Software Deployment Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Software Deployment
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 89 84
Rank change year-on-year -33 -5 +24
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.051% 0.098% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.11% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
North West median daily rate £400 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Software Deployment 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 1,630 902 1,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.29% 88.78% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 578 658
10th Percentile £308 £304 £336
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £688 £672 £704
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 54 48
10th Percentile £21.00 £17.14 £15.98
25th Percentile £29.24 £19.07 £24.89
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.63 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +120.95% -41.60% +98.72%
75th Percentile £75.00 £58.87 £64.06
90th Percentile £84.50 £76.75 £86.00
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £27.38 £34.61
% change year-on-year +64.38% -20.89% +12.91%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in Manchester

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Software Deployment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Software Deployment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
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 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft