Customer Requirements Contracts in the North West

Customer Requirements
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Customer Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 123 145
Rank change year-on-year +8 +22 -24
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 21 32 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.78% 1.01% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.12% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 22
10th Percentile £122 £393 £139
25th Percentile £167 £481 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £600 £454
Median % change year-on-year -35.25% +32.23% -3.46%
75th Percentile £492 £675 £597
90th Percentile £528 £684 £637
England median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.93
25th Percentile £17.72 - £24.30
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £39.50
75th Percentile £43.75 - £46.10
90th Percentile £82.96 - £49.31
England median hourly rate £47.83 £10.63 £45.14
% change year-on-year +349.95% -76.45% +0.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Customer Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,327 2,859 3,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.25% 90.59% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 2,033 2,605
10th Percentile £306 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 143 163
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.31 £23.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.11 £37.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.72% +77.62% +14.50%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.52 £43.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.95 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Customer Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the North West

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the North West

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the North West

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the North West

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the North West

Customer Requirements
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Manchester +19 12 £481 -25.96% 27
Cheshire -2 5 £122 -79.67% 10
Cumbria -18 4 - - 2
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) AutoCAD
3 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.76%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (28.57%) OneDrive
2 4 (19.05%) Google Workspace
2 4 (19.05%) IaaS
2 4 (19.05%) PaaS
2 4 (19.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) VPN
2 1 (4.76%) InfiniBand
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Legal
3 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (23.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 4 (19.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Architect
5 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
5 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Ajax
1 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) JSON
1 1 (4.76%) SOAP
1 1 (4.76%) Web Services
1 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (19.05%) Virtual Team
2 2 (9.52%) CMDB
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 4 (19.05%) Apple iOS
3 4 (19.05%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 5 (23.81%) Business Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
3 4 (19.05%) Demand Management
3 4 (19.05%) Inventory Management
3 4 (19.05%) Service Management
3 4 (19.05%) Software Deployment
3 4 (19.05%) TOGAF
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (9.52%) Break/Fix
5 2 (9.52%) Information Security
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (9.52%) Use Case
6 1 (4.76%) Migration
6 1 (4.76%) Unified Process
6 1 (4.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) APMP
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
2 4 (19.05%) PMP
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) HNC
3 1 (4.76%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
1 4 (19.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (4.76%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) ServiceNow
3 4 (19.05%) Apple
3 4 (19.05%) Google
3 4 (19.05%) Oracle
3 4 (19.05%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.76%) Ariba
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) Isilon
4 1 (4.76%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) VMware