Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
England > North West
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Lidar in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lidar over the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 139 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Lidar | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North West | - | - | 0.070% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £458 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £600 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £681 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £723 |
| England median daily rate | - | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.17% | +14.29% |
All Generic Skills
North West
Lidar falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 942 | 604 | 769 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 32.45% | 29.98% | 26.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 630 | 378 | 525 |
| 10th Percentile | £198 | £202 | £291 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £358 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | £580 | £582 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £665 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £548 | £549 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.52% | -0.14% | -4.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 77 | 46 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.75 | £20.60 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £36.32 | £23.28 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.46 | £28.75 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.12% | +10.58% | -25.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £33.75 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.26 | £56.69 | £57.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £36.16 | £33.50 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.94% | +11.67% | +33.33% |
Lidar
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lidar relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.
