Capacity Planning Contracts in Manchester

Capacity Planning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Capacity Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Capacity Planning 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 75 93 105
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 +36
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 4 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.43% 0.20% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.23% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £497 £385 -
25th Percentile £535 £391 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £611 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year +52.81% +2.56% -37.60%
75th Percentile £700 £513 £475
90th Percentile £745 £580 £490
North West median daily rate £437 £400 £390
% change year-on-year +9.31% +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £72.50
North West median hourly rate £29.23 - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Capacity Planning 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%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in Manchester

Capacity Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Capacity Planning in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Planning 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) HPUX
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
1 1 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Unisys