Cognitive Computing Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cognitive Computing
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Cognitive Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Computing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.050% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.25 - -
Median hourly rate £45.50 - -
75th Percentile £45.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £45.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Cognitive Computing 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 1,676 898 1,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.97% 89.18% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 576 643
10th Percentile £306 £303 £326
25th Percentile £404 £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 £668 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 62 44
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.20 £15.94
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.07 £21.81
Median hourly rate £52.50 £22.63 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.99% -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 £45.97 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +82.76% -37.13% +17.65%

Cognitive Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cognitive Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Cognitive Computing job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cognitive Computing
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Process Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) SAP