Objectives and Key Results Contracts in the North of England

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Objectives and Key Results over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 181 218
Rank change year-on-year +19 +37 +10
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.084% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.098% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile - - £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +54.84% -27.57%
75th Percentile - - £397
90th Percentile - - £399
England median daily rate £600 £575 £585
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -1.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Objectives and Key Results 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 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Objectives and Key Results as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Objectives and Key Results in the North of England

Objectives and Key Results
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Objectives and Key Results in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Objectives and Key Results in the North of England

Objectives and Key Results
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 Objectives and Key Results within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Yorkshire +7 3 £600 - 12
North West - 1 - - 5
Objectives and Key Results
England

Objectives and Key Results
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Lead Product Owner
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Chief Operating Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Business Change
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Validation