Workflow Contract Job Trends in the North West

Workflow
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Workflow skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 101 110
Rank change year-on-year +22 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Workflow 52 19 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.42% 0.80% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 0.96% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 14 20
10th Percentile £205 £345 £315
25th Percentile £215 £360 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £533
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -22.54% -5.33%
75th Percentile £494 £478 £609
90th Percentile £590 £600 £639
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -11.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.60 - £17.50
75th Percentile £31.40 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £19.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £72.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -65.07% +300.00% -21.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Workflow 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 1,913 1,970 2,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.85% 83.33% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 1,145 1,682
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £553 £588 £594
90th Percentile £661 £678 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 107 163
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.40 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.38 £27.38 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +59.09%
75th Percentile £50.75 £57.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.42 £70.90 £66.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Workflow
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Workflow as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Workflow in the North West

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workflow in the North West over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workflow in the North West

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Workflow
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 Workflow within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +21 32 £215 -40.28% 38
Lancashire +6 9 £450 +5.88% 32
Cheshire -14 9 £465 -9.27% 12
Cumbria +5 2 - -
Workflow
England

Workflow
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (15.38%) Confluence
2 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.85%) Apache
3 2 (3.85%) IIS
3 2 (3.85%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (3.85%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Maximo
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) AWS
1 2 (3.85%) Power Automate
1 2 (3.85%) ShareGate
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.92%) n8n
2 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.92%) SaaS
2 1 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Intranet
2 1 (1.92%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (3.85%) DB2
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) ScriptRunner
General
1 17 (32.69%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 7 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.62%) Finance
5 2 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (44.23%) Analyst
2 12 (23.08%) Desktop Support
2 12 (23.08%) Support Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Deskside Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Deskside Support
3 9 (17.31%) Deskside Support Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Technology Support Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) Payroll Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Systems Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) Systems Manager
5 6 (11.54%) Engineering Manager
6 5 (9.62%) Developer
7 4 (7.69%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Desktop Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) IT Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) IT Support
8 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 3 (5.77%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) XML
2 2 (3.85%) CSS
2 2 (3.85%) HTML
2 2 (3.85%) SOAP
2 2 (3.85%) Web Services
3 1 (1.92%) Express.js
3 1 (1.92%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.92%) IDoc
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.92%) Node.js
3 1 (1.92%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.85%) ITSM
1 15 (28.85%) Service Management
2 14 (26.92%) ITIL
3 13 (25.00%) Agile
3 13 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 12 (23.08%) Data Analysis
5 10 (19.23%) DevOps
5 10 (19.23%) Process Improvement
6 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
6 9 (17.31%) Migration
6 9 (17.31%) Project Management
7 8 (15.38%) Coaching
7 8 (15.38%) Scrum
8 7 (13.46%) Agile Project Management
8 7 (13.46%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (13.46%) Epics
8 7 (13.46%) Microservices
8 7 (13.46%) Workflow Management
9 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (5.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.46%) Java
2 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.77%) Python
4 2 (3.85%) C#
4 2 (3.85%) SQL
5 1 (1.92%) Groovy
5 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) QA
2 4 (7.69%) SLA
3 2 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.92%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Grafana
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) IBM
2 2 (3.85%) Nintex
2 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.92%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.92%) SAP