Proactive Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Proactive Management
England > North West

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Proactive Management 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.19% - 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £450
75th Percentile £188 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £552 £538 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +19.44% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.65
25th Percentile £15.50 - £14.88
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £15.50
75th Percentile £16.50 - £15.88
90th Percentile - - £15.95
England median hourly rate £21.94 £61.71 £15.50
% change year-on-year -64.44% +298.10% -71.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Proactive 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 1,901 1,978 2,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.75% 83.46% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 1,161 1,686
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £552 £588 £595
90th Percentile £657 £688 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 106 164
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.68 £15.83
25th Percentile £17.34 £28.75 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +59.09%
75th Percentile £48.94 £57.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.68 £70.90 £66.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Proactive Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Management in the North West

Proactive Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Management

Proactive Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Management

Proactive 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 Proactive Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Cheshire - 3 £175 - 2
Manchester - 1 - - 5
Proactive Management
England

Proactive 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (75.00%) IT Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Support
1 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (75.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (50.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ticket Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow