The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of Ekahau products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ekahau over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ekahau.
|
|
6 months to
14 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
90 |
80 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-10 |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Ekahau |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester |
0.087% |
0.27% |
- |
| As % of the Vendors category |
0.18% |
0.60% |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
£475 |
- |
| North West median daily rate |
£425 |
£475 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.53% |
- |
- |
Ekahau falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
545 |
498 |
639 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester |
47.15% |
45.48% |
40.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
373 |
296 |
455 |
| 10th Percentile |
£311 |
£334 |
£248 |
| 25th Percentile |
£381 |
£406 |
£385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£450 |
£490 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.16% |
-2.00% |
+2.56% |
| 75th Percentile |
£600 |
£575 |
£590 |
| 90th Percentile |
£683 |
£675 |
£700 |
| North West median daily rate |
£465 |
£500 |
£510 |
| % change year-on-year |
-7.00% |
-1.96% |
+7.37% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
38 |
16 |
23 |
| 10th Percentile |
£19.01 |
£22.25 |
£15.75 |
| 25th Percentile |
£19.52 |
£29.88 |
£16.27 |
| Median hourly rate |
£22.41 |
£32.50 |
£17.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-31.05% |
+83.41% |
-56.78% |
| 75th Percentile |
£29.22 |
£33.75 |
£44.69 |
| 90th Percentile |
£31.40 |
£44.38 |
£53.80 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£25.15 |
£32.50 |
£35.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-22.63% |
-7.14% |
+74.43% |
