Junior Contracts in the North of England

Junior
England > North of England

The median Junior daily rate in the North of England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 160 169
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 15 23 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.45% 0.50% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.53% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 24
10th Percentile £163 £301 £163
25th Percentile £188 £325 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £365 £300
Median % change year-on-year -38.36% +21.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £379 £375 £400
90th Percentile £399 - £413
England median daily rate £272 £325 £270
% change year-on-year -16.46% +20.37% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £16.37 - -
25th Percentile £16.55 - -
Median hourly rate £16.85 £10.42 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +61.66% -65.88% +44.06%
75th Percentile £17.14 - -
90th Percentile £17.32 - -
England median hourly rate £21.28 £10.42 £14.00
% change year-on-year +104.22% -25.57% -30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,089 4,314 5,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 93.24% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,699 3,757
10th Percentile £230 £263 £275
25th Percentile £364 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £682
England median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 398 157
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.19 £12.53 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -31.99% +57.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.14 £49.50
90th Percentile £77.88 £62.50 £66.28
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in the North of England

Junior
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 Junior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +14 12 £295 -18.55% 78
Yorkshire +10 3 £200 -45.95% 32
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) ITSM
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Information Security
3 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Google
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Windows
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (13.33%) Fintech
4 2 (13.33%) OneTrust
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) GRC
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Debt
5 1 (6.67%) NIST
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Register
5 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (6.67%) Records Management
5 1 (6.67%) Looker
5 1 (6.67%) GDPR
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (6.67%) PMO
5 1 (6.67%) Data Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking

Junior Skill Set
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 (6.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.67%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Google Analytics
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) BGP
1 1 (6.67%) EIGRP
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) HSRP
1 1 (6.67%) MPLS
1 1 (6.67%) VLAN
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) BigQuery
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Looker
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ITSM
2 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Fintech
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (6.67%) Data Management
4 1 (6.67%) Data Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (6.67%) ETL Development
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Records Management
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Register
4 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Debt
4 1 (6.67%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GRC
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Google
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) OneTrust
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco