Enterprise Software Contracts in the North West

Enterprise Application Software
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 92 129
Rank change year-on-year -21 +37 +37
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Enterprise Software 20 36 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.90% 1.47% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.70% 5.51% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 11
10th Percentile £300 £445 £463
25th Percentile £319 £448 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £565
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -15.93% +20.86%
75th Percentile £449 £613 £631
90th Percentile £575 £701 £650
England median daily rate £550 £534 £575
% change year-on-year +3.00% -7.13% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
North West

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 740 653 845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.14% 26.71% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 403 555
10th Percentile £303 £302 £257
25th Percentile £380 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £589
90th Percentile £647 £733 £655
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 29 35
10th Percentile £22.50 £11.25 £16.10
25th Percentile £26.88 £16.85 £16.85
Median hourly rate £47.12 £31.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% -22.50% +99.35%
75th Percentile £67.25 £57.50 £48.09
90th Percentile £77.50 £93.90 £68.80
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +11.11% +73.08%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Enterprise Software as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Software in the North West

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the North West over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Software in the North West

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
DemandTrendContract 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 Enterprise Software within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -24 11 £354 -20.45% 7
Manchester -17 9 £315 -35.71% 25
Enterprise Software
England

Enterprise Software
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) Apache
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) nginx
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) GCP
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) DHCP
1 4 (20.00%) DNS
1 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Appium
2 1 (5.00%) Gerrit
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) Selenium
2 1 (5.00%) Subversion
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (20.00%) French Language
4 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 4 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Project Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Mobile Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) QA Automation Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) React Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) CSS3
3 1 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (5.00%) HTML5
3 1 (5.00%) jQuery
3 1 (5.00%) lodash
3 1 (5.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) CRM
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (25.00%) ITSM
3 5 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Data Security
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Service Management
4 4 (20.00%) Validation
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Coaching
6 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Apex Code
2 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Salesforce
3 4 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.00%) UiPath