Building Information Modelling Contract Job Trends in the North West

Building Information Modelling (BIM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Building Information Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 126 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Contract jobs citing Building Information Modelling 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.18% 0.045% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.051% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
England median daily rate £512 £463 £494
% change year-on-year +10.70% -6.33% -26.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.00 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.24% -15.00% +17.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Building Information Modelling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,274 1,962 2,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 88.70% 84.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 1,278 1,226
10th Percentile £290 £300 £311
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £595 £575 £588
90th Percentile £681 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 131 136
10th Percentile £16.26 £13.50 £10.98
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.44 £19.80
Median hourly rate £45.25 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +79.92% -37.63% +15.21%
75th Percentile £72.75 £52.50 £54.45
90th Percentile £84.38 £72.50 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

Building Information Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Building Information Modelling job vacancy trend in the North West

Building Information Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Building Information Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Building Information Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling
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 Building Information Modelling within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 -28 5 £400 -33.33% 29
Lancashire - 2 £400 - 7
Building Information Modelling
England

Building Information Modelling
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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Revit
2 4 (57.14%) AutoCAD
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (57.14%) Navisworks
2 4 (57.14%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) CAFM
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Extraction
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Twin
2 3 (42.86%) Facilities Management
2 3 (42.86%) Information Management
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow Development
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Autodesk
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft