Quantitative Analysis Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Quantitative Analysis
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Quantitative Analysis 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 95 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.37% - 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £402 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £395 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Quantitative Analysis 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%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Quantitative Analysis job vacancy trend in Manchester

Quantitative Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Quantitative Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Analysis
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 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (20.00%) UX Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) Experimental Design
2 4 (80.00%) Information Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) Time Management
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) UX Research
3 3 (60.00%) Ethnography
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) Persona Development
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (60.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility