MVS Contract Job Trends in Manchester

IBM MVS
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring MVS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MVS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.073% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
North West median daily rate £700 - -

All Operating Systems
Manchester

MVS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 127 138 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.21% 13.50% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 99 122
10th Percentile £166 £176 £212
25th Percentile £213 £240 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £431
Median % change year-on-year - -7.25% -14.60%
75th Percentile £587 £531 £518
90th Percentile £650 £600 £613
North West median daily rate £359 £385 £438
% change year-on-year -6.75% -12.00% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 20
10th Percentile £21.17 - £17.65
25th Percentile £21.46 - £18.87
Median hourly rate £57.50 £29.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +98.28% +14.85% -6.77%
75th Percentile £63.50 - £64.06
90th Percentile £70.00 - £79.13
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £23.14 £17.86
% change year-on-year +81.28% +29.54% -47.08%

MVS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

MVS job vacancy trend in Manchester

MVS
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing MVS

MVS
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation