Actionable Recommendations Contracts in the North of England

Actionable Recommendations
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 172 217
Rank change year-on-year +10 +45 +10
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 4 13 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.27% 0.051%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.85% 1.74% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 3
10th Percentile £310 £317 £205
25th Percentile £325 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -36.36% -
75th Percentile £375 £375 £588
90th Percentile £390 £424 £595
England median daily rate £466 £513 £563
% change year-on-year -9.07% -8.89% -2.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 471 745 813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.29% 15.63% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 418 493
10th Percentile £235 £320 £288
25th Percentile £371 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £698 £672 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 85 40
10th Percentile £14.27 - £13.47
25th Percentile £22.14 £10.95 £29.30
Median hourly rate £24.67 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +92.15% -66.69% +106.15%
75th Percentile £39.69 £26.66 £49.08
90th Percentile £79.39 £48.75 £58.45
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Actionable Recommendations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in the North of England

Actionable Recommendations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in the North of England

Actionable Recommendations
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Yorkshire +10 3 £300 -25.00% 6
North West +8 1 £400 +14.29% 2
Actionable Recommendations
England

Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Change Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Transformation Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) ArchiMate
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (25.00%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Journey Map
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CBAP