Digital Engineering Contract Job Trends in Preston

Digital Engineering
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Digital Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £564 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £616 - -
90th Percentile £621 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £588 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

Digital Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 71 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.67% 92.21% 79.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 46 22
10th Percentile £310 £356 £211
25th Percentile £453 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £580
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -21.55% +30.70%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £631
90th Percentile £695 £675 £943
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.42% -10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.31
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 £25.30
Median hourly rate £69.50 £41.06 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.26% +46.64% -38.97%
75th Percentile £74.50 £47.12 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £61.47 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £56.44 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year +19.78% +16.85% -12.68%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Digital Engineering job vacancy trend in Preston

Digital Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Digital Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens