SIAM Contract Job Trends in Preston

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring SIAM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	6	15	-
Rank change year-on-year	+9	-	-
Contract jobs citing SIAM	40	3	0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston	19.14%	4.05%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	23.53%	4.48%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	35	0	0
10^th Percentile	£455	-	-
25^th Percentile	£483	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£565	-	-
75^th Percentile	£588	-	-
90^th Percentile	£600	-	-
Lancashire median daily rate	£561	-	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	3	0
Median hourly rate	-	£25.15	-
Lancashire median hourly rate	-	£63.40	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

SIAM 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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	170	67	38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston	81.34%	90.54%	82.61%
Number of daily rates quoted	117	45	17
10^th Percentile	£310	£314	£200
25^th Percentile	£446	£405	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£575
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-13.04%	+35.29%
75^th Percentile	£601	£640	£614
90^th Percentile	£670	£680	£629
Lancashire median daily rate	£550	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+15.68%	-	-13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted	18	12	6
10^th Percentile	£32.45	£24.79	£24.48
25^th Percentile	£57.56	£40.96	£28.23
Median hourly rate	£70.00	£41.94	£44.13
Median % change year-on-year	+66.91%	-4.95%	-4.45%
75^th Percentile	£78.17	£47.12	£63.59
90^th Percentile	£80.00	£67.86	£67.84
Lancashire median hourly rate	£40.00	£45.46	£40.33
% change year-on-year	-12.01%	+12.73%	-12.68%

SIAM Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

SIAM Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SIAM.

SIAM Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM in Preston over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in Preston

SIAM Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SIAM.

SIAM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SIAM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Preston region with a requirement for SIAM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	90.0%	36
2	SC Cleared	85.0%	34
3	Cybersecurity	80.0%	32
4	Service Management	67.5%	27
5	Validation	57.5%	23
6	Incident Management	52.5%	21
7	SLA	50.0%	20
8	Performance Metrics	45.0%	18
9	Vulnerability Management	42.5%	17
10	ITIL	37.5%	15
10	ITSM	37.5%	15
12	Incident Response	30.0%	12
12	NCSC	30.0%	12
12	NIST	30.0%	12
15	GRC	27.5%	11
16	DBS Check	25.0%	10
16	Vulnerability Remediation	25.0%	10
18	Major Incident Management	22.5%	9
18	Security Operations	22.5%	9
18	ServiceNow	22.5%	9
21	Dashboard Development	20.0%	8
21	Information Security	20.0%	8
21	Security Testing	20.0%	8
21	Vulnerability Scanning	20.0%	8
25	Penetration Testing	17.5%	7
25	Stakeholder Engagement	17.5%	7
27	Continuous Improvement	15.0%	6
27	ISMS	15.0%	6
27	Knowledge Transfer	15.0%	6
27	Security Management	15.0%	6

SIAM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	80.0%	32
2	Service Management	67.5%	27
3	Validation	57.5%	23
4	Incident Management	52.5%	21
5	Performance Metrics	45.0%	18
6	Vulnerability Management	42.5%	17
7	ITIL	37.5%	15
7	ITSM	37.5%	15
9	Incident Response	30.0%	12
10	Vulnerability Remediation	25.0%	10
11	Major Incident Management	22.5%	9
11	Security Operations	22.5%	9
13	Dashboard Development	20.0%	8
13	Information Security	20.0%	8
13	Security Testing	20.0%	8
13	Vulnerability Scanning	20.0%	8
17	Penetration Testing	17.5%	7
17	Stakeholder Engagement	17.5%	7
19	Continuous Improvement	15.0%	6
19	ISMS	15.0%	6