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 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 36 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 -21 +37
Contract jobs citing Degree 44 54 122
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 3.74% 5.13% 8.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.33% 18.56% 30.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 26 64
10th Percentile £301 £294 £202
25th Percentile £377 £428 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +21.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £477 £652 £541
90th Percentile £575 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £393 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -21.40% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - £30.25 -
25th Percentile - £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +8.33% +104.92%
75th Percentile £64.38 £33.75 £36.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £39.68 £41.00
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £40.59
% change year-on-year +39.88% -19.93% +69.13%

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 287 291 397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 24.43% 27.66% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 166 259
10th Percentile £291 £294 £225
25th Percentile £400 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £579 £540 £616
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 16
10th Percentile £20.25 £30.85 £30.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £31.25 £39.63
Median hourly rate £29.08 £32.50 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% -41.70% +178.75%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.13 £53.80 -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +56.54%

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 January 2026.

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 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.27%) InVision
3 1 (2.27%) Sketch
3 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.27%) Primavera
1 1 (2.27%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.27%) SAP HCM
1 1 (2.27%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) AWS
1 5 (11.36%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.55%) GitHub
3 2 (4.55%) Serverless
4 1 (2.27%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.27%) Figma
4 1 (2.27%) GCP
4 1 (2.27%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Network Security
1 2 (4.55%) SSH
1 2 (4.55%) SSL
2 1 (2.27%) BGP
2 1 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.27%) LAN
2 1 (2.27%) OSPF
2 1 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.27%) VoIP
2 1 (2.27%) VPN
2 1 (2.27%) WAN
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%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.27%) Base SAS
3 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.27%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.27%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (2.27%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 21 (47.73%) Finance
3 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.91%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (11.36%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Law
6 3 (6.82%) Legal
7 2 (4.55%) Banking
7 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.27%) Billing
8 1 (2.27%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.27%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.27%) Italian Language
8 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.27%) Polish Language
8 1 (2.27%) Retail
8 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (18.18%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Developer
2 6 (13.64%) Senior
3 5 (11.36%) Designer
4 4 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) UX Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Cognos Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) IT Support
6 2 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Service Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) UX Service Designer
7 1 (2.27%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Architect
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) HTML
1 1 (2.27%) Hugging Face
1 1 (2.27%) JSON
1 1 (2.27%) OAuth
1 1 (2.27%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.27%) PySpark
1 1 (2.27%) pytest
1 1 (2.27%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.27%) REST
1 1 (2.27%) RESTful
1 1 (2.27%) SOAP
1 1 (2.27%) Spring
1 1 (2.27%) TensorFlow
1 1 (2.27%) unsloth
1 1 (2.27%) XML
1 1 (2.27%) XMPP
1 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.55%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.55%) Tandem
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.27%) Clustering
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.27%) PKI
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Unix
2 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Agile
2 14 (31.82%) Computer Science
2 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (20.45%) Data Protection
4 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
5 6 (13.64%) Project Management
6 5 (11.36%) Analytics
6 5 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (11.36%) Change Management
6 5 (11.36%) Data Governance
6 5 (11.36%) Data Modelling
6 5 (11.36%) ITIL
6 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
6 5 (11.36%) Service Management
6 5 (11.36%) User Experience
6 5 (11.36%) Waterfall
7 4 (9.09%) Budgeting
7 4 (9.09%) Data Analytics
7 4 (9.09%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) Python
2 6 (13.64%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (2.27%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.27%) R
4 1 (2.27%) SAS Macro
4 1 (2.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Master's Degree
3 3 (6.82%) CISM
3 3 (6.82%) CISSP
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.55%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.55%) ACCA
4 2 (4.55%) CIMA
4 2 (4.55%) CISA
4 2 (4.55%) GSEC
4 2 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.27%) IIBA
5 1 (2.27%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.27%) PMP
5 1 (2.27%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) GDPR
2 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.82%) NIST
3 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.55%) HIPAA
3 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.55%) QA
4 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.27%) GAAP
4 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) QRadar
2 1 (2.27%) Control-M
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) SAP
3 3 (6.82%) IBM
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
3 3 (6.82%) Splunk
4 2 (4.55%) Apple
4 2 (4.55%) ArcSight
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco
4 2 (4.55%) Cognos
5 1 (2.27%) Adobe
5 1 (2.27%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.27%) Aruba
5 1 (2.27%) Broadcom
5 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.27%) Concur
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.27%) Pega
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.27%) Symantec