MoSCoW Contract Job Trends in the North of England

MoSCoW Method
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring MoSCoW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 163 182
Rank change year-on-year -41 +19 +32
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.030% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.034% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.46%
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - £485
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +14.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

MoSCoW 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 4,137 2,925 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.08% 87.71% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,736 1,673 2,706
10th Percentile £224 £263 £285
25th Percentile £363 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £593
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 133 216
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.73 £17.08 £17.20
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.39 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -8.79% +33.44%
75th Percentile £56.17 £46.18 £46.91
90th Percentile £69.25 £67.69 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

MoSCoW job vacancy trend in the North of England

MoSCoW
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

MoSCoW
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 MoSCoW within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -33 6 - - 4
North West - 1 £500 - 4
MoSCoW
England

MoSCoW
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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Banking
3 4 (57.14%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (57.14%) General Ledger
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Senior
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) HR Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) HR Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Marketing Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Data Governance
2 6 (85.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Process Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) SDLC
2 6 (85.71%) Six Sigma
2 6 (85.71%) Traceability Matrix
2 6 (85.71%) User Stories
2 6 (85.71%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (57.14%) Backlog Refinement
3 4 (57.14%) Lean Six Sigma
3 4 (57.14%) Regulatory Change
3 4 (57.14%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (57.14%) Workflow
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud