NEC Housing Contracts in the UK excluding London

NEC Housing (formerly Northgate Housing)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NEC Housing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC Housing over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 384 443
Rank change year-on-year +45 +59 +52
Contract jobs citing NEC Housing 3 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.035% 0.004%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.34% 0.61% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £371 £403 -
25th Percentile £400 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £526
Median % change year-on-year - -14.37% +75.17%
75th Percentile £555 £500 £538
90th Percentile £618 £527 -
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £531
% change year-on-year -9.47% -10.55% +77.00%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

NEC Housing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 882 1,140 1,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.93% 5.63% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 721 906
10th Percentile £364 £313 £325
25th Percentile £456 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.10% +3.13%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £721
UK median daily rate £564 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 94 35
10th Percentile £33.60 £14.71 £31.03
25th Percentile £52.00 £21.25 £47.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.16 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.39% -23.50% +133.33%
75th Percentile £82.50 £57.33 £67.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £61.60 £78.25
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.37% +50.79%

NEC Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NEC Housing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NEC Housing in the UK excluding London

NEC Housing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NEC Housing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for NEC Housing in the UK excluding London

NEC Housing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEC Housing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NEC Housing in the UK excluding London

NEC Housing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NEC Housing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for NEC Housing in the UK excluding London

NEC Housing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NEC Housing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South West - 2 £400 - 2
South East - 1 £660 - 5
NEC Housing
UK

NEC Housing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Step Functions
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
1 2 (66.67%) Social Housing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Developer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) Housing Management
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) API Development
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) NEC
2 1 (33.33%) Aareon
2 1 (33.33%) Capita
2 1 (33.33%) Civica
2 1 (33.33%) Northgate
2 1 (33.33%) Orchard