N-Tier Contracts in the North of England

N-Tier
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited N-Tier over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 202
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England - - 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £351
25th Percentile - - £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.27%
75th Percentile - - £430
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -14.63%

All Generic Skills
North of England

N-Tier falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,016 1,228 1,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.98% 26.49% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 748 1,163
10th Percentile £213 £266 £288
25th Percentile £367 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -3.41% +7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £618
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 156 80
10th Percentile £20.30 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.80 £15.59 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +91.21% -7.51% -9.89%
75th Percentile £55.05 £28.55 £40.85
90th Percentile £74.50 £48.75 £66.72
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.12 £22.49
% change year-on-year +5.59% +42.83% -16.66%

N-Tier
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing N-Tier as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for N-Tier in the North of England

N-Tier
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for N-Tier in the North of England

N-Tier
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for N-Tier in the North of England