Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Actionable Recommendations
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 79 81
Rank change year-on-year -38 +2 +15
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 9 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.44% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.63% 1.23% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £407 - -
25th Percentile £416 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 - £575
90th Percentile £698 - -
North West median daily rate £538 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +15.79%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 342 162 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 16.63% 15.91% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 119 87
10th Percentile £342 £311 £370
25th Percentile £418 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £556
90th Percentile £763 £703 £643
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £456
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.37% -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 2 3
10th Percentile £22.52 £65.63 £15.30
25th Percentile £29.96 £66.56 £20.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £68.75 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +137.07% +24.41%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.56 £29.75
90th Percentile £78.70 £72.88 £29.90
North West median hourly rate £60.50 £63.40 £23.14
% change year-on-year -4.57% +174.04% -20.63%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in Manchester

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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Actionable Recommendations

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in Manchester

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
3 1 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
1 2 (22.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JMeter
1 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Expert
2 2 (22.22%) Test Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Test Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Strategy Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) PySpark
1 1 (11.11%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) User Experience
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
4 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 2 (22.22%) Product Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) AppDynamics
2 1 (11.11%) Dynatrace
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk