MS Access Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Access
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring MS Access skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 161 185
Rank change year-on-year -39 +24 +58
Contract jobs citing MS Access 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.090% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.55% 0.77% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £461 £184
25th Percentile £463 £476 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +33.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £488 £544 £475
90th Percentile - £570 £550
England median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

MS Access falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 726 517 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.27% 13.10% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 312 489
10th Percentile £315 £331 £265
25th Percentile £369 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -0.10%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £665 £686 £659
England median daily rate £507 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 20
10th Percentile £21.02 £21.65 £21.12
25th Percentile £36.00 £26.25 £25.43
Median hourly rate £64.50 £33.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +91.11% -26.92% -29.50%
75th Percentile £81.50 £60.94 £54.06
90th Percentile £85.20 £65.48 £63.20
England median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £48.45
% change year-on-year +24.29% -27.76% -7.72%

MS Access
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

MS Access job vacancy trend in the North of England

MS Access
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

MS Access
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

MS Access
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 MS Access within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 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
North West -24 4 £475 -7.63% 3
MS Access
England

MS Access
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Risk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Management
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft