Messaging Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Messaging Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Messaging Support Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Messaging Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.051% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
North West median daily rate £510 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,815 926 1,160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 92.23% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,046 589 762
10th Percentile £317 £296 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £599
90th Percentile £688 £669 £700
North West median daily rate £498 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +10.67% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 71 57
10th Percentile £22.68 £13.00 £15.58
25th Percentile £30.00 £13.70 £24.10
Median hourly rate £60.00 £20.26 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +196.22% -54.99% +136.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £44.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £77.90
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year +85.19% -21.08% +14.03%

Messaging Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Messaging Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Messaging Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Messaging Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 3 August 2026, Messaging Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Messaging Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Clearswift
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP

Messaging Support Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Clearswift
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint