Zephyr Contracts in the North of England

D Software Zephyr
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Zephyr skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Zephyr over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 181 209
Rank change year-on-year +16 +28 +17
Contract jobs citing Zephyr 1 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.030% 0.084% 0.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.20% 0.79% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 8
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile - £313 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -37.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £438 £618
90th Percentile - - £633
England median daily rate £450 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +5.88% -29.17% +29.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.50 - -

All Development Application Skills
North of England

Zephyr falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 498 505 814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.11% 10.59% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 369 620
10th Percentile £335 £375 £350
25th Percentile £400 £419 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £582 £600
90th Percentile £625 £646 £700
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 17
10th Percentile £52.13 £44.09 £37.80
25th Percentile £54.48 £45.88 £42.81
Median hourly rate £73.75 £53.09 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year +38.92% +6.45% +17.35%
75th Percentile £77.81 £70.31 £56.00
90th Percentile £80.70 £81.15 £60.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%

Zephyr
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Zephyr in the North of England

Zephyr
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Zephyr in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Zephyr in the North of England

Zephyr
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 Zephyr within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +14 1 - -
Zephyr
England

Zephyr
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP