Low-Code Contracts in the North West

Low-Code
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Low-Code in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Low-Code over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 157 173
Rank change year-on-year +27 +16 -30
Contract jobs citing Low-Code 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.031% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.093% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.05%
75th Percentile £578 - -
90th Percentile £584 - -
England median daily rate £525 £571 £500
% change year-on-year -8.10% +14.25% -

All Generic Skills
North West

Low-Code is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 740 1,080 1,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.65% 33.82% 34.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 722 1,069
10th Percentile £289 £296 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +22.58%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £588
90th Percentile £672 £675 £673
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 47 63
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.74 £12.27
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.98 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +51.24% +3.35%
75th Percentile £42.19 £65.00 £39.14
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.19
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Low-Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Low-Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Low-Code in the North West

Low-Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Low-Code in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Low-Code in the North West

Low-Code
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 Low-Code within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Cheshire - 2 £550 - 5
Cumbria - 1 £575 -
Merseyside - 1 £550 - 2
Low-Code
England

Low-Code
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 3 (75.00%) IIS
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Pega Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Low-Code Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) JSON
2 3 (75.00%) REST
2 3 (75.00%) XHTML
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 3 (75.00%) API Management
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) OOD
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Backlog
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Nintex
2 3 (75.00%) Pega
2 3 (75.00%) SAP