Senior Technical Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Senior Technical Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Technical Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £360, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technical Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.22% - 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile £340 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - £500
75th Percentile £380 - -
90th Percentile £392 - -
North West median daily rate £360 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +23.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Senior Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Senior Technical Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Technical Analyst in Manchester

Senior Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Technical Analyst in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Senior Technical Analyst in Manchester

Senior Technical Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Technical Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Senior Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) ISPF
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) CA Endevor
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) CICS
2 1 (50.00%) zOS
2 1 (50.00%) JCL
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office

Senior Technical Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CICS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle