Focus Group Contracts in the North of England

Focus Groups
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Focus Group skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Focus Group 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 158 175 206
Rank change year-on-year +17 +31 +14
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 8 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.24% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 12
10th Percentile £422 - £385
25th Percentile £433 £325 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £350 £600
Median % change year-on-year +43.86% -41.67% +23.08%
75th Percentile £524 £381 -
90th Percentile £551 £449 £623
England median daily rate £483 £365 £475
% change year-on-year +32.33% -23.16% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Focus Group 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 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £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 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Focus Group in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
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 Focus Group 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
North West +17 8 £504 +43.86% 18
Focus Group
England

Focus Group
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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (62.50%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) CMDB
2 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) ITSM
2 7 (87.50%) Service Management
2 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (87.50%) Test Strategy
2 7 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (75.00%) Business Analysis
3 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (62.50%) Service Catalogue
4 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Identification
5 4 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (37.50%) Scrum
7 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (12.50%) Contextual Inquiry
7 1 (12.50%) Qualitative Research
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) IBM