Paid Search Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Paid Search
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Paid Search skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Paid Search 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.23% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £410 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
75th Percentile £430 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £420 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.50 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
75th Percentile £49.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £43.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Paid Search 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 1,151 940 1,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.27% 90.82% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 788 595 980
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £375 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £678 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 31 72
10th Percentile £17.14 £15.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.81 £20.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £32.50 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% +34.60% -43.01%
75th Percentile £63.50 £33.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.44
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £30.95 £30.00
% change year-on-year +37.92% +3.17% -20.00%

Paid Search
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Paid Search job vacancy trend in Manchester

Paid Search
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Data Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (33.33%) Excel Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Research Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree