Data Interpretation Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Interpretation
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Interpretation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Data Interpretation 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.026% - 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% - 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £248
25th Percentile £538 - £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £316
75th Percentile £613 - £358
90th Percentile - - £383
England median daily rate £463 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -2.63% +8.57% -5.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £31.80
25th Percentile - - £40.13
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.40 £16.65 £40.75
% change year-on-year +70.59% -59.15% +56.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Data Interpretation 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 3,205 1,903 2,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.50% 88.47% 83.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,840 1,263 1,147
10th Percentile £295 £296 £294
25th Percentile £401 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £454 £493
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -8.01% -1.40%
75th Percentile £595 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £680 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 134 109
10th Percentile £15.08 £13.61 £16.45
25th Percentile £24.16 £17.39 £28.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -40.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £72.66 £49.84 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.06 £72.10
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.27%

Data Interpretation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Data Interpretation job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Interpretation
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Data Interpretation
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Interpretation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation
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 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation