Objectives and Key Results Job Trends in the North West

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 231 216
Rank change year-on-year -3 -15 +109
Permanent jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.038% 0.013% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.017% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £47,500
25th Percentile - - £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £200,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.67%
75th Percentile - - £66,250
90th Percentile - - £71,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £76,383
% change year-on-year +6.90% -5.08% -4.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Objectives and Key Results falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,642 6,022 4,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 89.32% 78.98% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 3,302 3,150
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,800 £62,325
% change year-on-year -6.46% -5.66% +3.87%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Objectives and Key Results as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Objectives and Key Results in the North West

Objectives and Key Results
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Objectives and Key Results.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Objectives and Key Results within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +33 2 £200,000 - 5
Objectives and Key Results
England

Objectives and Key Results
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Active Listening
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Retention
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Kaizen
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Pricing Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Release Train
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Bloomberg