Building Information Modelling Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Building Information Modelling (BIM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Building Information Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 87 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs citing Building Information Modelling 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% 0.098% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
North West median daily rate £400 £600 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Building Information Modelling 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 1,676 907 1,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.88% 89.18% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 580 649
10th Percentile £306 £304 £331
25th Percentile £403 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £576 £600
90th Percentile £700 £664 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 62 44
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.20 £15.94
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.07 £21.81
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.63 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.95% -33.44% +74.36%
75th Percentile £75.00 £54.38 £59.13
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.88 £73.60
North West median hourly rate £45.25 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +79.92% -37.63% +15.21%

Building Information Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Building Information Modelling job vacancy trend in Manchester

Building Information Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Building Information Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Building Information Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling
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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Revit
2 2 (40.00%) AutoCAD
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Navisworks
2 2 (40.00%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) CAFM
1 2 (40.00%) Facilities Management
1 2 (40.00%) Information Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Autodesk
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft