WebFOCUS Contract Job Trends in the North West

Information Builders WebFOCUS
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring WebFOCUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WebFOCUS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.041% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - -
England median daily rate £313 £650 -
% change year-on-year -51.85% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West

WebFOCUS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 366 288 427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.90% 13.28% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 182 308
10th Percentile £313 £313 £273
25th Percentile £360 £401 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -6.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £516 £575 £606
90th Percentile £603 £638 £675
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 10
10th Percentile £49.63 £22.72 -
25th Percentile £58.25 £23.48 £46.18
Median hourly rate £69.38 £25.43 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +172.83% -51.56% -19.23%
75th Percentile £82.38 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.30 £66.90 £66.25
England median hourly rate £43.50 £37.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.00% -18.80% -10.76%

WebFOCUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

WebFOCUS job vacancy trend in the North West

WebFOCUS
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

WebFOCUS
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 WebFOCUS within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 December 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 - 1 £313 -
WebFOCUS
England

WebFOCUS
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL