Digital Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Digital Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Digital Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £379, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 78 97
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Analyst 4 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.33% 0.48% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.52% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £329 £374 -
25th Percentile £334 £378 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £379 £386 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -26.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £439 £393 £538
90th Percentile £455 £397 -
North West median daily rate £348 £374 £538
% change year-on-year -6.96% -30.47% +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,129 970 1,485
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.08% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 599 1,083
10th Percentile £310 £307 £308
25th Percentile £381 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -3.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £671 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 33 72
10th Percentile £18.16 £15.93 £12.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +44.44% -43.75%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £61.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.23 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.48% -16.49% +35.61%

Digital Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Digital Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Digital Analyst job vacancy trend in Manchester

Digital Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Digital Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Analyst in Manchester

Digital Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 January 2026, Digital Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Digital Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Confluence
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Epics
3 2 (50.00%) Figma
3 2 (50.00%) Fintech
3 2 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) KYC
3 2 (50.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (50.00%) PSD2
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation

Digital Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Epics
3 2 (50.00%) Fintech
3 2 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) KYC
3 2 (50.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) PSD2
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft