Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Manchester

Contract Job Market Index in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£509	+1.70%	484 23.55%	589
Finance	2	Up 1 place+1	£481	+6.88%	356 17.32%	466
Agile	3	Up 1 place+1	£518	+17.72%	339 16.50%	412
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 6 places+6	£550	+10.00%	333 16.20%	234
AWS	4	Up 2 places+2	£550	+15.78%	333 16.20%	404
Security Cleared	5	No change0	£563	+2.27%	314 15.28%	242
CI/CD	6	Up 5 places+5	£525	+2.43%	309 15.04%	350
Azure	7	Up 2 places+2	£500	+5.26%	277 13.48%	372
Microsoft	8	Down 6 places-6	£481	+7.54%	255 12.41%	356
SC Cleared	9	Up 1 place+1	£575	+4.54%	250 12.17%	159
AI	10	Up 26 places+26	£500	-13.04%	247 12.02%	792
Senior	11	Up 7 places+7	£625	+25.00%	229 11.14%	698
DevOps	12	No change0	£500	-	225 10.95%	275
Software Engineering	13	Up 15 places+15	£550	-	221 10.75%	387
Developer	14	Down 1 place-1	£498	+18.45%	217 10.56%	175
SQL	15	Up 3 places+3	£463	+8.82%	211 10.27%	282
Java	16	Up 1 place+1	£522	+4.40%	207 10.07%	182
Migration	17	Up 12 places+12	£538	+11.97%	195 9.49%	106
Continuous Improvement	18	Up 3 places+3	£525	+27.27%	189 9.20%	378
Problem-Solving	19	Down 11 places-11	£485	+6.01%	188 9.15%	392
Python	20	Down 5 places-5	£475	-5.00%	187 9.10%	363
Architect	21	Down 7 places-7	£580	-6.07%	186 9.05%	182
Public Sector	22	Down 15 places-15	£525	+23.52%	184 8.95%	202
Analyst	23	Down 15 places-15	£425	+3.46%	169 8.22%	169
Lead	24	Down 4 places-4	£575	+15.00%	158 7.69%	505
Analytical Skills	25	Down 9 places-9	£440	-2.22%	157 7.64%	262
Roadmaps	26	Up 11 places+11	£563	+12.50%	147 7.15%	273
Analytics	27	Down 6 places-6	£513	+7.89%	146 7.10%	315
Kubernetes	28	Down 3 places-3	£550	+10.00%	137 6.67%	149
Stakeholder Engagement	29	Down 7 places-7	£500	-11.11%	133 6.47%	115
GCP	30	Up 1 place+1	£525	-7.89%	132 6.42%	165
Test Automation	31	Up 5 places+5	£488	+21.49%	131 6.37%	169
Decision-Making	32	Up 5 places+5	£525	+16.66%	127 6.18%	297
Infrastructure as Code	33	Up 3 places+3	£525	-	125 6.08%	191
Software Engineer	33	Up 14 places+14	£550	-6.38%	125 6.08%	182
Power Platform	33	Down 7 places-7	£495	+20.73%	125 6.08%	159
Banking	34	Up 6 places+6	£500	+25.00%	124 6.03%	73
Microservices	35	Down 6 places-6	£505	+3.58%	121 5.89%	88
Terraform	35	Down 8 places-8	£525	-	121 5.89%	171
Data Modelling	36	Down 1 place-1	£506	+9.45%	117 5.69%	107
Cloud Native	37	No change0	£560	+12.00%	114 5.55%	135
Microsoft 365	38	Up 4 places+4	£473	+26.00%	113 5.50%	93
Observability	39	Up 24 places+24	£560	+1.81%	110 5.35%	160
BPSS Clearance	40	Up 5 places+5	£500	+11.73%	109 5.30%	61
Docker	41	Down 14 places-14	£500	-	108 5.26%	129
SAP	42	Down 23 places-23	£500	-	107 5.21%	77
Onboarding	42	Up 4 places+4	£519	+28.08%	107 5.21%	124
Business Intelligence	43	Down 20 places-20	£500	+25.00%	106 5.16%	141
Technical Leadership	44	Up 1 place+1	£575	-2.12%	102 4.96%	168
Data Quality	44	Up 1 place+1	£475	+5.55%	102 4.96%	146