ADO Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring ADO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 80 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs citing ADO 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.066% 0.31% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.25% 1.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £458 -
25th Percentile £356 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% - -
75th Percentile £369 £513 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £363 £475 -
% change year-on-year -23.68% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

ADO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 396 250 367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 26.31% 25.64% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 190 306
10th Percentile £350 £382 £363
25th Percentile £400 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £675
North West median daily rate £467 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.68% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 0 9
10th Percentile £52.50 - £64.75
25th Percentile £53.13 - £67.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £71.87
Median % change year-on-year - - +59.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £78.75
90th Percentile £95.00 - £81.30
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £67.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +3.32% +46.71% +2.62%

ADO
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

ADO job vacancy trend in Manchester

ADO
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ADO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ADO

ADO
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ADO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ADO

ADO
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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance