Code Quality (Software Quality)
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Code Quality skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 78 | 80 | 98 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +18 | +35 |
| Contract jobs citing Code Quality | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.60% | 0.59% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.68% | 0.68% | 0.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £428 | £533 | £455 |
| 25th Percentile | £457 | £544 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.27% | -8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £552 | £556 | £635 |
| 90th Percentile | £581 | £568 | £663 |
| North West median daily rate | £383 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.41% | -8.33% | +3.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £72.00 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | - | £72.00 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
Code Quality 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 | 887 | 1,030 | 1,519 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 88.79% | 87.07% | 88.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 572 | 638 | 1,104 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £325 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £600 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £725 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 61 | 39 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £15.98 | £15.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.07 | £21.63 | £16.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.63 | £33.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.42% | +69.23% | -1.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £60.25 | £41.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £78.20 | £68.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.33 | £34.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.63% | +18.60% | +55.32% |
Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Code Quality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Code Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Code Quality.
Code Quality
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Code Quality in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 September 2025.
Code Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Code Quality.
Code Quality
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: