Degree Contracts in Manchester

Academic Degree
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 42 54
Rank change year-on-year +22 +12 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 105 82 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 6.85% 4.32% 3.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.23% 16.43% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 53 61
10th Percentile £210 £250 £133
25th Percentile £249 £363 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £612 £677 £631
North West median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 7
10th Percentile £24.17 £20.69 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.71 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.85 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.01% +64.48% +12.06%
75th Percentile £62.50 £26.41 £14.88
90th Percentile £69.50 £27.70 £20.50
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £34.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -23.51% -6.12% -16.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 372 499 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 24.27% 26.30% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 368 348
10th Percentile £300 £338 £263
25th Percentile £425 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.01% +4.99% +5.26%
75th Percentile £663 £616 £630
90th Percentile £798 £700 £679
North West median daily rate £513 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -1.25% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 14
10th Percentile £24.14 - -
25th Percentile £25.50 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £25.00 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +96.00% +60.10% -44.75%
75th Percentile £73.75 £37.50 £48.44
90th Percentile £94.50 £70.00 £56.25
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.73
% change year-on-year -57.17% -5.61% -7.61%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
Salford 0 4 £255 -40.00% 12
Bolton +5 3 - - 11
Degree
North West

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.95%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.95%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (24.76%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (22.86%) Chatbot
3 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.95%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.95%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.95%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.05%) Azure
2 13 (12.38%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (6.67%) IaaS
5 6 (5.71%) PaaS
5 6 (5.71%) SaaS
6 5 (4.76%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.90%) AWS
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.95%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.76%) Firewall
2 3 (2.86%) LAN
2 3 (2.86%) VLAN
2 3 (2.86%) VoIP
2 3 (2.86%) VPN
2 3 (2.86%) WAN
2 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.95%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.90%) RDBMS
1 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.95%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.95%) GIS
2 1 (0.95%) Metadata
2 1 (0.95%) Power BI
2 1 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Selenium
General
1 26 (24.76%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.38%) Finance
4 12 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.67%) Legal
5 7 (6.67%) Mandarin Language
6 5 (4.76%) Banking
6 5 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.86%) Back Office
8 3 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Law
9 2 (1.90%) Electronics
9 2 (1.90%) German Language
10 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.95%) Marketing
10 1 (0.95%) Military
10 1 (0.95%) Retail
10 1 (0.95%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (25.71%) Developer
2 24 (22.86%) Software Developer
3 20 (19.05%) Analyst
4 18 (17.14%) Architect
5 15 (14.29%) Senior
6 11 (10.48%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (8.57%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.76%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 4 (3.81%) Administrator
10 3 (2.86%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 3 (2.86%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (2.86%) Applications Architect
10 3 (2.86%) Service Analyst
10 3 (2.86%) Service Desk Analyst
11 2 (1.90%) IT Support
11 2 (1.90%) Senior IT Support
11 2 (1.90%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.43%) HTML
2 2 (1.90%) Spring
3 1 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.95%) Shiny
3 1 (0.95%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.62%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.71%) Virtual Team
3 5 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.86%) Clustering
4 3 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.86%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.90%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.90%) Derivative
5 2 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.90%) Robotics
5 2 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.95%) CMDB
6 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) FPGA
6 1 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.95%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.95%) IoT
6 1 (0.95%) Verilog
6 1 (0.95%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.38%) Windows
2 11 (10.48%) Windows 10
3 8 (7.62%) Windows Server
4 7 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (2.86%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.90%) Linux
6 2 (1.90%) Unix
7 1 (0.95%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.86%) Artificial Intelligence
1 24 (22.86%) Code Quality
1 24 (22.86%) Conversational UI
2 19 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (17.14%) Project Delivery
4 17 (16.19%) Agile
4 17 (16.19%) Computer Science
5 14 (13.33%) DevOps
6 12 (11.43%) Architectural Patterns
6 12 (11.43%) Migration
6 12 (11.43%) Software Engineering
7 11 (10.48%) Data Management
8 10 (9.52%) Architectural Design
8 10 (9.52%) Project Management
9 9 (8.57%) Architecture Governance
9 9 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (8.57%) ITIL
10 8 (7.62%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (7.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.33%) Python
1 14 (13.33%) SQL
2 12 (11.43%) C#
2 12 (11.43%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.81%) Java
3 4 (3.81%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.95%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.95%) C
4 1 (0.95%) R
4 1 (0.95%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 9 (8.57%) PMI Certification
1 9 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.62%) PMP
3 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.81%) APMP
5 4 (3.81%) CCNA
5 4 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.86%) MCSE
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.90%) ISEB
7 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.95%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.95%) CISSP
8 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.95%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.81%) PMO
2 3 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (0.95%) COREP
3 1 (0.95%) FINREP
3 1 (0.95%) GDPR
3 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.95%) NIST
3 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.86%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.86%) Autotask
2 3 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (2.86%) SCCM
3 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (22.86%) PayPal
2 23 (21.90%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.62%) VMware
4 6 (5.71%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.76%) Google
5 5 (4.76%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.81%) Oracle
6 4 (3.81%) SAP
7 3 (2.86%) Apple
7 3 (2.86%) Cisco
7 3 (2.86%) Datto
8 2 (1.90%) iManage
9 1 (0.95%) Adobe
9 1 (0.95%) Databricks
9 1 (0.95%) Intel
9 1 (0.95%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.95%) Microsemi
9 1 (0.95%) Sophos
9 1 (0.95%) Workday
9 1 (0.95%) Xilinx