Senior Contracts in Lancashire

Senior
North West > Lancashire

The median Senior daily rate in Lancashire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 29 13
Rank change year-on-year +17 -16 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 17 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 8.76% 5.10% 11.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.14% 5.51% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 21
10th Percentile £438 £413 £395
25th Percentile £553 £653 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £720 £580
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +24.14% -3.33%
75th Percentile £617 - £675
90th Percentile £636 - £700
North West median daily rate £505 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £31.56 £17.76 £47.64
25th Percentile £40.96 £23.80 £49.54
Median hourly rate £46.18 £35.86 £52.70
Median % change year-on-year +28.78% -31.95% -5.50%
75th Percentile £51.51 £49.92 £61.03
90th Percentile £61.10 £57.16 £66.02
North West median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.56% -35.71% +154.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 186 236 229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 92.55% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 126 170
10th Percentile £240 £313 £179
25th Percentile £306 £409 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £645 £647
90th Percentile £628 £720 £738
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 24
10th Percentile £16.58 £20.43 £13.63
25th Percentile £17.64 £37.60 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.33 £46.18 £37.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% +22.18% +118.74%
75th Percentile £47.39 £50.00 £45.73
90th Percentile £74.37 £59.74 £64.36
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% +25.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston +13 9 £575 +64.29% 16
Senior
North West

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) SAP
1 9 (52.94%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (47.06%) Product Roadmap
2 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
3 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 5 (29.41%) Performance Management
4 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (23.53%) SQL
5 3 (17.65%) PLM
5 3 (17.65%) Teamcenter
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
5 3 (17.65%) NHS
5 3 (17.65%) Requirements Management
5 3 (17.65%) Information Management
5 3 (17.65%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (17.65%) Power BI
5 3 (17.65%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
5 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
5 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
6 2 (11.76%) Automotive
6 2 (11.76%) ANSYS
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
6 2 (11.76%) HNC
6 2 (11.76%) HND

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
3 2 (11.76%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Product Roadmap
1 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
2 5 (29.41%) Performance Management
3 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Information Management
3 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (17.65%) PLM
3 3 (17.65%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (17.65%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (11.76%) HNC
3 2 (11.76%) HND
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) ANSYS