Junior Contracts in Manchester

Junior
North West > Manchester

The median Junior daily rate in Manchester is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 91 128
Rank change year-on-year -4 +37 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 3 17 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.21% 0.97% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 1.01% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 15
10th Percentile - £200 £159
25th Percentile - £281 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £335 £250
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% +34.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £425 £400 £313
90th Percentile £455 £419 £340
North West median daily rate £375 £321 £250
% change year-on-year +16.73% +28.50% -5.30%

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 1,391 1,683 2,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 95.95% 97.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 1,259 1,980
10th Percentile £313 £313 £230
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £575 £592 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 44 60
10th Percentile £12.12 £14.37 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.36 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £20.35 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.66% +3.05% +16.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £35.63 £34.06
90th Percentile £73.75 £60.83 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £28.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +13.36% +38.45%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Manchester

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in Manchester

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Manchester

Junior Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 21 June 2024, Junior 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 Junior in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) JPA
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics

Junior 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 2 (66.67%) JPA
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes