Reverse Engineering Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Reverse Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Reverse Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 163 179
Rank change year-on-year -63 +16 +19
Contract jobs citing Reverse Engineering 3 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.048% 0.091% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £506 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £431
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -12.99% -13.80%
75th Percentile £538 £544 -
90th Percentile - £638 -
England median daily rate £500 £575 £456
% change year-on-year -13.04% +26.03% -17.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Reverse Engineering 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 5,293 2,950 3,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.46% 89.75% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,317 1,900 2,410
10th Percentile £313 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £377 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £588
90th Percentile £653 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 152 362
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.52 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.51 £12.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.28 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +105.50% +48.29% -38.58%
75th Percentile £71.50 £56.34 £44.94
90th Percentile £80.60 £78.63 £57.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Reverse Engineering job vacancy trend in the North of England

Reverse Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Reverse Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Reverse Engineering
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 Reverse Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Yorkshire -57 2 £513 +36.67% 1
North West -33 1 £525 -25.00% 3
Reverse Engineering
England

Reverse Engineering
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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Discovery
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ForgeRock
1 2 (66.67%) Okta