Model Context Protocol Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England citing Model Context Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 28 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	259	194	-
Rank change year-on-year	-65	-	-
Contract jobs citing Model Context Protocol	7	4	0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England	0.092%	0.092%	-
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	0.42%	0.36%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	4	3	0
10^th Percentile	£378	£331	-
25^th Percentile	£456	£359	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£413	-
Median % change year-on-year	+27.27%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£631	£439	-
90^th Percentile	£733	£452	-
England median daily rate	£609	£538	-
% change year-on-year	+13.26%	-	-

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

Model Context Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 28 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	1,683	1,099	825
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England	22.04%	25.31%	20.87%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,071	782	529
10^th Percentile	£381	£350	£350
25^th Percentile	£425	£400	£406
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£475	£495
Median % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-4.04%	-5.71%
75^th Percentile	£591	£550	£575
90^th Percentile	£669	£675	£651
England median daily rate	£537	£518	£550
% change year-on-year	+3.77%	-5.91%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	80	9	13
10^th Percentile	£57.38	£29.20	£28.40
25^th Percentile	£62.50	£36.00	-
Median hourly rate	£70.00	£64.50	£46.18
Median % change year-on-year	+8.53%	+39.67%	-
75^th Percentile	£76.00	£74.26	£71.50
90^th Percentile	£88.75	£78.86	£76.90
England median hourly rate	£67.47	£54.85	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+23.01%	-15.62%	+13.04%

Model Context Protocol Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Model Context Protocol Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Model Context Protocol.

Model Context Protocol Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Model Context Protocol in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Model Context Protocol in the North of England

Model Context Protocol 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 Model Context Protocol within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-43	5	£650	+57.58%	7
Yorkshire	-	2	£450	-	6
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Model Context Protocol Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Model Context Protocol also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region citing Model Context Protocol.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	85.7%	6
2	LLM	71.4%	5
2	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	71.4%	5
4	Azure	57.1%	4
4	CI/CD	57.1%	4
4	Docker	57.1%	4
4	GCP	57.1%	4
4	Kubernetes	57.1%	4
4	Microservices	57.1%	4
4	Microsoft Certified Professional	57.1%	4
4	Python	57.1%	4
12	A2A Protocol	42.9%	3
12	API Design	42.9%	3
12	Architectural Patterns	42.9%	3
12	Containerisation	42.9%	3
12	Enterprise Architecture	42.9%	3
12	Git	42.9%	3
12	Google	42.9%	3
12	LangChain	42.9%	3
12	Microsoft	42.9%	3
12	Problem-Solving	42.9%	3
12	REST	42.9%	3
23	Agile	28.6%	2
23	AI Transformation	28.6%	2
23	API Development	28.6%	2
23	Azure Stack	28.6%	2
23	Business Strategy	28.6%	2
23	Cloud Computing	28.6%	2
23	Continuous Integration	28.6%	2
23	Customer Experience	28.6%	2

Model Context Protocol Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	A2A Protocol	42.9%	3
1	LangChain	42.9%	3
1	REST	42.9%	3
4	LangGraph	28.6%	2
4	Next.js	28.6%	2
4	Node.js	28.6%	2
4	React	28.6%	2
4	Terraform	28.6%	2
9	gRPC	14.3%	1
9	LlamaIndex	14.3%	1