Journey Map Contract Job Trends in the North West

Journey Mapping
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Journey Map skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 118 140
Rank change year-on-year -18 +22 +27
Contract jobs citing Journey Map 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.33% 0.085% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.10% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile £320 - £305
25th Percentile £344 - £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £372 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £519 - £563
90th Percentile £543 - £585
England median daily rate £500 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Journey Map 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 2,155 1,987 2,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.18% 84.30% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 1,072 1,676
10th Percentile £213 £294 £270
25th Percentile £358 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £656 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 120 160
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.23 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.29 £17.94
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% - +55.56%
75th Percentile £45.46 £51.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.42 £70.90 £63.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.87% -21.42% +26.76%

Journey Map
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Journey Map job vacancy trend in the North West

Journey Map
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Journey Map.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Journey Map

Journey Map
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Journey Map in the North West over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Journey Map in the North West

Journey Map
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 Journey Map within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 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 - 8 £372 - 8
Journey Map
England

Journey Map
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 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Services Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (50.00%) Service Design
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
4 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) B2B
5 2 (25.00%) B2C
5 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Product Management
5 2 (25.00%) Product Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) SAFe Agilist
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PSD2
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft