Focus Group Contracts in the North West

Focus Groups
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Focus Group skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Focus Group over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 137 176
Rank change year-on-year +21 +39 -9
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 7 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.29% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.20% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile - - £367
25th Percentile £781 £563 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £794 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +38.04% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £800 £588 £538
90th Percentile - - £555
England median daily rate £675 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +22.73% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.07 -
England median hourly rate - £40.04 £23.12
% change year-on-year - +73.16% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Focus Group 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,003 2,513 3,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.53% 87.78% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,697 2,677
10th Percentile £294 £270 £270
25th Percentile £400 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 163 142
10th Percentile £16.45 £15.80 £10.20
25th Percentile £28.50 £18.25 £14.87
Median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +57.30% +23.61%
75th Percentile £62.50 £46.18 £50.17
90th Percentile £72.10 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.90 £29.00
% change year-on-year -2.05% +51.38% +37.77%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Focus Group in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Focus Group in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Focus Group in the North West

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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 Focus Group within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +24 7 £794 +38.04% 2
Focus Group
England

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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:

General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (57.14%) Benchmarking
2 4 (57.14%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Critical Success Factor
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Identification
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Data Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Data Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Coaching
5 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
5 1 (14.29%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Epics
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Informatica