Persona Development Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Persona Development
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Persona Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Persona Development 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £385 - -
25th Percentile £392 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £402 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Persona Development 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 1,195 929 1,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.13% 91.08% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 596 956
10th Percentile £305 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -9.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £678 £666
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 32 72
10th Percentile £17.21 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £23.54 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 £32.50 £25.10
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% +29.51% -36.47%
75th Percentile £64.69 £34.56 £51.88
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.52 £28.30
% change year-on-year +35.42% +11.38% -24.53%

Persona Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Persona Development job vacancy trend in Manchester

Persona Development
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Persona Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Persona Development

Persona Development
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 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 3 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
1 3 (100.00%) UX Research
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility