NEC Housing Contract Job Trends in the North of England

NEC Housing (formerly Northgate Housing)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring NEC Housing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 158 178
Rank change year-on-year -52 +20 +60
Contract jobs citing NEC Housing 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% 0.060% 0.063%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.27% 0.81% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £201 -
25th Percentile - £241 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £338 £425
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -20.59% -12.82%
75th Percentile - £441 £469
90th Percentile - £484 £473
England median daily rate £500 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -2.56%

All Business Application Skills
North of England

NEC Housing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 373 247 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 7.67% 7.35% 6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 140 195
10th Percentile £361 £348 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.68% +2.67% +2.44%
75th Percentile £676 £650 £588
90th Percentile £716 £713 £638
England median daily rate £550 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 5
10th Percentile £38.77 £46.18 -
25th Percentile £41.57 £52.98 £30.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 £86.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -34.30% +108.59% +10.54%
75th Percentile £57.44 - £49.00
90th Percentile £77.38 - £55.60
England median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +18.02% -18.25% +56.27%

NEC Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

NEC Housing job vacancy trend in the North of England

NEC Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

NEC Housing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing NEC Housing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing NEC Housing

NEC Housing
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 NEC Housing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -27 1 £450 +125.00% 1
NEC Housing
England

NEC Housing
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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NEC
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle