Programmer Contracts in Manchester

Programmer
North West > Manchester

The median Programmer daily rate in Manchester is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 111 139
Rank change year-on-year +13 +28 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 1 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.065% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.27% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £126
25th Percentile £575 - £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £360
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +94.44% -
75th Percentile £625 - £524
90th Percentile - - £615
North West median daily rate £600 £700 £360
% change year-on-year -14.29% +94.44% +2.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,474 1,828 2,522
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.78% 96.62% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 1,359 1,979
10th Percentile £313 £313 £224
25th Percentile £395 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £663 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 55 62
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.10 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.82
Median hourly rate £25.10 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +100.00% +7.83%
75th Percentile £62.50 £48.13 £23.69
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.40 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.15% +50.37% +12.47%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in Manchester

Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Programmer in Manchester

Programmer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Programmer in Manchester

Programmer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning

Programmer Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning