivery	17.1%	7
25	Stakeholder Engagement	17.1%	7
29	ISMS	14.6%	6
29	Knowledge Transfer	14.6%	6

SIAM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	80.5%	33
2	Service Management	68.3%	28
3	Validation	56.1%	23
4	Incident Management	53.7%	22
5	Performance Metrics	43.9%	18
6	Vulnerability Management	41.5%	17
7	ITIL	39.0%	16
7	ITSM	39.0%	16
9	Incident Response	31.7%	13
10	Major Incident Management	24.4%	10
10	Vulnerability Remediation	24.4%	10
12	Security Operations	22.0%	9
13	Dashboard Development	19.5%	8
13	Information Security	19.5%	8
13	Security Testing	19.5%	8
13	Vulnerability Scanning	19.5%	8
17	Continuous Improvement	17.1%	7
17	Penetration Testing	17.1%	7
17	Service Delivery	17.1%	7
17	Stakeholder Engagement	17.1%	7