City & Guilds Contract Job Trends in the North West

City & Guilds
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for City & Guilds qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing City & Guilds 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.081% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £215 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.98 - -
England median hourly rate £18.50 £22.84 £24.00
% change year-on-year -19.00% -4.83% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

City & Guilds falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,032 730 722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.84% 33.56% 28.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 414 409
10th Percentile £341 £280 £250
25th Percentile £406 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £703
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 67 114
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.44 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £21.59 £12.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year +50.19% +72.94% -58.72%
75th Percentile £71.50 £58.42 £46.11
90th Percentile £89.75 £74.57 £62.50
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -23.76%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

City & Guilds job vacancy trend in the North West

City & Guilds
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing City & Guilds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing City & Guilds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
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 City & Guilds within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Manchester - 2 - - 5
Cumbria - 1 £250 -
City & Guilds
England

City & Guilds
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cabling Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electrical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (66.67%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared