Resource Management Contracts in Manchester

Resource Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Resource Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Resource Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 93 115
Rank change year-on-year +24 +22 +21
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 10 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.08% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £449 £494 £838
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £875
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% -41.43% +133.33%
75th Percentile £486 £591 £913
90th Percentile £507 £626 -
North West median daily rate £449 £513 £486
% change year-on-year -12.49% +5.45% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £26.66 -
% change year-on-year +21.91% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Resource 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 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Resource Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Resource Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Management in Manchester

Resource Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Management in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Resource Management in Manchester

Resource Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Management in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Management in Manchester

Resource Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (10.00%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Local Government
1 5 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Facilities Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Facilities Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
1 1 (10.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (50.00%) Facilities Management
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) RBAC
5 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Management
5 1 (10.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks