Social Housing Contracts in the North of England

Social Housing
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 161 197
Rank change year-on-year -23 +36 +53
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Housing 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.048% 0.039%
As % of the General category 0.20% 0.088% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £203 £360
25th Percentile £325 £229 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £283 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -29.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £375 £339 £425
90th Percentile - £368 £440
England median daily rate £423 £431 £350
% change year-on-year -1.97% +23.21% -17.65%

All General Skills
North of England

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,455 2,262 2,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 61.44% 53.78% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,559 1,303 1,896
10th Percentile £253 £300 £256
25th Percentile £375 £412 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £569 £587 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 151 143
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.15 £14.53
25th Percentile £14.88 £15.29 £16.78
Median hourly rate £22.14 £23.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +7.93% +12.16%
75th Percentile £45.26 £42.50 £35.39
90th Percentile £74.13 £52.50 £56.17
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £28.58
% change year-on-year -34.02% +33.38% +16.46%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the North of England

Social Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Social Housing
DemandTrendContract 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 Social Housing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -7 5 £350 +84.21% 6
Social Housing
England

Social Housing
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MIS ActiveH
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) MPLS
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Governance Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) Meraki
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds