The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Contextual Inquiry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contextual Inquiry over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
81
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Contextual Inquiry
3
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
Contextual Inquiry 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
867
1,123
1,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
87.66%
86.65%
89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted
560
732
1,192
10th Percentile
£305
£325
£307
25th Percentile
£400
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£588
£594
£600
90th Percentile
£700
£688
£675
North West median daily rate
£450
£495
£500
% change year-on-year
-9.09%
-1.00%
+0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted
50
61
57
10th Percentile
£16.79
£13.50
£14.39
25th Percentile
£19.16
£20.50
£16.00
Median hourly rate
£23.63
£35.00
£19.50
Median % change year-on-year
-32.50%
+79.49%
+5.41%
75th Percentile
£60.00
£62.50
£37.50
90th Percentile
£77.63
£74.50
£64.65
North West median hourly rate
£28.75
£30.00
£29.30
% change year-on-year
-4.17%
+2.39%
+19.59%
Contextual Inquiry Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Contextual Inquiry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Contextual Inquiry Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contextual Inquiry in Manchester.
Contextual Inquiry Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 24 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Contextual Inquiry also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Contextual Inquiry.
Contextual Inquiry 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:
