Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Trend Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 114 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 7 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.32% 0.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £515 -
25th Percentile £425 £519 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £475 £594 -
90th Percentile - £605 -
England median daily rate £400 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -13.51% -7.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £63.40 - -
England median hourly rate £63.40 £24.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year +162.20% -7.00% -21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Trend Analysis 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 1,927 1,980 2,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.56% 83.40% 87.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,282 1,095 1,702
10th Percentile £270 £294 £270
25th Percentile £368 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.38% -2.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £595
90th Percentile £680 £675 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 109 163
10th Percentile £13.64 £16.45 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £28.50 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +50.21%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £66.35 £73.75 £69.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Trend Analysis
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 Trend Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 -4 4 £450 -21.74% 3
Lancashire - 3 - - 1
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England

Trend Analysis
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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Support
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Problem Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 3 (42.86%) Fault Management
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) SIAM
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow