IT Support Contracts in Manchester

IT Support
North West > Manchester

The median IT Support daily rate in Manchester is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 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
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 80 87
Rank change year-on-year +23 +7 +38
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 22 16 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.40% 1.10% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.58% 1.15% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 11
10th Percentile £160 £173 £180
25th Percentile £181 £213 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £270 £250
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £258 £300 £311
90th Percentile £300 £301 £315
North West median daily rate £200 £194 £215
% change year-on-year +3.23% -9.88% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile - £11.56 £14.37
25th Percentile - £12.00 £15.20
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.00 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year - -21.78% -5.03%
75th Percentile - £14.00 £19.75
90th Percentile £66.50 £15.28 £21.50
North West median hourly rate £13.00 £13.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year - -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 852 1,388 1,687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 95.40% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 943 1,261
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% -1.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £590
90th Percentile £663 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 87 45
10th Percentile - £12.14 £14.41
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.41 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.50 £27.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +30.40% +4.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £37.50
90th Percentile £78.25 £73.75 £65.60
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £29.00
% change year-on-year -12.60% +13.43% +16.00%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +2 7 £190 -5.00% 6
Altrincham - 2 £300 - 1
Oldham +1 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 11 June 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 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (63.64%) Windows
3 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Customer Service
4 7 (31.82%) Service Management
4 7 (31.82%) ITSM
4 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (27.27%) VPN
6 5 (22.73%) DHCP
6 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
6 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
6 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (18.18%) GCP
7 4 (18.18%) Google
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 4 (18.18%) French Language
7 4 (18.18%) A+ Certification
7 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
7 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
7 4 (18.18%) DNS
7 4 (18.18%) ITIL
7 4 (18.18%) Project Management
8 3 (13.64%) Workflow
8 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
8 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared

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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) GCP
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) VPN
2 5 (22.73%) DHCP
2 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) Firewall
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (18.18%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.55%) iPhone
3 1 (4.55%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (63.64%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.55%) Android
4 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Customer Service
2 7 (31.82%) ITSM
2 7 (31.82%) Service Management
3 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (18.18%) ITIL
4 4 (18.18%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) Workflow
6 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.55%) High Availability
6 1 (4.55%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (4.55%) Logistics
6 1 (4.55%) Patch Management
6 1 (4.55%) Push Notifications
6 1 (4.55%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (18.18%) A+ Certification
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
3 4 (18.18%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Dell
4 1 (4.55%) HP