Cognitive Science Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cognitive Science
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Cognitive Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Science 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile £638 - -
North West median daily rate £588 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Cognitive Science 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 1,195 929 1,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.13% 91.08% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 596 956
10th Percentile £305 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -9.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £678 £666
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 32 72
10th Percentile £17.21 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £23.54 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £32.50 £25.10
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% +29.51% -36.47%
75th Percentile £64.69 £34.56 £51.88
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.52 £28.30
% change year-on-year +35.42% +11.38% -24.53%

Cognitive Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Cognitive Science job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cognitive Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cognitive Science in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cognitive Science in Manchester

Cognitive Science
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning