CA ACF2
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring ACF2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 140 | - | 143 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing ACF2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North West | 0.042% | - | 0.071% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.33% | - | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | - | - | £588 |
All System Software Skills
North West
ACF2 falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 299 | 243 | 419 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 12.54% | 10.39% | 14.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 189 | 138 | 311 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £213 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £328 | £389 | £270 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £500 | £440 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.00% | +13.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £575 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £646 | £647 | £645 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | +2.50% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.73 | £15.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.44 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £22.09 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.58% | +19.41% | -7.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.46 | £24.18 | £40.14 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.16 | £37.00 | £58.97 |
| England median hourly rate | £30.00 | £51.25 | £43.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.46% | +17.14% | +84.21% |
ACF2
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ACF2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.
ACF2
Contract Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACF2 within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| ACF2 England |
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ACF2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:
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