IFS Contract Job Trends in Manchester

IFS
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing IFS 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.20% - 0.085%
As % of the Vendors category 0.52% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
North West median daily rate £413 - -

All Vendors
Manchester

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 774 493 449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 38.64% 48.96% 38.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 317 270
10th Percentile £268 £309 £362
25th Percentile £400 £400 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £666 £718 £675
North West median daily rate £495 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +5.54% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 37 17
10th Percentile £21.08 £13.00 £15.85
25th Percentile £24.19 £19.07 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.75 £22.32 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.65% -25.62% +69.30%
75th Percentile £75.50 £31.40 £45.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £58.80 £76.00
North West median hourly rate £29.48 £22.63 £35.36
% change year-on-year +30.27% -36.00% +1.03%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

IFS job vacancy trend in Manchester

IFS
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IFS

IFS
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFS in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IFS in Manchester

IFS
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Hudson
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) IFS Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) IFS Support Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IFS Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement