Scorecard Contract Job Trends in the North West

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England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Scorecard skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Scorecard 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £326 - -
25th Percentile £367 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £507 - -
90th Percentile £512 - -
England median daily rate £510 £440 £600
% change year-on-year +15.91% -26.67% +20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Scorecard 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 2,942 1,808 2,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.56% 88.76% 84.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,720 1,201 1,430
10th Percentile £300 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -8.18% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £565 £585
90th Percentile £675 £665 £675
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 110 265
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.06 £14.22
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.88 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.84% +6.27% -1.77%
75th Percentile £75.75 £62.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.24 £66.61
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Scorecard job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scorecard in the North West over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Scorecard in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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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 Scorecard within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Cumbria - 5 £507 -
Manchester - 3 £367 -
Cheshire - 1 £175 - 1
Lancashire - 1 - -
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England

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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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Designer
1 3 (30.00%) UX Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Project Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Graphic Design
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Life Science
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (50.00%) Balanced Scorecard
3 5 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 5 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 5 (50.00%) Coaching
3 5 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
3 5 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (40.00%) Analytics
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (30.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow