Digital Transformation Programme Contract Job Trends in the North West

Digital Transformation Programmes/Projects
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Digital Transformation Programme skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 107 125
Rank change year-on-year +1 +18 +30
Contract jobs citing Digital Transformation Programme 46 16 14
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.82% 0.74% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 0.86% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 10 7
10th Percentile £313 £408 £240
25th Percentile £356 £413 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £556 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £659 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £65.63 - -
25th Percentile £72.15 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £35.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £79.63 - -
England median hourly rate £69.76 £26.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +165.30% -24.87% +51.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Digital Transformation Programme 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 2,225 1,864 2,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.15% 86.70% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 1,047 1,602
10th Percentile £213 £267 £302
25th Percentile £358 £390 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £560 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 102 159
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.75 £30.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -22.63% +54.98%
75th Percentile £56.27 £51.91 £47.96
90th Percentile £69.61 £69.59 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

Digital Transformation Programme
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Digital Transformation Programme job vacancy trend in the North West

Digital Transformation Programme
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Digital Transformation Programme
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Transformation Programme in the North West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Transformation Programme in the North West

Digital Transformation Programme
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Transformation Programme.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Transformation Programme

Digital Transformation Programme
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Transformation Programme in the North West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Transformation Programme in the North West

Digital Transformation Programme
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 Transformation Programme within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Manchester -3 23 £402 -10.67% 19
Lancashire - 12 £550 - 7
Cheshire - 5 £525 - 9
Cumbria - 2 £700 - 5
Merseyside -8 1 - - 6
Digital Transformation Programme
England

Digital Transformation Programme
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 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (15.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.17%) Confluence
3 1 (2.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Siemens NX
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.35%) Teamcenter
3 1 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) Azure
1 16 (34.78%) Power Platform
2 11 (23.91%) GCP
3 9 (19.57%) Google Tag Manager
4 8 (17.39%) Google Analytics
4 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (10.87%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.70%) AWS
7 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (6.52%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
8 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.17%) AWS Data Pipeline
9 1 (2.17%) Figma
9 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) WebEx
2 2 (4.35%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.91%) BigQuery
2 9 (19.57%) Looker
3 8 (17.39%) Power BI
4 1 (2.17%) Metadata
4 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.17%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (2.17%) Hudson
2 1 (2.17%) Mockito
2 1 (2.17%) Selenium
General
1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.78%) Public Sector
3 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (19.57%) Legal
5 7 (15.22%) Finance
6 4 (8.70%) Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.17%) Automotive
8 1 (2.17%) Local Government
8 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Analyst
2 6 (13.04%) Lead
3 5 (10.87%) Performance Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Architect
4 4 (8.70%) Developer
4 4 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Administrator
5 3 (6.52%) Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Programme Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Technical Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Technical Programme Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Tester
6 2 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.22%) XMPP
2 3 (6.52%) Kafka
3 2 (4.35%) REST
4 1 (2.17%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (2.17%) Deno
4 1 (2.17%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.17%) JAX-RS
4 1 (2.17%) Nuxt
4 1 (2.17%) React
4 1 (2.17%) SOAP
4 1 (2.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) Fat Client
2 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Taxonomies
2 2 (4.35%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.17%) NHS
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Linux
2 5 (10.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Agile
2 15 (32.61%) Analytics
2 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (23.91%) User Experience
5 9 (19.57%) Change Management
5 9 (19.57%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (17.39%) Data Privacy
6 8 (17.39%) Service Design
6 8 (17.39%) Service Management
6 8 (17.39%) User Research
6 8 (17.39%) Validation
7 7 (15.22%) Acceptance Criteria
7 7 (15.22%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (15.22%) Dashboard Development
7 7 (15.22%) Performance Analysis
7 7 (15.22%) Performance Measurement
7 7 (15.22%) Product Requirements
7 7 (15.22%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.04%) Python
3 5 (10.87%) Bash
3 5 (10.87%) Perl
4 3 (6.52%) Java
5 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.17%) C#
6 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) SC Cleared
1 11 (23.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (8.70%) CCDP
3 4 (8.70%) CCNA
3 4 (8.70%) CCNP
3 4 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.35%) PMP
5 1 (2.17%) APMG
5 1 (2.17%) Degree
5 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.09%) Data Quality
2 10 (21.74%) Accessibility
2 10 (21.74%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) GDPR
4 1 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 12 (26.09%) Google
3 7 (15.22%) Cisco
3 7 (15.22%) Citrix
4 5 (10.87%) Red Hat
4 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow
4 5 (10.87%) VMware
5 3 (6.52%) Snow
5 3 (6.52%) Workday
6 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.35%) SAP
6 2 (4.35%) Siemens
7 1 (2.17%) Avaya
7 1 (2.17%) Genesys
7 1 (2.17%) IFS