Proofpoint Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Proofpoint
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of Proofpoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proofpoint over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Proofpoint, Inc.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.10% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £485 - -
25th Percentile £489 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 - -
75th Percentile £509 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
North West median daily rate £503 - £508
% change year-on-year - - +45.00%

All Vendors
Manchester

Proofpoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 741 476 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 37.81% 47.41% 37.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 294 290
10th Percentile £275 £302 £350
25th Percentile £393 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £576 £603 £600
90th Percentile £650 £716 £675
North West median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 32 25
10th Percentile £22.63 £13.00 £15.78
25th Percentile £24.19 £19.02 £22.00
Median hourly rate £33.75 £22.32 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.24% -28.02% +74.94%
75th Percentile £72.81 £23.67 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.25 £59.55 £86.05
North West median hourly rate £29.96 £28.43 £16.06
% change year-on-year +5.38% +77.02% -48.44%

Proofpoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Proofpoint job vacancy trend in Manchester

Proofpoint
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Proofpoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Proofpoint

Proofpoint
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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Support
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Support Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Clearswift
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft