Contract Manager
North West > Manchester
The median Contract Manager daily rate in Manchester is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 78 | 91 | 112 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | +21 | +26 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.11% | 0.33% | 0.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.34% | 0.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £555 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £444 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £463 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.70% | -22.92% | +50.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £481 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £630 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £406 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.92% | -22.62% | +31.25% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title | 867 | 1,456 | 1,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.63% | 95.98% | 96.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 613 | 1,007 | 1,360 |
| 10th Percentile | £282 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £393 | £400 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £586 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £674 | £694 | £663 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 84 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.07 | £14.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.00 | £13.31 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.50 | £25.10 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.37% | -28.30% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £62.50 | £48.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.38 | £73.75 | £68.40 |
| North West median hourly rate | £29.23 | £26.53 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.20% | -13.15% | +50.37% |
Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Contracts Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager in Manchester.
Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Contracts Manager contract job roles required 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 featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.
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Contracts Manager Skill Set
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:
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