Hardware Maintenance Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Hardware Maintenance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Hardware Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £130 - -
25th Percentile £133 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 - -
75th Percentile £149 - -
90th Percentile £150 - -
North West median daily rate £143 - £500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Hardware Maintenance 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 1,177 927 1,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.23% 90.97% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 592 966
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -9.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £680 £672
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 32 71
10th Percentile £17.21 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £23.54 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £32.50 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% +34.35% -40.27%
75th Percentile £64.69 £34.56 £49.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £29.22
% change year-on-year +35.46% +7.84% -22.08%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Hardware Maintenance job vacancy trend in Manchester

Hardware Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Hardware Maintenance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Hardware Maintenance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
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 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP