Critical Success Factor Contract Job Trends in the North West

Critical Success Factors
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Critical Success Factor skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 114 136
Rank change year-on-year -27 +22 +42
Contract jobs citing Critical Success Factor 5 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.20% 0.33% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.37% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile £463 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £491 £794 -
90th Percentile £496 - -
England median daily rate £475 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Critical Success Factor 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 2,210 1,868 2,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.22% 86.88% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 1,058 1,608
10th Percentile £213 £264 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 98 156
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.00 £15.88
25th Percentile £21.13 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.20 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.45% -20.00% +42.29%
75th Percentile £56.69 £49.80 £46.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.89 £64.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Critical Success Factor
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Critical Success Factor job vacancy trend in the North West

Critical Success Factor
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Critical Success Factor.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Critical Success Factor

Critical Success Factor
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Critical Success Factor.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Critical Success Factor

Critical Success Factor
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 Critical Success Factor within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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 -17 3 £475 -
Manchester -15 2 £500 -26.61% 1
Critical Success Factor
England

Critical Success Factor
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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Change Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Transformation Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Impact Assessments
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Map
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management