Re-Platforming Contract Job Trends in the North West

Re-Platforming
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Re-Platforming skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 115 132
Rank change year-on-year -27 +17 +34
Contract jobs citing Re-Platforming 7 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.33% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £374 - £339
25th Percentile £405 - £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.14%
75th Percentile £452 - £499
90th Percentile £578 - £530
England median daily rate £550 £638 £593
% change year-on-year -13.73% +7.59% +7.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Re-Platforming 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 2,179 1,821 2,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.86% 87.72% 87.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,038 1,583
10th Percentile £213 £274 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 90 155
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.00 £16.10
25th Percentile £21.56 £21.10 £18.70
Median hourly rate £41.68 £30.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.67% -22.63% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.10 £49.80 £46.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.68 £64.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £43.84
% change year-on-year -27.63% -20.73% +25.25%

Re-Platforming
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Re-Platforming job vacancy trend in the North West

Re-Platforming
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Re-Platforming.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Re-Platforming

Re-Platforming
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Re-Platforming in the North West over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Re-Platforming in the North West

Re-Platforming
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 Re-Platforming within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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 -3 6 £428 -
Merseyside - 1 £625 -
Re-Platforming
England

Re-Platforming
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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Migration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Re-Platforming Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Vue
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Change Advisory Board
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) API Development
5 1 (14.29%) Front End Development
5 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) PHP
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Blue Prism
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft