Military Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Military
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Military 13 28 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.26% 2.39% -
As % of the General category 2.02% 4.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 19 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £294 -
Median % change year-on-year +112.32% - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - £488 -
North West median daily rate £625 £294 -
% change year-on-year +112.32% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.85 - -
North West median hourly rate £13.85 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -65.65% -12.11% +6.78%

All General Skills
Manchester

Military falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 645 700 851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 62.74% 59.83% 51.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 393 588
10th Percentile £291 £294 £233
25th Percentile £392 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £675 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 27 41
10th Percentile £13.15 £15.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.57 £32.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.57% +75.68% -13.21%
75th Percentile £35.50 £52.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £64.63 £65.00 £63.75
North West median hourly rate £24.83 £35.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year -29.07% +55.35% -2.87%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Military job vacancy trend in Manchester

Military
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Military

Military
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 Military within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Salford -3 1 - - 1
Military
North West

Military
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Google Workspace
1 4 (30.77%) SaaS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
1 1 (7.69%) MSI
General
1 12 (92.31%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
1 4 (30.77%) Lead Software Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (7.69%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Incident and Problem Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Problem Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Kafka
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) HTML5
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (7.69%) Next.js
2 1 (7.69%) Playwright
2 1 (7.69%) Sass
2 1 (7.69%) Spring
2 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
2 1 (7.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (30.77%) Benchmarking
3 4 (30.77%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 4 (30.77%) Microservices
3 4 (30.77%) Software Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
4 2 (15.38%) ITSM
4 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Change Control
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Time Management
5 1 (7.69%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) AirWatch
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) Ivanti
3 1 (7.69%) Samsung