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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 76 103
Rank change year-on-year -13 +27 +22
Contract jobs citing Workflow 87 48 30
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.36% 2.21% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.52% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 37 21
10th Percentile £282 £205 £115
25th Percentile £400 £215 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% -9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £610
90th Percentile £717 £638 -
England median daily rate £506 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +3.32% -6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £19.51 - -
25th Percentile £26.45 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% +43.71% -
75th Percentile £29.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £32.91 - -
England median hourly rate £28.78 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +14.41% -16.17% +3.00%

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 3,092 1,908 2,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.93% 87.93% 84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,832 1,254 1,397
10th Percentile £298 £278 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £564 £582
90th Percentile £675 £665 £672
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 120 257
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.43 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.07 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £29.90 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.57% +10.74% -7.85%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.98 £66.96
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -5.96%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -11 56 £450 +20.00% 31
Cheshire 0 14 £525 +22.09% 12
Merseyside -6 13 £369 -39.80% 11
Lancashire -14 2 - - 9
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 9 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.90%) Confluence
3 3 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.15%) Apache
5 1 (1.15%) Camunda
5 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (2.30%) Maximo
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.15%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (1.15%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 25 (28.74%) Azure
2 19 (21.84%) Power Platform
3 12 (13.79%) AWS
4 10 (11.49%) Power Automate
5 7 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (5.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (5.75%) PowerApps
7 4 (4.60%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.60%) Mimecast
8 3 (3.45%) Azure Functions
8 3 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.45%) GCP
8 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.45%) Serverless
9 2 (2.30%) Azure AI
9 2 (2.30%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 2 (2.30%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (2.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) Network Security
2 2 (2.30%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.30%) WAN
2 2 (2.30%) Wireless
3 1 (1.15%) Firewall
3 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.15%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.39%) Power BI
2 6 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.60%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.30%) Power Query
5 2 (2.30%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.15%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.15%) Metadata
6 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 11 (12.64%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) Git
2 2 (2.30%) JDeveloper
2 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.30%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (1.15%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.15%) GitLab
3 1 (1.15%) Postman
3 1 (1.15%) Selenium
3 1 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.84%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (19.54%) Finance
4 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.60%) Banking
6 4 (4.60%) Law
6 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.60%) Military
7 3 (3.45%) Legal
8 2 (2.30%) Advertising
8 2 (2.30%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.15%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.15%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.15%) Marketing
9 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (13.79%) Analyst
2 11 (12.64%) Senior
3 9 (10.34%) Administrator
3 9 (10.34%) Developer
4 8 (9.20%) Architect
4 8 (9.20%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.05%) Consultant
5 7 (8.05%) Project Manager
5 7 (8.05%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (6.90%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Business Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) User Experience Researcher
8 4 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Data Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Senior Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Service Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.49%) REST
2 8 (9.20%) XML
3 6 (6.90%) JSON
4 3 (3.45%) OAuth
4 3 (3.45%) SailPoint
5 2 (2.30%) Django
5 2 (2.30%) Node.js
5 2 (2.30%) Web Services
6 1 (1.15%) .NET
6 1 (1.15%) 802.1X
6 1 (1.15%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.15%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.15%) JWT
6 1 (1.15%) Kafka
6 1 (1.15%) Material-UI
6 1 (1.15%) Next.js
6 1 (1.15%) Playwright
6 1 (1.15%) React
6 1 (1.15%) Swagger
6 1 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.75%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (4.60%) CSOC
2 4 (4.60%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.30%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.30%) CMDB
4 2 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.30%) Life Science
5 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.64%) Windows
2 4 (4.60%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.45%) Linux
3 3 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (25.29%) Analytics
3 19 (21.84%) Migration
4 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (18.39%) Agile
5 16 (18.39%) AI
5 16 (18.39%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (17.24%) Decision-Making
7 13 (14.94%) Requirements Gathering
7 13 (14.94%) Roadmaps
8 12 (13.79%) CI/CD
8 12 (13.79%) CRM
8 12 (13.79%) ITSM
9 11 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (11.49%) Data Modelling
10 10 (11.49%) Security Operations
11 9 (10.34%) Data Analysis
11 9 (10.34%) Generative AI
11 9 (10.34%) ITIL
11 9 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.69%) Python
1 18 (20.69%) SQL
2 7 (8.05%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.75%) T-SQL
4 4 (4.60%) C#
5 3 (3.45%) Java
5 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.30%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.15%) Bash
7 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Degree
2 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.45%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.45%) CISSP
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.15%) MCSE
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.15%) MOS
6 1 (1.15%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.15%) PMP
6 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.05%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.60%) NCSC
4 3 (3.45%) GRC
4 3 (3.45%) NIST
5 2 (2.30%) GDPR
5 2 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.30%) SLA
6 1 (1.15%) CDISC
6 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.15%) PMO
6 1 (1.15%) QA
6 1 (1.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Ansible
1 4 (4.60%) SCCM
2 3 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.30%) WMI
4 1 (1.15%) CASB
4 1 (1.15%) Opsgenie
4 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (27.59%) ServiceNow
2 16 (18.39%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.20%) SAP
4 6 (6.90%) Avature
5 5 (5.75%) Databricks
6 4 (4.60%) Atlassian
6 4 (4.60%) BeyondTrust
6 4 (4.60%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (4.60%) Remedy
6 4 (4.60%) Sophos
6 4 (4.60%) Splunk
6 4 (4.60%) UiPath
7 3 (3.45%) Okta
7 3 (3.45%) OpenAI
8 2 (2.30%) Cisco
8 2 (2.30%) Foundry
8 2 (2.30%) IBM
8 2 (2.30%) Oracle
9 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.15%) Yardi