Technical Debt Contract Job Trends in Preston

Technical Debt
Lancashire > Preston

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Technical Debt 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.01% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £676 £700 -
% change year-on-year -3.46% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

Technical Debt 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 64 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 78.79% 94.12% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 25
10th Percentile £201 £350 £355
25th Percentile £481 £447 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £593
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -9.26% +35.52%
75th Percentile £785 £615 £645
90th Percentile £875 £671 £885
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +6.88% +7.60% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 32
10th Percentile £36.32 - £12.20
25th Percentile £39.53 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -62.21%
75th Percentile £71.45 £45.25 £19.05
90th Percentile £71.50 £59.30 £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate £56.44 £29.58 £35.36
% change year-on-year +90.84% -16.36% -16.80%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in Preston

Technical Debt
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Debt.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Debt

Technical Debt
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 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Servant Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow