Contactless Contract Job Trends in the North West

Contactless
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Contactless in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contactless over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 119 143
Rank change year-on-year - +24 -
Contract jobs citing Contactless 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West - 0.043% 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile - £488 £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate - £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
North West

Contactless falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 876 675 811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.90% 29.11% 29.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 348 570
10th Percentile £216 £293 £248
25th Percentile £358 £373 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £524
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -6.44% +4.75%
75th Percentile £575 £566 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £672
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 30 37
10th Percentile £16.19 £19.97 £16.15
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.25 £21.36
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -25.71% +94.44%
75th Percentile £56.27 £45.89 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £88.05 £67.30
England median hourly rate £29.00 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.20% +2.62% +47.54%

Contactless
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Contactless job vacancy trend in the North West

Contactless
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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