Demand Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Demand Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Demand Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 126 118
Rank change year-on-year -51 -8 +17
Contract jobs citing Demand Management 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.051% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £704 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £708 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.22% - -
75th Percentile £711 £475 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £565 £600
% change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £72.87
25th Percentile - - £76.88
Median hourly rate - - £83.55
75th Percentile - - £84.67
90th Percentile - - £85.33
England median hourly rate £32.50 - £75.40
% change year-on-year - - +7.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Demand Management 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 3,220 1,942 2,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.71% 88.92% 83.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,847 1,285 1,158
10th Percentile £295 £299 £294
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £679 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 134 109
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.61 £16.45
25th Percentile £24.19 £17.39 £28.50
Median hourly rate £47.12 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.36% -40.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £73.00 £49.84 £58.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.06 £71.02
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

Demand Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Demand Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Demand Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Demand Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Demand Management

Demand Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Demand Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Demand Management

Demand Management
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 Demand Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Manchester -34 1 £708 +57.22% 1
Cumbria - 1 - -
Demand Management
England

Demand Management
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 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Planview