Knowledge Transfer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Knowledge Transfer
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 69 85
Rank change year-on-year -5 +16 +36
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 16 14 15
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.49% 1.19% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.37% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 10
10th Percentile £322 £420 £363
25th Percentile £425 £493 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £401
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +37.07% -23.57%
75th Percentile £619 £714 £478
90th Percentile £625 £788 £622
North West median daily rate £476 £550 £495
% change year-on-year -13.45% +11.11% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Knowledge Transfer falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 952 1,020 1,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.89% 87.03% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 587 1,027
10th Percentile £300 £311 £270
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £678 £675 £674
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 35 55
10th Percentile £17.08 £16.34 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £26.93 £16.27
Median hourly rate £22.63 £33.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.42% +69.23% -44.29%
75th Percentile £31.83 £61.25 £45.31
90th Percentile £63.75 £73.30 £70.75
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £40.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.12% +14.75% +44.09%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Knowledge Transfer relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Knowledge Transfer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Knowledge Transfer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in Manchester

Knowledge Transfer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Knowledge Transfer.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
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 Knowledge Transfer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 - 5 £613 - 1
Knowledge Transfer
North West

Knowledge Transfer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Service Security Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Transition Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Design Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Fibre Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.25%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Support Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Fibre Optics
2 4 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 4 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 4 (25.00%) VSAM
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Autonomous Agent
4 1 (6.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) zOS
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (37.50%) Instructional Design
2 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 4 (25.00%) Release Management
3 4 (25.00%) SDLC
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) AI
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) SIEM
5 2 (12.50%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) CLIST
1 4 (25.00%) JCL
1 4 (25.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) CA Endevor
1 4 (25.00%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) IBM
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Apple