Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in the North East

Actionable Recommendations
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.55% - 0.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.97% - 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - £513
75th Percentile - - £519
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £465 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -2.11% -2.56% -13.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 101 42 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 18.43% 13.29% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 31 28
10th Percentile £350 £335 £347
25th Percentile £402 £375 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £631 £588
90th Percentile £575 £750 £615
England median daily rate £504 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.11% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 6
10th Percentile £17.00 - £14.63
25th Percentile £21.81 - £19.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £35.25
75th Percentile £69.86 - £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
England median hourly rate £30.58 £34.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -11.36% +64.29% -50.59%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in the North East

Actionable Recommendations
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the North East region over the 6 months to 21 April 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £364 - 1
Actionable Recommendations
England

Actionable Recommendations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Cognitive Psychology
1 3 (100.00%) Design Persona
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (100.00%) Market Research
1 3 (100.00%) Psychology
1 3 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 3 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree