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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 87 98
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 +24
Contract jobs citing Workflow 81 38 35
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.34% 1.90% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.12% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 29 25
10th Percentile £384 £205 £115
25th Percentile £400 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £684 -
England median daily rate £511 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.25% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £17.79 - -
25th Percentile £22.99 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +43.71% -42.15%
75th Percentile £29.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £32.23 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year - -16.17% +7.14%

All Process & 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 2,885 1,790 2,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.33% 89.59% 84.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,725 1,184 1,443
10th Percentile £300 £305 £308
25th Percentile £400 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -7.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £553 £586
90th Percentile £675 £666 £675
England median daily rate £516 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 99 273
10th Percentile £17.13 £13.36 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.53 £14.13
Median hourly rate £51.00 £31.76 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.58% +5.87% -1.77%
75th Percentile £76.00 £63.40 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.63 £66.61
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.72% -26.59% +5.63%

Workflow
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Workflow job vacancy trend 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 14 June 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workflow in the North West over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Workflow in the North West

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 14 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
Manchester +7 60 £438 +6.71% 33
Merseyside -10 8 £438 -28.57% 12
Cheshire -16 8 £538 +2.33% 8
Lancashire -8 5 - - 7
Workflow
England

Workflow
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.41%) Confluence
2 3 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.23%) Apache
4 1 (1.23%) Camunda
4 1 (1.23%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (9.88%) MS Visio
2 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (2.47%) Maximo
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.23%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (1.23%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.75%) Azure
1 16 (19.75%) Power Platform
2 12 (14.81%) AWS
3 8 (9.88%) Power Automate
4 5 (6.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (6.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.70%) GCP
5 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.70%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.70%) SaaS
6 2 (2.47%) Azure AI
6 2 (2.47%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 2 (2.47%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.47%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (2.47%) PaaS
6 2 (2.47%) Serverless
6 2 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.23%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Firewall
1 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.23%) Network Security
1 1 (1.23%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.28%) Power BI
2 6 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.94%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (3.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (2.47%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.47%) Power Query
5 2 (2.47%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.23%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.23%) Metadata
6 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) JDeveloper
2 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.47%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.23%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.23%) GitLab
3 1 (1.23%) Postman
3 1 (1.23%) Selenium
3 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (19.75%) Finance
3 8 (9.88%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Law
5 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.70%) Military
7 2 (2.47%) Banking
7 2 (2.47%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Legal Technology
8 1 (1.23%) Marketing
8 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Senior
2 9 (11.11%) Administrator
2 9 (11.11%) Analyst
2 9 (11.11%) Architect
3 7 (8.64%) Business Analyst
3 7 (8.64%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (8.64%) Senior Business Analyst
3 7 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (8.64%) Systems Administrator
3 7 (8.64%) User Experience Researcher
4 6 (7.41%) Consultant
4 6 (7.41%) Developer
4 6 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Data Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow Architect
8 2 (2.47%) Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) REST
2 4 (4.94%) XML
3 2 (2.47%) JSON
3 2 (2.47%) Middleware
3 2 (2.47%) Node.js
3 2 (2.47%) Web Services
4 1 (1.23%) .NET
4 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.23%) JWT
4 1 (1.23%) Kafka
4 1 (1.23%) Material-UI
4 1 (1.23%) Next.js
4 1 (1.23%) OAuth
4 1 (1.23%) Playwright
4 1 (1.23%) React
4 1 (1.23%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.41%) Data Structures
2 5 (6.17%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.70%) CMDB
5 2 (2.47%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.47%) Life Science
5 2 (2.47%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.23%) CSOC
6 1 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.17%) Windows
2 3 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Migration
2 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 16 (19.75%) Analytics
4 16 (19.75%) Roadmaps
5 15 (18.52%) Agile
5 15 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (17.28%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (16.05%) AI
8 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.58%) ITSM
10 10 (12.35%) CRM
10 10 (12.35%) Data Modelling
10 10 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (12.35%) Workflow Management
11 9 (11.11%) ETL
11 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (11.11%) User Experience
12 8 (9.88%) CI/CD
12 8 (9.88%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) SQL
2 15 (18.52%) Python
3 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.17%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.70%) C#
4 3 (3.70%) Java
5 2 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.47%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.23%) Bash
6 1 (1.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.88%) Degree
1 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.64%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.70%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.70%) CISSP
5 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.23%) PMP
6 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) Data Quality
2 8 (9.88%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.70%) NIST
4 2 (2.47%) GDPR
4 2 (2.47%) GRC
4 2 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.47%) SLA
5 1 (1.23%) CDISC
5 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (1.23%) NCSC
5 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.47%) SCCM
3 1 (1.23%) CASB
3 1 (1.23%) Opsgenie
3 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (17.28%) ServiceNow
2 10 (12.35%) SAP
3 9 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.41%) Avature
5 4 (4.94%) Atlassian
5 4 (4.94%) BeyondTrust
5 4 (4.94%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (4.94%) Databricks
5 4 (4.94%) Remedy
5 4 (4.94%) Splunk
6 3 (3.70%) OpenAI
6 3 (3.70%) UiPath
7 2 (2.47%) BMC
7 2 (2.47%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.47%) Foundry
7 2 (2.47%) IBM
7 2 (2.47%) Oracle
7 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.23%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.23%) Google