The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring WebSockets skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WebSockets over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
32
30
-
Rank change year-on-year
-2
-
-
Contract jobs citing WebSockets
1
1
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire
WebSockets falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Lancashire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
31
20
58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire
15.42%
9.30%
20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted
23
11
35
10th Percentile
£402
£363
£465
25th Percentile
£419
£381
£583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£440
£638
Median % change year-on-year
+2.27%
-30.98%
+34.21%
75th Percentile
£560
£572
£645
90th Percentile
£615
£650
£720
North West median daily rate
£447
£500
£520
% change year-on-year
-10.60%
-3.85%
-0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
2
11
10th Percentile
-
£45.91
£37.75
25th Percentile
-
£45.96
£41.84
Median hourly rate
-
£46.03
£45.88
Median % change year-on-year
-
+0.33%
+32.99%
75th Percentile
-
£46.11
£46.18
90th Percentile
-
£46.15
-
North West median hourly rate
£70.00
£67.25
£46.18
% change year-on-year
+4.09%
+45.63%
-34.03%
WebSockets Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing WebSockets as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
WebSockets Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WebSockets in Lancashire.
WebSockets Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire
For the 6 months to 27 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing WebSockets 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 WebSockets.
WebSockets 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:
