NEC Housing Contract Job Trends in the North West

NEC Housing (formerly Northgate Housing)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring NEC Housing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -27 - -
Contract jobs citing NEC Housing 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.039% 0.048% -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.41% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% - -
England median daily rate £500 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -2.56%

All Business Application Skills
North West

NEC Housing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 244 206 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.64% 9.95% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 111 131
10th Percentile £354 £356 £400
25th Percentile £453 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +2.48% +17.32%
75th Percentile £688 £660 £564
90th Percentile £716 £714 £634
England median daily rate £550 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £32.74 £46.18 -
25th Percentile £38.77 £52.98 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £86.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -51.33% +108.59% +10.54%
75th Percentile £75.73 - £49.00
90th Percentile £91.63 - £55.60
England median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +18.02% -18.25% +56.27%

NEC Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

NEC Housing job vacancy trend in the North West

NEC Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

NEC Housing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

NEC Housing
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NEC
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle