Northgate Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Northgate
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Northgate products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Northgate over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Northgate Information Solutions plc.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 104 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs citing Northgate 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.044% 0.060% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.083% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £363 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% - -
75th Percentile £319 £369 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

All Vendors
West Midlands

Northgate falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,199 778 932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.24% 46.78% 50.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 518 591
10th Percentile £263 £209 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 22
10th Percentile £15.05 £12.18 £17.50
25th Percentile £17.79 £16.42 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +29.67% +32.96%
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.31 £26.94
90th Percentile £58.00 £39.13 £41.48
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

Northgate
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Northgate job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Northgate
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Northgate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Northgate

Northgate
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Northgate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Northgate

Northgate
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Northgate within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Birmingham - 1 £313 - 1
Northgate
England

Northgate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Aareon QL
1 1 (100.00%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (100.00%) NEC Housing
1 1 (100.00%) OPENHousing
1 1 (100.00%) Orchard Housing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Housing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aareon
1 1 (100.00%) Capita
1 1 (100.00%) Civica
1 1 (100.00%) NEC
1 1 (100.00%) Oneserve
1 1 (100.00%) Orchard