Scorecard Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Scorecard skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 162 -
Rank change year-on-year -60 - -
Contract jobs citing Scorecard 9 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.14% 0.092% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £306 - -
25th Percentile £367 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% - -
75th Percentile £510 £638 -
90th Percentile £529 - -
England median daily rate £509 £450 £588
% change year-on-year +13.00% -23.40% +10.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Scorecard 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 5,258 2,944 3,964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.38% 89.81% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,300 1,893 2,405
10th Percentile £313 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £588
90th Percentile £652 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 151 362
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.50 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.51 £12.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 £27.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +100.92% +53.08% -38.58%
75th Percentile £71.50 £56.76 £44.94
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.75 £57.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Scorecard job vacancy trend 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 Scorecard.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scorecard in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scorecard 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 Scorecard.

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

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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 Scorecard within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West -31 7 £375 - 3
Yorkshire -53 2 £550 -12.00% 9
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England

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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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Designer
1 3 (33.33%) UX Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
1 3 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 3 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Balanced Scorecard
3 3 (33.33%) Coaching
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Design Thinking
3 3 (33.33%) Interaction Design
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 3 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) User Experience
3 3 (33.33%) UX Design
3 3 (33.33%) Wireframes
3 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) SAP