SIAM Contract Job Trends in the North West

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SIAM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	135	125	116
Rank change year-on-year	-10	-9	+26
Contract jobs citing SIAM	47	11	2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West	1.16%	0.48%	0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.39%	0.54%	0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	42	4	0
10^th Percentile	£451	£363	-
25^th Percentile	£484	£374	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£554	£382	-
Median % change year-on-year	+44.96%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£585	£384	-
90^th Percentile	£600	-	-
England median daily rate	£559	£525	£588
% change year-on-year	+6.48%	-10.64%	+23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	7	0
Median hourly rate	-	£63.40	-
England median hourly rate	-	£63.40	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

SIAM 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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	3,373	2,038	1,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West	83.39%	89.11%	83.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,914	1,347	1,069
10^th Percentile	£300	£251	£294
25^th Percentile	£401	£363	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£450	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-5.26%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£600	£575	£575
90^th Percentile	£675	£678	£656
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	379	157	110
10^th Percentile	£14.21	£14.13	£18.95
25^th Percentile	£21.14	£17.30	£26.81
Median hourly rate	£46.80	£25.15	£40.33
Median % change year-on-year	+86.12%	-37.64%	+15.21%
75^th Percentile	£71.91	£44.09	£62.50
90^th Percentile	£85.00	£65.10	£71.71
England median hourly rate	£38.00	£25.15	£41.50
% change year-on-year	+51.09%	-39.40%	-6.74%

SIAM Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SIAM Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

SIAM Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM in the North West over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in the North West

SIAM Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

SIAM 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 SIAM within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Lancashire	+5	41	£561	-	3
Manchester	-	4	£561	-	7
Cheshire	+2	1	£275	-28.01%	4
Merseyside	-	1	£490	-	3
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SIAM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SIAM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region with a requirement for SIAM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	85.1%	40
2	SC Cleared	80.9%	38
3	Cybersecurity	74.5%	35
4	Service Management	66.0%	31
5	Incident Management	53.2%	25
6	Validation	48.9%	23
7	SLA	46.8%	22
8	ITIL	38.3%	18
8	ITSM	38.3%	18
8	Performance Metrics	38.3%	18
8	Vulnerability Management	38.3%	18
12	Incident Response	27.7%	13
12	NIST	27.7%	13
14	GRC	25.5%	12
14	Major Incident Management	25.5%	12
14	NCSC	25.5%	12
17	Continuous Improvement	21.3%	10
17	DBS Check	21.3%	10
17	Service Delivery	21.3%	10
17	ServiceNow	21.3%	10
17	Stakeholder Engagement	21.3%	10
17	Stakeholder Management	21.3%	10
17	Vulnerability Remediation	21.3%	10
24	Security Operations	19.1%	9
25	Dashboard Development	17.0%	8
25	Information Security	17.0%	8
25	Security Testing	17.0%	8
25	Vulnerability Scanning	17.0%	8
29	Knowledge Transfer	14.9%	7
29	Penetration Testing	14.9%	7

SIAM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	74.5%	35
2	Service Management	66.0%	31
3	Incident Management	53.2%	25
4	Validation	48.9%	23
5	ITIL	38.3%	18
5	ITSM	38.3%	18
5	Performance Metrics	38.3%	18
5	Vulnerability Management	38.3%	18
9	Incident Response	27.7%	13
10	Major Incident Management	25.5%	12
11	Continuous Improvement	21.3%	10
11	Service Delivery	21.3%	10
11	Stakeholder Engagement	21.3%	10
11	Stakeholder Management	21.3%	10
11	Vulnerability Remediation	21.3%	10
16	Security Operations	19.1%	9
17	Dashboard Development	17.0%	8
17	Information Security	17.0%	8
17	Security Testing	17.0%	8
17	Vulnerability Scanning	17.0%	8