Housing Association Contract Job Trends in the North West

Housing Association
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Housing Association in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Housing Association over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs citing Housing Association 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.082% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £353
25th Percentile - - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
75th Percentile - - £413
90th Percentile - - £428
England median daily rate £175 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -61.11% -5.26% +4.40%

All Generic Skills
North West

Housing Association 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 870 688 822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.77% 29.01% 29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 355 577
10th Percentile £214 £292 £249
25th Percentile £359 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -5.05% +3.52%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £672
England median daily rate £520 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 30 38
10th Percentile £16.06 £19.97 £16.18
25th Percentile £21.03 £21.25 £23.27
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £43.13
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -24.64% +93.82%
75th Percentile £56.40 £45.89 £49.22
90th Percentile £74.26 £88.05 £66.23
England median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.45% +3.78% +50.85%

Housing Association
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Housing Association job vacancy trend in the North West

Housing Association
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Housing Association.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Housing Association

Housing Association
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Housing Association.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Housing Association

Housing Association
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 Housing Association within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 - 2 - - 1
Housing Association
England

Housing Association
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MIS ActiveH
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Social Housing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement