RIBA Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for RIBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 167 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing RIBA 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.12% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £404 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% - -
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile £546 - -
England median daily rate £538 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +5.39% -3.77% -11.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

RIBA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,201 1,028 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.09% 24.84% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 609 817
10th Percentile £306 £294 £280
25th Percentile £400 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £701 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 78 77
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.92 £16.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.22 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +8.66% +18.06%
75th Percentile £47.12 £56.13 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.16 £72.75 £55.34
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing RIBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for RIBA in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RIBA in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RIBA in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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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 RIBA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 -13 4 £465 -22.50% 3
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England

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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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Portfolio Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Project Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft