Objectives and Key Results Contract Job Trends in the North West

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.29% 0.084% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +5.16% -4.91% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Objectives and Key Results 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 2,140 1,990 2,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.99% 83.90% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,402 1,078 1,680
10th Percentile £213 £294 £270
25th Percentile £360 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £678 £656 £675
England median daily rate £507 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 115 163
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.35 £15.80
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.19 £17.88
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.29% +1.03% +59.09%
75th Percentile £45.88 £52.20 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Objectives and Key Results relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend in the North West

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Objectives and Key Results.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
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 Objectives and Key Results 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 7 £588 - 12
Objectives and Key Results
England

Objectives and Key Results
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 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Figma
1 3 (42.86%) Miro
1 3 (42.86%) Slack
1 3 (42.86%) Smartsheet
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Operations Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Data Privacy
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
1 3 (42.86%) DesignOps
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Management
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Measurement
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
1 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG