Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 13 Oct 2026Rank
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Social Skills1No change0£513+2.65%468 23.20%474
Finance2No change0£492+9.33%353 17.50%425
AWS3Up 3 places+3£570+20.00%328 16.26%420
Agile4No change0£525+19.31%322 15.96%436
Stakeholder Management5Up 7 places+7£550+7.94%317 15.72%224
Security Cleared6Down -1 place-1£569+3.45%305 15.12%230
CI/CD7Up 7 places+7£525+5.00%279 13.83%342
Azure8Up 3 places+3£500-266 13.19%380
SC Cleared9Up 1 place+1£575+4.54%250 12.39%162
Microsoft10Down -7 places-7£490+8.88%249 12.35%325
Senior11Up 9 places+9£625+25.00%222 11.01%646
AI12Up 29 places+29£513-10.86%216 10.71%701
DevOps13Up 2 places+2£518+3.50%215 10.66%259
Software Engineering14Up 18 places+18£550+10.00%207 10.26%411
Developer14Down -1 place-1£500+20.12%207 10.26%176
SQL15Up 6 places+6£475+11.76%206 10.21%272
Architect16Up 1 place+1£600-202 10.01%177
Migration17Up 14 places+14£538+9.69%198 9.82%97
Java18Up 1 place+1£522+6.53%195 9.67%190
Continuous Improvement19Up 5 places+5£538+27.97%181 8.97%346
Public Sector20Down -13 places-13£563+28.57%180 8.92%215
Problem-Solving21Down -13 places-13£486+4.56%173 8.58%323
Analyst22Down -13 places-13£425+5.59%168 8.33%166
Python23Down -5 places-5£500-166 8.23%330
Lead24Down -2 places-2£590+17.90%157 7.78%447
Roadmaps25Up 21 places+21£574+11.90%148 7.34%260
Analytics26Up 1 place+1£528+12.53%147 7.29%264
Analytical Skills27Down -11 places-11£435-3.33%145 7.19%196
Decision-Making28Up 14 places+14£525+16.66%127 6.30%252
Infrastructure as Code29Up 17 places+17£525+2.43%120 5.95%172
Software Engineer29Up 23 places+23£550+10.00%120 5.95%188
Stakeholder Engagement30Down -4 places-4£500-9.09%119 5.90%112
Microsoft 36530Up 22 places+22£473+136.25%119 5.90%95
Kubernetes31Up 1 place+1£560+12.00%118 5.85%136
Banking31Up 14 places+14£500+25.00%118 5.85%79
GCP32Up 5 places+5£530+0.47%117 5.80%168
Power Platform32Up 3 places+3£500+21.95%117 5.80%122
Data Modelling33Up 15 places+15£525+16.66%116 5.75%104
Test Automation34Up 6 places+6£500+25.00%115 5.70%156
Terraform34Up 1 place+1£555+5.71%115 5.70%151
Cloud Native34Up 9 places+9£563+12.50%115 5.70%154
SAP35Down -12 places-12£513+2.50%109 5.40%66
Microservices36Down -2 places-2£525+7.69%108 5.35%96
Business Intelligence37Down -8 places-8£513+28.12%104 5.16%119
Technical Leadership38Up 15 places+15£575-103 5.11%151
BPSS Clearance39Up 11 places+11£500+11.11%100 4.96%32
Data Quality39Up 15 places+15£500+11.11%100 4.96%143
Observability40Up 34 places+34£560+14.87%99 4.91%147
Onboarding40Up 13 places+13£525+29.62%99 4.91%83
ITIL41Down -12 places-12£435-3.33%98 4.86%68