ADO Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring ADO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs citing ADO 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.033% 0.30% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 1.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £419 -
25th Percentile £356 £439 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% - -
75th Percentile £369 £513 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

ADO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 613 417 518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 20.41% 20.74% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 309 395
10th Percentile £350 £360 £355
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £565 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £664
England median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.42% -0.37% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 4 23
10th Percentile £52.50 - £39.28
25th Percentile £53.75 £65.25 £46.03
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% +46.71% +2.62%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.38 £71.87
90th Percentile £95.00 £82.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

ADO
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

ADO job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ADO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ADO

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ADO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ADO

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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 ADO within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Manchester -23 1 £363 -27.50% 1
ADO
England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance