Locust Contract Job Trends in the North West

Locust
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Locust skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 119 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Locust 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West - 0.042% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.40% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £800 £424 -
% change year-on-year +88.79% - -

All Development Application Skills
North West

Locust 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 352 248 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.32% 10.53% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 142 267
10th Percentile £313 £317 £328
25th Percentile £363 £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -11.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £525 £567 £600
90th Percentile £635 £649 £647
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 38
10th Percentile - - £45.88
25th Percentile £39.00 £37.55 -
Median hourly rate £54.43 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% - -38.43%
75th Percentile £65.05 £51.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £70.05 £76.35 £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

Locust
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Locust relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Locust job vacancy trend in the North West