IT Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester

IT Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median IT Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	127	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant	3	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester	0.15%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.16%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	-	-
North West median daily rate	£450	-	£500

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title	1,859	953	1,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title	91.49%	92.26%	93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,069	611	623
10^th Percentile	£342	£300	£320
25^th Percentile	£418	£391	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£510	£450	£488
Median % change year-on-year	+13.33%	-7.69%	-2.50%
75^th Percentile	£618	£580	£575
90^th Percentile	£700	£675	£675
North West median daily rate	£500	£450	£476
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-5.46%	-4.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted	221	81	35
10^th Percentile	£23.13	£13.51	£15.95
25^th Percentile	£34.00	£17.30	£23.68
Median hourly rate	£60.00	£22.32	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	+168.88%	-36.24%	+81.82%
75^th Percentile	£75.00	£31.40	£62.50
90^th Percentile	£80.00	£60.00	£73.30
North West median hourly rate	£49.32	£25.15	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+96.08%	-28.14%	+4.35%

IT Consultant Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

IT Consultant Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

IT Consultant Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

IT Consultant Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, IT Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	66.7%	2
2	Business Transformation	33.3%	1
2	Change Management	33.3%	1
2	CISA	33.3%	1
2	COBIT	33.3%	1
2	CRISC	33.3%	1
2	Critical Thinking	33.3%	1
2	Cyber Essentials	33.3%	1
2	Cyber Resilience	33.3%	1
2	DV Cleared	33.3%	1
2	Firewall	33.3%	1
2	GAP Analysis	33.3%	1
2	Identity Access Management	33.3%	1
2	Incident Response	33.3%	1
2	Internal Audit	33.3%	1
2	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	33.3%	1
2	ISO/IEC 27001	33.3%	1
2	ITGC	33.3%	1
2	Key Management	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft 365	33.3%	1
2	Network Architecture	33.3%	1
2	NIST	33.3%	1
2	NIST 800	33.3%	1
2	PRINCE	33.3%	1
2	PRINCE2	33.3%	1
2	Regulatory Compliance	33.3%	1
2	Risk Assessment	33.3%	1
2	SC Cleared	33.3%	1
2	Security Cleared	33.3%	1

IT Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	IT Risk Consultant	33.3%	1
1	Senior IT Audit Consultant	33.3%	1