People Management Contracts in the North West

People Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring People Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited People Management over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 115 137
Rank change year-on-year -15 +22 +16
Contract jobs citing People Management 3 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.50% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.59% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 10
10th Percentile - £524 £437
25th Percentile - £556 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £609 £582 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +18.17% -1.50%
75th Percentile - £586 £575
90th Percentile - £588 £647
England median daily rate £578 £550 £545
% change year-on-year +5.09% +0.92% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.27 - -
25th Percentile £70.43 - -
Median hourly rate £71.33 - -
75th Percentile £72.85 - -
90th Percentile £73.39 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £57.75
% change year-on-year +7.14% +21.21% +95.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

People Management 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 1,957 2,026 2,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.67% 84.28% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,264 1,215 1,786
10th Percentile £282 £312 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £668 £678 £663
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 172 162
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.78
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.38 £34.61 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -20.89% +12.91% +40.71%
75th Percentile £56.88 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.25 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.02
% change year-on-year -40.82% +3.61% +53.35%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing People Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for People Management in the North West

People Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing People Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for People Management in the North West

People Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing People Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for People Management in the North West

People Management
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 People Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 1 - - 44
Cheshire - 1 £609 - 9
Lancashire - 1 - - 33
People Management
England

People Management
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Digital
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Networks
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Employee Productivity
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SIAM
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow