Runbook Contract Job Trends in the North East

Runbook
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Runbook skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Runbook 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.24% - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £503
% change year-on-year - -0.50% -16.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Runbook 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 East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 363 274 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 88.32% 92.57% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 130 148
10th Percentile £177 £310 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +10.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £536 £593 £575
90th Percentile £588 £722 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 13
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.03 £15.47
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £18.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +159.46% -59.94% +29.17%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 -
90th Percentile £57.00 - £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Runbook
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Runbook job vacancy trend in the North East

Runbook
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Runbook
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 Runbook within the North East region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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 - 1 £450 - 11
Runbook
England

Runbook
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation