Cognitive Computing Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cognitive Computing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cognitive Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Computing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.025% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.25 - -
Median hourly rate £45.50 - -
75th Percentile £45.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Cognitive Computing 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 3,273 1,941 2,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.99% 88.71% 84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,912 1,268 1,222
10th Percentile £294 £299 £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 £680 £665 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 130 135
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.43 £10.97
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.44 £19.59
Median hourly rate £45.97 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.76% -37.13% +17.65%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.06 £54.89
90th Percentile £84.88 £71.56 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

Cognitive Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cognitive Computing job vacancy trend in the North West

Cognitive Computing
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 Cognitive Computing within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 September 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 - 1 - - 1
Cognitive Computing
England

Cognitive Computing
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%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Process Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) SAP