Customer Requirements Contracts in the North of England

Customer Requirements
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Customer Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 153 123
Rank change year-on-year +9 -30 +53
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 22 36 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.67% 0.76% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.88% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 35
10th Percentile £231 £139 £337
25th Percentile £262 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £540 £600
90th Percentile - £573 £683
England median daily rate £560 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 35
10th Percentile £48.50 - -
25th Percentile - £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £50.00 £26.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% +144.59% -73.09%
75th Percentile £75.29 £50.63 -
90th Percentile £82.66 £82.37 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £47.83 £10.63
% change year-on-year +4.54% +349.95% -76.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Customer Requirements 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 2,970 4,081 5,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.97% 85.83% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,907 2,497 3,663
10th Percentile £263 £300 £304
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £684
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 357 205
10th Percentile £13.70 £11.04 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.31 £12.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -36.03% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.59 £44.74 £45.05
90th Percentile £83.41 £55.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the North of England

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the North of England

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the North of England

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the North of England

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the North of England

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +12 17 £568 +88.13% 59
Yorkshire -5 4 £232 -51.21% 32
North East -2 1 - - 10
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP PP
2 3 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.55%) SAP MM
3 1 (4.55%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) PSTN
1 1 (4.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) MSI
General
1 8 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) SAP PP Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Applications Packager
6 1 (4.55%) Applications Support
6 1 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (4.55%) SAPUI5
1 1 (4.55%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) CMDB
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Android
3 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
2 5 (22.73%) Change Management
2 5 (22.73%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) Migration
2 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (22.73%) Service Management
2 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Active Listening
3 4 (18.18%) Agile
3 4 (18.18%) Business Change Management
3 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Product Management
4 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.64%) Configuration Management
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) ITSM
4 3 (13.64%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) VBScript
2 1 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) MCP
3 1 (4.55%) MCSA
3 1 (4.55%) MCSE
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
1 1 (4.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
1 1 (4.55%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Ariba
3 1 (4.55%) McAfee
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Symantec