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.
