Critical Success Factor Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Critical Success Factors
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Critical Success Factor skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 80 100
Rank change year-on-year -23 +20 -
Contract jobs citing Critical Success Factor 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.13% 0.10% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.11% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -29.17% -
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £600
% change year-on-year - -20.83% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Critical Success Factor 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 1,312 886 1,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 85.47% 91.06% 86.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 604 959
10th Percentile £301 £308 £313
25th Percentile £383 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £679 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 36 75
10th Percentile £19.75 £15.98 £12.44
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +25.00% -32.03%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £84.20 £73.13 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +40.63% +34.14% -36.39%

Critical Success Factor
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Success Factor relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Critical Success Factor job vacancy trend in Manchester

Critical Success Factor
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Critical Success Factor.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Critical Success Factor

Critical Success Factor
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%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Master Data Management