Handset Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Handsets
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Handset over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Handset 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 - -
75th Percentile £511 - -
90th Percentile £512 - -
North West median daily rate £511 - -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Handset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 680 318 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 34.47% 31.67% 26.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 208 200
10th Percentile £350 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £675 £703 £803
North West median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 14 25
10th Percentile £19.77 £23.56 £15.92
25th Percentile £28.50 £34.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £45.50 £54.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.51% +21.11% +73.08%
75th Percentile £77.50 £70.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £78.38 £95.70
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £35.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year +23.83% +30.28% -23.24%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Handset job vacancy trend in Manchester

Handset
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Handset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Handset

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Handset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Handset

Handset
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 Handset within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Rochdale - 2 - - 1
Handset
North West

Handset
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 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Skype
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) PABX
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
2 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) IT Assistant
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support Assistant
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (60.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft