pSOS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Wind River pSOS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring pSOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing pSOS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.023% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £375 - -

All Operating Systems
North of England

pSOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 692 503 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.65% 12.67% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 280 446
10th Percentile £163 £178 £164
25th Percentile £213 £299 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £558 £550
90th Percentile £619 £638 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 58
10th Percentile - £15.22 £15.93
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £17.30
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.50 £21.16
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -17.28% -2.87%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.14 £43.59
90th Percentile £58.78 £39.90 £64.13
England median hourly rate £23.79 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.63% +43.75% +60.00%

pSOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

pSOS job vacancy trend in the North of England

pSOS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

pSOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

pSOS
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 pSOS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 - 1 £375 -
pSOS
England

pSOS
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook