Cost-Benefit Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cost-Benefit Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 123 131
Rank change year-on-year -51 +8 +16
Contract jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.056% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.16% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £422 £369 -
25th Percentile £443 £383 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.68% -8.89% +8.43%
75th Percentile £518 £513 £494
90th Percentile £537 £572 £505
England median daily rate £540 £450 £545
% change year-on-year +20.00% -17.36% +5.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Cost-Benefit Analysis 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 2,991 1,825 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.36% 88.76% 84.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,750 1,210 1,426
10th Percentile £300 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -8.08% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £585
90th Percentile £675 £665 £675
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 111 267
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.13 £14.72
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.76 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.43% +5.87% -1.77%
75th Percentile £76.00 £61.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £66.61
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cost-Benefit Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cost-Benefit Analysis in the North West

Cost-Benefit Analysis
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 Cost-Benefit Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cheshire -7 1 £550 +34.15% 2
Manchester - 1 £415 - 2
Cost-Benefit Analysis
England

Cost-Benefit Analysis
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 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) IIBA
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle