IT Support Specialist
North West > Manchester
The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in Manchester is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | 95 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.43% | 0.066% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.46% | 0.069% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | £325 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £395 | £325 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +21.38% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.00 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £13.00 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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.
| Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title | 867 | 1,456 | 1,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.63% | 95.98% | 96.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 613 | 1,007 | 1,360 |
| 10th Percentile | £282 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £393 | £400 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £586 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £674 | £694 | £663 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 84 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.07 | £14.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.00 | £13.31 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.50 | £25.10 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.37% | -28.30% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £62.50 | £48.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.38 | £73.75 | £68.40 |
| North West median hourly rate | £29.23 | £26.53 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.20% | -13.15% | +50.37% |
IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured IT Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
IT Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist in Manchester.
IT Support Specialist
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 IT Support Specialist within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | - | 1 | £300 | - | |
| IT Support Specialist North West |
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IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Support Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.
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IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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