Experimental Design Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Design of Experiments (Experimental Design)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Experimental Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Experimental Design 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - -
75th Percentile £402 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £395 - £500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Experimental Design 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 1,181 933 1,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.33% 90.85% 86.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 597 968
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £677 £671
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 32 71
10th Percentile £17.23 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.08 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +34.35% -41.00%
75th Percentile £64.38 £34.56 £49.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.46% +5.03% -19.57%

Experimental Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Experimental Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Experimental Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Experimental Design
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Experimental Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (25.00%) UX Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) UX Research
2 3 (75.00%) Ethnography
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Persona Development
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility