Taxonomies Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Taxonomy
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Taxonomies in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Taxonomies over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 164 200
Rank change year-on-year -22 +36 +53
Contract jobs citing Taxonomies 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.20% 0.024% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.085% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £374 - -
25th Percentile £441 £510 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £520 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £494 £530 -
90th Percentile £527 - -
England median daily rate £492 £525 £470
% change year-on-year -6.29% +11.70% -15.54%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Taxonomies falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,402 1,177 1,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.10% 28.31% 28.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 899 662 953
10th Percentile £300 £250 £256
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.49% - -
75th Percentile £569 £600 £595
90th Percentile £638 £700 £651
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 55 59
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.15 £15.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £14.06 £17.88
Median hourly rate £33.18 £19.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.63% -41.54% +62.50%
75th Percentile £58.87 £45.59 £49.49
90th Percentile £73.06 £63.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.83 £57.35 £45.85
% change year-on-year -42.76% +25.08% +79.80%

Taxonomies
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Taxonomies in the North of England

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Taxonomies in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Taxonomies in the North of England

Taxonomies
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Taxonomies
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 Taxonomies within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West - 7 £492 - 1
Yorkshire -12 1 £438 -15.87% 2
Taxonomies
England

Taxonomies
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Storage
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Google Docs
2 1 (12.50%) Google Sheets
2 1 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
1 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Looker
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Browser DevTools
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) ForgeRock Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) JDBC
1 3 (37.50%) OAuth
1 3 (37.50%) OAuth2
1 3 (37.50%) OpenID
1 3 (37.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) API Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
2 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (37.50%) Identity Management
2 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) ForgeRock
1 3 (37.50%) Ping Identity
2 2 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 Taxonomies jobs in the North of England