Digital Enablement Contract Job Trends in the North West

Digital Enablement
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Digital Enablement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 127 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Enablement 13 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.36% 0.14% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £410 -
25th Percentile £213 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.22% - -
75th Percentile £218 £525 -
90th Percentile - £570 -
England median daily rate £488 £575 £800
% change year-on-year -15.22% -28.13% +39.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Digital Enablement 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 3,063 1,886 2,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.76% 88.21% 84.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,811 1,240 1,426
10th Percentile £298 £280 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £585
90th Percentile £675 £669 £675
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 118 265
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.02 £15.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.90 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.22% +6.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £67.14
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

Digital Enablement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Digital Enablement job vacancy trend in the North West

Digital Enablement
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Enablement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Enablement

Digital Enablement
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 Digital Enablement within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 July 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 -35 10 - -
Cheshire -11 3 £215 -49.44% 1
Digital Enablement
England

Digital Enablement
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Content Designer
1 10 (76.92%) Designer
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (38.46%) User Experience
2 4 (30.77%) Content Strategy
2 4 (30.77%) Human-Centred Design
2 4 (30.77%) Inclusive Design
2 4 (30.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (30.77%) UX Design
3 3 (23.08%) Prototyping
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) ITSM
4 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Service Design
4 1 (7.69%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
1 4 (30.77%) WCAG
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow