Degree Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Academic Degree
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 30 15
Rank change year-on-year -17 -15 +33
Contract jobs citing Degree 44 60 124
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 3.89% 5.25% 7.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.52% 21.51% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 71
10th Percentile £364 £350 £200
25th Percentile £393 £413 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +33.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £509 £588 £528
90th Percentile £706 £688 £700
North West median daily rate £425 £525 £452
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.28% -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 9
10th Percentile - £25.25 £15.74
25th Percentile - £31.25 £15.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +92.76% +10.05%
75th Percentile £64.38 £58.63 £30.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £97.20 £32.75
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £40.59
% change year-on-year +39.88% -19.93% +84.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 303 279 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 26.77% 24.41% 26.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 146 283
10th Percentile £301 £294 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% -0.95%
75th Percentile £613 £598 £609
90th Percentile £678 £688 £703
North West median daily rate £492 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -6.98% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 18
10th Percentile £20.00 £27.90 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.63 £31.25 £17.03
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% -0.76% +67.95%
75th Percentile £35.50 £55.38 £47.69
90th Percentile £68.75 £95.10 £63.75
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +95.64%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Degree job vacancy trend in Manchester

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (6.82%) Confluence
1 3 (6.82%) SAS
1 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.27%) Apache
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.27%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.27%) InVision
4 1 (2.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.55%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.27%) SAP HCM
3 1 (2.27%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) AWS
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.55%) GCP
5 2 (4.55%) GitHub
5 2 (4.55%) SaaS
5 2 (4.55%) Serverless
6 1 (2.27%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
6 1 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Network Security
1 2 (4.55%) SSH
2 1 (2.27%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.27%) SSL
2 1 (2.27%) VoIP
2 1 (2.27%) VPN
2 1 (2.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.55%) Cognos Framework Manager
2 2 (4.55%) Cognos Report Studio
2 2 (4.55%) Cognos Transformer
2 2 (4.55%) OLAP
2 2 (4.55%) OLAP Cube
2 2 (4.55%) Power BI
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.27%) Base SAS
3 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.27%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (2.27%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) JIRA
2 2 (4.55%) GitLab
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.27%) Ant
3 1 (2.27%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.27%) Git
3 1 (2.27%) IntelliJ
3 1 (2.27%) JUnit
3 1 (2.27%) NUnit
3 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (47.73%) Finance
3 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Billing
5 2 (4.55%) Law
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.27%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Polish Language
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Developer
2 6 (13.64%) Senior
3 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
3 3 (6.82%) Designer
3 3 (6.82%) Lead
4 2 (4.55%) Architect
4 2 (4.55%) Cognos Developer
4 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (4.55%) Data Scientist
4 2 (4.55%) Java Developer
4 2 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Senior Developer
4 2 (4.55%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (4.55%) Technical Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (2.27%) Banking Project Manager
5 1 (2.27%) Senior Accountant
5 1 (2.27%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) HTML
1 2 (4.55%) Middleware
1 2 (4.55%) pytest
1 2 (4.55%) SAP PI
1 2 (4.55%) Spring
1 2 (4.55%) TensorFlow
1 2 (4.55%) XML
2 1 (2.27%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.27%) Ajax
2 1 (2.27%) Hugging Face
2 1 (2.27%) JSON
2 1 (2.27%) JSTL
2 1 (2.27%) OAuth
2 1 (2.27%) PySpark
2 1 (2.27%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.27%) RESTful
2 1 (2.27%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.27%) XGBoost
2 1 (2.27%) XMPP
2 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.55%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.55%) Synthetic Data
3 2 (4.55%) Tandem
4 1 (2.27%) Clustering
4 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Unix
3 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Computer Science
2 17 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (25.00%) Agile
5 8 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 8 (18.18%) Project Management
6 7 (15.91%) Analytics
7 6 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.64%) Change Management
7 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
7 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.64%) Decision-Making
7 6 (13.64%) Incident Response
8 5 (11.36%) Data Governance
8 5 (11.36%) ERP
8 5 (11.36%) ITIL
8 5 (11.36%) Release Management
8 5 (11.36%) Use Case
9 4 (9.09%) Data Integration
9 4 (9.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.73%) Python
2 7 (15.91%) SQL
3 3 (6.82%) Java
4 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.27%) C#
5 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.27%) R
5 1 (2.27%) SAS Macro
5 1 (2.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Master's Degree
3 3 (6.82%) ACCA
3 3 (6.82%) Azure Certification
3 3 (6.82%) CIMA
4 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.55%) CISA
4 2 (4.55%) CISM
4 2 (4.55%) CISSP
4 2 (4.55%) GCIA
4 2 (4.55%) GCIH
4 2 (4.55%) GSEC
4 2 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.55%) PMP
5 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.27%) MBA
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) GDPR
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) HIPAA
2 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.55%) NIST
2 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.27%) GAAP
3 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Terraform
2 2 (4.55%) Ansible
2 2 (4.55%) QRadar
3 1 (2.27%) Control-M
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.18%) SAP
3 3 (6.82%) IBM
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) Apple
4 2 (4.55%) ArcSight
4 2 (4.55%) Cognos
4 2 (4.55%) Splunk
5 1 (2.27%) Adobe
5 1 (2.27%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco
5 1 (2.27%) Concur
5 1 (2.27%) DocuSign
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Pega
5 1 (2.27%) Zscaler
330 Degree jobs in Manchester