CIPD Contract Job Trends in Bolton

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CIPD 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bolton 2.94% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate - £475 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.16 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £24.16 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bolton

CIPD 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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19 27 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 55.88% 60.00% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £169 £610 -
25th Percentile £189 £615 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £623 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.90% - -
75th Percentile £256 £624 -
90th Percentile £358 £625 -
Manchester median daily rate £481 £530 £513
% change year-on-year -9.34% +3.41% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 7
10th Percentile - £21.51 £24.15
25th Percentile £22.68 £22.16 £28.60
Median hourly rate £29.00 £22.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.15% -35.34% -33.65%
75th Percentile £29.75 £36.06 £98.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £61.50 £100.00
Manchester median hourly rate £36.00 £28.58 £45.00
% change year-on-year +25.98% -36.50% +133.77%

CIPD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Workday
CIPD jobs