N-Tier Contracts in the North West

N-Tier
England > North West

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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West - - 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £351
25th Percentile - - £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.27%
75th Percentile - - £430
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -14.63%

All Generic Skills
North West

N-Tier 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 556 688 1,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.43% 25.89% 33.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 454 665
10th Percentile £203 £285 £300
25th Percentile £358 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £620
90th Percentile £656 £688 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 78 40
10th Percentile £22.72 £13.00 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.80 £25.25 £31.49
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% -19.82% +57.45%
75th Percentile £59.30 £37.44 £66.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £57.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.56 £22.49
% change year-on-year +4.15% +44.80% -16.72%

N-Tier
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for N-Tier in the North West

N-Tier
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing N-Tier in the North West.

Daily rate trend for N-Tier in the North West

N-Tier
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing N-Tier in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for N-Tier in the North West