Records Management Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Records Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Records Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 78 96
Rank change year-on-year -22 +18 +13
Contract jobs citing Records Management 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.22% 0.40% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.43% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £430 £458 -
25th Percentile £451 £488 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% +31.98%
75th Percentile £501 £663 £575
90th Percentile £505 £693 -
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £115
% change year-on-year -4.21% +313.04% -71.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £16.19 -
North West median hourly rate - £16.19 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Records 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 1,223 922 1,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.86% 91.20% 86.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 600 942
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -8.25% -
75th Percentile £572 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £676 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 32 71
10th Percentile £18.11 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.50 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +56.92% +34.35% -36.76%
75th Percentile £66.25 £34.56 £58.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £26.20
% change year-on-year +41.69% +21.24% -30.15%

Records Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Records Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Records Management
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Records Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Records 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) E-Discovery
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft