DAMA Contract Job Trends in the North of England

DAMA International
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring DAMA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 161 183
Rank change year-on-year -50 +22 -
Contract jobs citing DAMA 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% 0.028% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.032% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £663 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £588
Median % change year-on-year - +14.89% -
75th Percentile - £688 £594
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £463 £675 £644
% change year-on-year -31.48% +4.85% +7.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

DAMA 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 4,159 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.72% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,772 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.42 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £29.30 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +6.55% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.27 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

DAMA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

DAMA job vacancy trend in the North of England

DAMA
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

DAMA
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 DAMA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -18 1 - - 3
DAMA
England

DAMA
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP IBP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DAMA DMBOK
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERD
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP