Customer Insight Contract Job Trends in the North West

Customer Insight
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Customer Insight skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 104 126
Rank change year-on-year -29 +22 -
Contract jobs citing Customer Insight 13 19 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.52% 0.88% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.02% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 12
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -
England median daily rate £525 £565 £500
% change year-on-year -7.08% +13.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.86 - -
Median hourly rate £52.78 - -
75th Percentile £59.63 - -
90th Percentile £60.61 - -
England median hourly rate £52.78 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.52% - +150.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Customer Insight 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 2,217 1,865 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.33% 86.58% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 1,047 1,599
10th Percentile £213 £265 £300
25th Percentile £358 £389 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £565 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 106 156
10th Percentile £16.43 £16.00 £15.88
25th Percentile £20.73 £21.10 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.73
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -12.53% +34.66%
75th Percentile £53.13 £51.91 £47.41
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.96 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Customer Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Customer Insight job vacancy trend in the North West

Customer Insight
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Customer Insight
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Customer Insight.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Customer Insight

Customer Insight
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 Customer Insight within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Lancashire - 6 - - 2
Merseyside - 4 - -
Manchester -29 3 - - 3
Customer Insight
England

Customer Insight
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Customer Retention
1 7 (53.85%) Performance Monitoring
2 6 (46.15%) Business Case
2 6 (46.15%) Product Backlog
2 6 (46.15%) Roadmaps
2 6 (46.15%) User Stories
3 4 (30.77%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (15.38%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) SAP