Objectives and Key Results Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 84 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.64% 0.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £588 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Objectives and Key Results 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 984 1,046 1,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.37% 87.60% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 602 1,050
10th Percentile £300 £301 £270
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £587
90th Percentile £678 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 38 57
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.97 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £28.63 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £31.83 £55.69 £46.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.43 £69.25
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.29% +1.03% +59.09%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Objectives and Key Results relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend in Manchester

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Objectives and Key Results.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
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 Objectives and Key Results within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 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
Salford - 1 £500 -
Objectives and Key Results
North West

Objectives and Key Results
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 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Figma
1 3 (42.86%) Miro
1 3 (42.86%) Slack
1 3 (42.86%) Smartsheet
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Operations Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Data Privacy
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
1 3 (42.86%) DesignOps
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Management
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Measurement
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
1 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG