Ontologist Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Ontologist
North West > Manchester

The median Ontologist daily rate in Manchester is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
4 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Ontologist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.093% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
North West median daily rate £350 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 989 1,086 1,510
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 93.70% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 625 1,111
10th Percentile £300 £314 £276
25th Percentile £387 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £582
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 37 64
10th Percentile £14.85 £15.79 £15.01
25th Percentile £19.02 £22.00 £16.71
Median hourly rate £22.41 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.05% +66.67% -2.82%
75th Percentile £31.40 £60.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £60.00 £72.70 £65.88
North West median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £34.08
% change year-on-year -10.77% -4.64% +56.47%

Ontologist Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Ontologist 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 Ontologist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (100.00%) RDF
1 1 (100.00%) SPARQL

Ontologist 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (100.00%) RDF
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SPARQL