Engineering Specialist Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Engineering Specialist
North West > Manchester

As of 7 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Engineering Specialist daily rate in Manchester.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £65.00 - -

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 1,804 925 1,147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.04% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 591 747
10th Percentile £316 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £598
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 71 56
10th Percentile £22.67 £13.00 £15.56
25th Percentile £29.96 £13.70 £23.58
Median hourly rate £60.00 £20.26 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +196.22% -53.70% +130.26%
75th Percentile £75.00 £44.38 £63.13
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £78.75
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £27.00 £34.61
% change year-on-year +68.72% -21.98% +16.71%

Engineering Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Engineering Specialist job vacancy trend in Manchester

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, Engineering Specialist 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 Engineering Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience

Engineering Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java