Lean Software Development Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Lean Software Development
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Lean Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 159 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Software Development 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.065% 0.052% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.060% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £623 - -
25th Percentile £638 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -
75th Percentile £713 £538 -
90th Percentile £728 - -
England median daily rate £430 £545 £638
% change year-on-year -21.19% -14.51% +8.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Lean Software Development 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 4,072 3,312 4,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.70% 85.54% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,727 1,830 2,800
10th Percentile £213 £285 £275
25th Percentile £360 £392 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.42% -0.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 181 192
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.00 £15.78
25th Percentile £19.02 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.52 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% +11.38% +32.40%
75th Percentile £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £70.00 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Lean Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Lean Software Development job vacancy trend in the North of England

Lean Software Development
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Software Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Lean Software Development

Lean Software Development
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 Lean Software Development within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
Yorkshire - 3 £675 -
Lean Software Development
England

Lean Software Development
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Conversion
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle