The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring BitLocker skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BitLocker 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
77
95
-
Rank change year-on-year
+18
-
-
Contract jobs citing BitLocker
2
1
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
BitLocker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
133
132
287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
14.36%
8.70%
15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted
90
114
205
10th Percentile
£199
£281
£300
25th Percentile
£364
£366
£388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£463
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+2.70%
-7.50%
-
75th Percentile
£545
£596
£594
90th Percentile
£575
£694
£650
North West median daily rate
£425
£450
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.56%
-10.00%
+11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
1
15
10th Percentile
£33.73
-
£14.07
25th Percentile
£40.81
-
£20.00
Median hourly rate
£55.75
£12.00
£27.50
Median % change year-on-year
+364.58%
-56.36%
+51.81%
75th Percentile
£73.81
-
£65.00
90th Percentile
£82.78
-
-
North West median hourly rate
£55.75
£17.72
£22.41
% change year-on-year
+214.62%
-20.93%
+23.71%
BitLocker Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing BitLocker as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
BitLocker Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BitLocker in Manchester.
BitLocker Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BitLocker in Manchester.
BitLocker Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing BitLocker also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for BitLocker.
BitLocker 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:
