Cross-Platform Development Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cross-Platform Development
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cross-Platform Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 113 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing Cross-Platform Development 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.043% 0.086% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £575 £530
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -15.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Cross-Platform Development 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 2,082 1,933 2,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.82% 83.39% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,374 1,045 1,721
10th Percentile £243 £294 £275
25th Percentile £363 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £678 £654 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 105 173
10th Percentile £14.20 £20.53 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £28.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +13.59% +34.50%
75th Percentile £49.84 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.11 £71.26 £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

Cross-Platform Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cross-Platform Development job vacancy trend in the North West

Cross-Platform Development
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cross-Platform Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cross-Platform Development

Cross-Platform Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cross-Platform Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cross-Platform Development

Cross-Platform Development
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 Cross-Platform Development within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Lancashire - 1 £350 - 2
Cross-Platform Development
England

Cross-Platform Development
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin