Benchmarking Contracts in Manchester

Benchmarking
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Benchmarking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Benchmarking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 - 115
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £152 - £485
25th Percentile £161 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £177 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +62.50%
75th Percentile £193 - £663
90th Percentile £202 - £670
North West median daily rate £261 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +37.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Benchmarking 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 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) Business Process Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Data Collection
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Lean Six Sigma
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Six Sigma
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Google