fastlane
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring fastlane skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited fastlane over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 152 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing fastlane | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | - | 0.097% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | - | 0.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £476 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.80% |
| England median daily rate | - | £450 | £476 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.36% | -13.55% |
All Development Application Skills
North West
fastlane 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 the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 288 | 286 | 383 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 14.77% | 10.68% | 12.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 206 | 218 | 293 |
| 10th Percentile | £339 | £373 | £326 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £431 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £524 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £532 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.06% | -3.23% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.02 | £36.59 | £37.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £63.25 | £45.88 | £39.15 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £52.94 | £51.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.67% | +3.80% | -21.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £78.13 | £77.50 | £54.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.35 | £81.15 | £56.38 |
| England median hourly rate | £60.25 | £65.00 | £61.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.31% | +5.69% | +16.90% |
fastlane
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing fastlane as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
fastlane
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing fastlane in the North West.