Investment Management Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Investment Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Investment Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 78 95
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 +33
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 1 11 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.087% 0.96% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 1.08% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £520
25th Percentile £450 - £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £200 £623
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -67.87% +23.27%
75th Percentile £550 - £708
90th Percentile - - £772
North West median daily rate £500 £200 £525
% change year-on-year +150.00% -61.90% +3.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Investment Management 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 1,032 1,018 1,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.82% 88.60% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 589 1,007
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £582 £575 £588
90th Percentile £655 £676 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 42 48
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.01 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £22.56 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +64.56% -10.23%
75th Percentile £31.40 £46.88 £51.25
90th Percentile £56.50 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £29.80 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.31% -8.45% +47.92%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Investment Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Investment Management
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Investment Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Investment Management

Investment Management
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 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management