IFS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

IFS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 165 184
Rank change year-on-year -33 +19 +56
Contract jobs citing IFS 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.21% 0.026% 0.021%
As % of the Vendors category 0.45% 0.059% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £421 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile £518 - -
England median daily rate £515 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +3.00% -16.67% -

All Vendors
North of England

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,220 1,709 2,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 47.60% 44.77% 48.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,480 940 1,427
10th Percentile £251 £260 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £678 £675 £673
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 79 104
10th Percentile £15.52 £15.43 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.84% +50.56%
75th Percentile £62.01 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.12 £55.60
England median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -26.97% +71.15%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IFS job vacancy trend in the North of England

IFS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

IFS
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFS in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IFS in the North of England

IFS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IFS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IFS

IFS
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 IFS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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 -17 5 £475 - 3
Yorkshire - 5 £475 - 5
IFS
England

IFS
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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
1 1 (10.00%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Hudson
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Cloud Developer
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
1 8 (80.00%) IFS Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) IFS Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Transformation Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Transformation Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (10.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (10.00%) Visualisation