Greenfield Project Contract Job Trends in the North West

Greenfield Project
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Greenfield Project in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Greenfield Project over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 84 118
Rank change year-on-year -39 +34 +23
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 8 36 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.37% 1.52% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 5.56% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 29 20
10th Percentile £435 £390 £324
25th Percentile - £463 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £506 £538 £528
90th Percentile £683 £670 £591
England median daily rate £575 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
North West

Greenfield Project 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 731 647 820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.95% 27.37% 28.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 365 538
10th Percentile £311 £294 £256
25th Percentile £380 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.56%
75th Percentile £557 £594 £593
90th Percentile £639 £729 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 23 40
10th Percentile £17.26 £15.58 £16.23
25th Percentile £26.00 £17.44 £20.25
Median hourly rate £47.12 £23.50 £40.80
Median % change year-on-year +100.51% -42.39% +102.66%
75th Percentile £66.13 £57.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £86.90 £70.38
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

Greenfield Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Greenfield Project in the North West

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Greenfield Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Greenfield Project

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Greenfield Project in the North West over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Greenfield Project in the North West

Greenfield Project
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Greenfield Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Greenfield Project

Greenfield Project
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 Greenfield Project within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 -18 8 £450 -8.16% 29
Greenfield Project
England

Greenfield Project
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) AWS Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) AWS Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Node.js
2 3 (37.50%) React
3 2 (25.00%) Middleware
3 2 (25.00%) SAP PI
4 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (12.50%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) API Design
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
3 1 (12.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Design
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Ariba
2 1 (12.50%) Concur