People Management Contract Job Trends in Manchester

People Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring People Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 78 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing People Management 9 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.64% 0.87% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.96% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile - £538 -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - -
75th Percentile £509 £700 -
90th Percentile £598 - -
North West median daily rate £480 £650 £325
% change year-on-year -26.15% +100.00% -42.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

People Management 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 1,224 936 1,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.24% 90.96% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 824 615 946
10th Percentile £311 £294 £313
25th Percentile £383 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £672
North West median daily rate £451 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.05% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 31 73
10th Percentile £19.75 £15.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.68 £21.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £35.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £78.38 £60.00 £77.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.64 £26.00
% change year-on-year +42.23% +21.69% -30.67%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

People Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

People Management
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing People Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing People Management

People Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing People Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for People Management in Manchester

People Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing People Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing People Management

People Management
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 People Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Stockport - 1 £725 -
People Management
North West

People Management
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 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Business Change
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Cost Control
3 4 (44.44%) CRM
3 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 4 (44.44%) Workflow
4 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) Server Management
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
6 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft