Advertising Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Advertising
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Advertising 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.14% - 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.25% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £394 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £476 - £388
90th Percentile £491 - -
North West median daily rate £414 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -36.31% +26.83% +17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.22
Median hourly rate - - £15.11
75th Percentile - - £15.99
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £12.78
% change year-on-year - - -63.49%

All General Skills
Manchester

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 808 617 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 57.59% 59.96% 50.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 383 532
10th Percentile £307 £277 £266
25th Percentile £381 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £486
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -5.40% +1.30%
75th Percentile £572 £575 £582
90th Percentile £630 £682 £674
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 31 58
10th Percentile £17.20 £15.00 £12.17
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.13 £13.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +83.41% -33.56%
75th Percentile £58.75 £33.75 £26.88
90th Percentile £82.50 £60.00 £58.25
North West median hourly rate £36.00 £28.99 £17.72
% change year-on-year +24.18% +63.60% -29.12%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Advertising job vacancy trend in Manchester

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Advertising

Advertising
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 (50.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DataStage
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Developer
1 1 (50.00%) React Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mobile Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) AIX
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Solaris
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Android Development
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) VMware