IT Support Contracts in Manchester

IT Support
North West > Manchester

The median IT Support daily rate in Manchester is £225, 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 60 76 95
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 +21
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 19 20 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.05% 1.32% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.37% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 10
10th Percentile £160 £140 £100
25th Percentile £179 £169 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £270 £250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £300 £300 £311
90th Percentile £304 £305 £315
North West median daily rate £200 £181 £240
% change year-on-year +10.34% -24.48% +21.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile - £11.56 £14.09
25th Percentile - £12.00 £14.30
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.00 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year - -15.06% -12.54%
75th Percentile £39.75 £14.00 £17.98
90th Percentile £87.90 £15.28 £19.19
North West median hourly rate £15.22 £13.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +17.08% -50.94% +51.43%

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
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in Manchester

IT Support
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 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 0 9 £190 -5.00% 6
Altrincham - 2 £300 - 1
Oldham +4 1 £200 +14.29%
IT Support
North West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Support 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 in the job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (68.42%) Windows
3 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
4 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
5 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (31.58%) VPN
6 5 (26.32%) DNS
6 5 (26.32%) DHCP
6 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (21.05%) Degree
7 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
7 4 (21.05%) French Language
7 4 (21.05%) GCP
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (21.05%) A+ Certification
7 4 (21.05%) Project Management
7 4 (21.05%) Google
7 4 (21.05%) Service Management
7 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
7 4 (21.05%) ITSM
7 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
8 3 (15.79%) Firewall
8 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (15.79%) Azure

IT Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) GCP
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) VPN
2 5 (26.32%) DHCP
2 5 (26.32%) DNS
2 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.79%) Firewall
4 1 (5.26%) VLAN
4 1 (5.26%) VoIP
4 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (21.05%) French Language
3 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Fat Client
3 2 (10.53%) Thin Client
4 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.26%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (21.05%) ITSM
3 4 (21.05%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
3 4 (21.05%) Service Management
4 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.53%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (5.26%) Coaching
5 1 (5.26%) ITIL
5 1 (5.26%) Logistics
5 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.26%) Patch Management
5 1 (5.26%) Push Notifications
5 1 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (21.05%) A+ Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Google
3 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Dell
4 1 (5.26%) HP
4 1 (5.26%) Meraki