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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 30 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +17
Contract jobs citing Degree 71 57 90
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 4.09% 6.45% 6.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.29% 22.80% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 34 35
10th Percentile £166 £240 £225
25th Percentile £357 £361 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £475 £672 £530
90th Percentile £579 £716 £600
North West median daily rate £402 £472 £500
% change year-on-year -14.83% -5.60% +9.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 11
10th Percentile £28.50 - £24.10
25th Percentile £33.25 £31.25 £24.77
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +25.00% +30.00%
75th Percentile £178.75 £49.38 £45.10
90th Percentile - £58.75 £62.50
North West median hourly rate £62.81 £32.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year +93.25% +23.15% -34.84%

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 350 250 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 20.17% 28.28% 22.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 162 192
10th Percentile £340 £292 £313
25th Percentile £381 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -3.61% -1.19%
75th Percentile £576 £584 £680
90th Percentile £650 £713 £823
North West median daily rate £479 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -3.58% -0.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 27
10th Percentile £15.68 £31.00 £21.20
25th Percentile £22.68 £31.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +71.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £153.75 £62.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £73.75 £93.00
North West median hourly rate £49.79 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +53.19% +102.37% -60.42%

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 22 May 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 22 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 22 May 2026. 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
Bolton +1 6 £170 - 8
Bury - 1 - - 4
Degree
North West

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 7 (9.86%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (26.76%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (9.86%) MS Visio
4 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.41%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.41%) MicroStation
5 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Primavera
2 3 (4.23%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.41%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.94%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (15.49%) Azure
3 7 (9.86%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) Entra ID
3 7 (9.86%) Power Platform
4 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (7.04%) OneDrive
4 5 (7.04%) Power Automate
4 5 (7.04%) PowerApps
5 4 (5.63%) Figma
6 2 (2.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.82%) Viva Engage
7 1 (1.41%) AtomSphere
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.41%) Boomi
7 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.41%) GitHub
7 1 (1.41%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) BGP
1 1 (1.41%) DNS
1 1 (1.41%) Firewall
1 1 (1.41%) LAN
1 1 (1.41%) OSPF
1 1 (1.41%) SSL
1 1 (1.41%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Hadoop
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Tableau
3 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.41%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.41%) Power BI
3 1 (1.41%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Postman
2 1 (1.41%) SoapUI
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 24 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (23.94%) Finance
4 9 (12.68%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (12.68%) Telecoms
5 8 (11.27%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Legal
7 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.23%) Marketing
9 2 (2.82%) Agriculture
9 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.82%) Environmental Health
9 2 (2.82%) Law
10 1 (1.41%) Banking
10 1 (1.41%) Electronics
10 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (29.58%) Analyst
2 11 (15.49%) IT Analyst
3 9 (12.68%) IT Support
3 9 (12.68%) IT Support Analyst
3 9 (12.68%) Support Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) Designer
4 8 (11.27%) UX Designer
5 7 (9.86%) Business Analyst
5 7 (9.86%) Senior
6 6 (8.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Service Designer
8 4 (5.63%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) UX Service Designer
9 3 (4.23%) Architect
9 3 (4.23%) Developer
9 3 (4.23%) Migration Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) HTML
2 4 (5.63%) CSS
3 2 (2.82%) REST
3 2 (2.82%) SOAP
3 2 (2.82%) XML
4 1 (1.41%) .NET
4 1 (1.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.41%) JSON
4 1 (1.41%) Kafka
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.41%) Middleware
4 1 (1.41%) Node.js
4 1 (1.41%) OAuth
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.41%) React
4 1 (1.41%) SAML
4 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.04%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.23%) Graphic Design
4 3 (4.23%) Life Science
5 2 (2.82%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.82%) Social Media
5 2 (2.82%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.41%) CMDB
6 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) IoT
6 1 (1.41%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.41%) PKI
6 1 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.41%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Windows
2 9 (12.68%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.76%) Agile
3 15 (21.13%) Computer Science
4 12 (16.90%) ITIL
5 11 (15.49%) Decision-Making
6 10 (14.08%) Knowledge Management
6 10 (14.08%) Migration
6 10 (14.08%) User Experience
6 10 (14.08%) Workshop Facilitation
7 9 (12.68%) Conflict Resolution
7 9 (12.68%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 9 (12.68%) Customer Service
7 9 (12.68%) Inventory Management
7 9 (12.68%) Project Delivery
7 9 (12.68%) Service Management
8 8 (11.27%) Analytics
8 8 (11.27%) Data Analysis
8 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.27%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.45%) Python
1 6 (8.45%) SQL
2 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.82%) C#
3 2 (2.82%) Java
3 2 (2.82%) R
4 1 (1.41%) C++
4 1 (1.41%) Groovy
4 1 (1.41%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (18.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (12.68%) A+ Certification
3 9 (12.68%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (8.45%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.82%) ACCA
7 2 (2.82%) CCNA
7 2 (2.82%) CIMA
7 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.82%) CISSP
7 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.41%) CCNP
8 1 (1.41%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.41%) CISM
8 1 (1.41%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.82%) GAAP
2 2 (2.82%) IFRS
2 2 (2.82%) NIST
2 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 15 (21.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) Adobe
3 3 (4.23%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.41%) Aruba
5 1 (1.41%) Broadcom
5 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.41%) Concur
5 1 (1.41%) Dell
5 1 (1.41%) EMC
5 1 (1.41%) Google
5 1 (1.41%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.41%) Netskope
5 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.41%) Splunk
5 1 (1.41%) Symantec
5 1 (1.41%) TOWER Software