Information Retrieval Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Information Retrieval
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Information Retrieval skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Retrieval 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £166 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £176 - -
75th Percentile £186 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £176 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Information Retrieval 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 656 449 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.58% 89.09% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 276 528
10th Percentile £310 £285 £300
25th Percentile £409 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £650 £684 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 8
10th Percentile £14.18 £16.15 £11.11
25th Percentile - £19.37 £12.18
Median hourly rate £14.25 £37.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -62.00% +199.28% -76.80%
75th Percentile £25.65 £41.50 £16.91
90th Percentile £74.60 £100.39 £33.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £32.81 £15.37
% change year-on-year -42.49% +113.54% -52.72%

Information Retrieval
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Retrieval relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Information Retrieval job vacancy trend in Leeds

Information Retrieval
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) QlikView
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Science
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree