Backtesting Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Backtesting
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Backtesting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backtesting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.051% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Backtesting 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 1,654 884 1,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.83% 88.05% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 989 563 687
10th Percentile £303 £308 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £690 £700
North West median daily rate £492 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 53 54
10th Percentile £21.24 £17.12 £15.94
25th Percentile £29.96 £19.07 £24.12
Median hourly rate £60.50 £22.63 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +167.34% -41.60% +98.72%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £67.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £80.45
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.90 £33.61
% change year-on-year +79.20% -16.97% +1.83%

Backtesting
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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
54 Backtesting jobs Nationwide