Knowledge Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Knowledge Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Knowledge Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Management 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 9.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £250 - -
25th Percentile £349 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

Knowledge Management 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 78 39 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 89.66% 82.98% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 17 35
10th Percentile £260 £200 £298
25th Percentile £405 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% +35.29% +28.79%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £500
90th Percentile £680 £629 £625
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 44
10th Percentile £27.73 £24.48 £20.58
25th Percentile - £28.23 £21.84
Median hourly rate £41.94 £44.13 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -4.45% +22.17%
75th Percentile £47.12 £63.59 £51.63
90th Percentile £73.03 £67.84 £74.33
Lancashire median hourly rate £63.00 £40.33 £46.18
% change year-on-year +56.23% -12.68% +22.19%

Knowledge Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Knowledge Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Management in Preston over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Management in Preston

Knowledge Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) BGP
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
1 2 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Control
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) High Availability
1 4 (50.00%) ITSM
1 4 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) Perl
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) CCDP
2 4 (50.00%) CCNA
2 4 (50.00%) CCNP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Citrix
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Siemens