Proactive Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Proactive Management
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 158 179
Rank change year-on-year -42 +21 +56
Contract jobs citing Proactive Management 10 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.21% 0.088% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.10% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £352 £276
25th Percentile £163 £436 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £575 £338
Median % change year-on-year -69.57% +70.37% -35.71%
75th Percentile £188 £631 £372
90th Percentile - £665 £389
England median daily rate £540 £575 £499
% change year-on-year -6.09% +15.23% -4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 - £60.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Proactive Management 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 4,188 2,972 4,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.17% 87.28% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,783 1,701 2,675
10th Percentile £225 £263 £289
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £638 £669 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 138 198
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.08 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.68 £27.13 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year +16.79% -9.66% +27.20%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.76 £46.90
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.48 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

Proactive Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Proactive Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Proactive Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Proactive Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Proactive Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Proactive Management

Proactive Management
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 Proactive Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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 -20 9 £175 -69.57% 2
Yorkshire -53 1 - - 4
Proactive Management
England

Proactive Management
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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 5 (50.00%) DNS
2 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) MS Access
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) IT Support
1 6 (60.00%) IT Support Technician
1 6 (60.00%) IT Technician
1 6 (60.00%) Service Desk Support
1 6 (60.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 6 (60.00%) Support Technician
2 3 (30.00%) Risk Management Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Commercial Contracts Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (50.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem Management
1 6 (60.00%) Ticket Management
2 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) User Experience
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Compliance Audit
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
5 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) NEC