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North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 86 | 78 | 95 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | +17 | +31 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing C | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.19% | 0.83% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.75% | 3.00% | 2.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £478 | £435 | £536 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £488 | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £650 | £618 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +5.26% | +2.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £688 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £710 | £780 |
| North West median daily rate | £375 | £488 | £609 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.08% | -19.92% | +1.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £100.00 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | - | £100.00 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +103.05% | +94.74% |
All Programming Languages
Manchester
C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Manchester.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 267 | 333 | 512 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 26.00% | 27.48% | 29.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 189 | 236 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £318 | £369 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £541 | £550 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £650 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £428 | £454 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.79% | -9.25% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £45.16 | - | £39.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £68.13 | £52.50 | £53.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £74.50 | £67.50 | £63.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.37% | +5.88% | -8.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £87.69 | £90.25 | £68.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £91.88 | £100.00 | £73.75 |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £55.00 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.27% | +19.10% | -8.01% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing C.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing C.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Manchester
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | - | 2 | £550 | - | 3 |
| C North West |
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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: