Behavioural Change Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Behavioural Change
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Behavioural Change skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 160 189
Rank change year-on-year -57 +29 +30
Contract jobs citing Behavioural Change 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.13% 0.061% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.068% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £486 - £526
25th Percentile £492 £613 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £625 £588
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% +6.38% -9.62%
75th Percentile £687 £638 £622
90th Percentile £788 - £639
England median daily rate £565 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -9.60% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Behavioural Change 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,622 2,936 4,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 87.26% 89.00% 87.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,030 1,762 2,726
10th Percentile £252 £263 £275
25th Percentile £375 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £672
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 142 318
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.28 £11.77
25th Percentile £21.46 £19.00 £13.99
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.13 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +51.77% +29.31% -17.92%
75th Percentile £61.25 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.23 £53.75
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

Behavioural Change
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Behavioural Change relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Behavioural Change job vacancy trend in the North of England

Behavioural Change
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Behavioural Change.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Behavioural Change

Behavioural Change
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Behavioural Change in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Behavioural Change in the North of England

Behavioural Change
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 Behavioural Change within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
North West - 4 £492 - 3
Yorkshire -59 3 £700 +12.00%
Behavioural Change
England

Behavioural Change
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (57.14%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Change Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Change Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior User Experience Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Service Design
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (71.43%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Prototyping
2 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Technology Transformation
3 3 (42.86%) User Research
4 1 (14.29%) AI
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Demand Management
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow