Xero Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Xero
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of Xero products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Xero over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Xero Limited.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 175 -
Rank change year-on-year -70 - -
Contract jobs citing Xero 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.014% 0.053% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.036% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £308 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 - -
75th Percentile £323 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate - £15.00 -

All Vendors
North of England

Xero falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,811 1,840 2,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 39.58% 49.20% 41.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,711 1,192 1,184
10th Percentile £313 £268 £255
25th Percentile £406 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £571 £582
90th Percentile £663 £650 £650
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 97 217
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.72 £10.95
25th Percentile £23.88 £18.87 £13.31
Median hourly rate £32.23 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% +79.02% -39.40%
75th Percentile £69.10 £60.00 £28.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £81.25 £46.18
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year +38.34% +1.20% -30.56%

Xero
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Xero job vacancy trend in the North of England

Xero
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Xero
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 Xero within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 July 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 -49 1 £315 -
Xero
England

Xero
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management