Generative AI Contracts in Manchester

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Generative AI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Generative AI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 90 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 3 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 0.40% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 -
North West median daily rate £661 £625 -
% change year-on-year +5.68% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £73.00 - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £78.13 - -
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Generative AI 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 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Generative AI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Generative AI in Manchester

Generative AI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Generative AI in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Generative AI in Manchester

Generative AI
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton -6 3 - - 4
Generative AI
North West

Generative AI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) LLM
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance