IT Support Contracts in Manchester

IT Support
North West > Manchester

The median IT Support daily rate in Manchester is £260 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 94 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 +27 -46
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 18 22 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.24% 1.20% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.25% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 14
10th Percentile £160 £150 £160
25th Percentile £184 - £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £250 £200
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £295 £311 £229
90th Percentile £301 £315 £314
North West median daily rate £188 £240 £200
% change year-on-year -21.88% +20.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £11.56 £14.09 £15.25
25th Percentile £12.00 £14.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £13.00 £15.31 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -12.54% +16.90%
75th Percentile £14.00 £16.29 £19.69
90th Percentile £15.28 £16.49 £24.38
North West median hourly rate £13.00 £26.50 £17.75
% change year-on-year -50.94% +49.30% +47.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,389 1,762 2,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.79% 96.39% 97.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 1,309 1,966
10th Percentile £313 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 45 58
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.44 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.50 £12.02
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +100.00% +7.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £24.69
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.13
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £21.00
% change year-on-year -12.21% +46.45% +16.99%

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 9 May 2024.

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
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 9 May 2024. 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 £200 -
Oldham - 1 £175 -
Rochdale - 1 - -
Stockport - 1 - - 1
IT Support
North West

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
4 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (22.22%) ITIL
5 4 (22.22%) MCSE
5 4 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
5 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 4 (22.22%) Line Management
5 4 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
7 2 (11.11%) Service Management
7 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (11.11%) Adobe
7 2 (11.11%) CCNA
7 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (11.11%) AWS
7 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi

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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) IaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) HTTP
2 1 (5.56%) HTTPS
2 1 (5.56%) IPsec
2 1 (5.56%) LAN
2 1 (5.56%) SNMP
2 1 (5.56%) SSH
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (5.56%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.56%) Android
4 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) ITIL
1 4 (22.22%) Line Management
1 4 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Coaching
4 1 (5.56%) Ergonomics
4 1 (5.56%) Identity Management
4 1 (5.56%) Project Management
4 1 (5.56%) Software Distribution
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) MCSE
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) CCNA
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) NFS
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Facebook
3 1 (5.56%) Okta
3 1 (5.56%) SAP