AI Transformation Contract Job Trends in Manchester

AI Transformation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring AI Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Transformation 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.24% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £471 - -
25th Percentile £480 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
75th Percentile £590 - -
90th Percentile £593 - -
North West median daily rate £540 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

AI Transformation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,428 828 1,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 84.50% 89.51% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 899 575 891
10th Percentile £309 £300 £315
25th Percentile £390 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £570 £594
90th Percentile £650 £675 £694
North West median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 31 76
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.00 £12.45
25th Percentile £35.75 £21.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% +25.00% -30.29%
75th Percentile £77.50 £68.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £93.00 £77.50 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £52.78 £32.25 £22.31
% change year-on-year +63.64% +44.59% -37.17%

AI Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

AI Transformation job vacancy trend in Manchester

AI Transformation
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Agriculture
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Communications Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case