SPARQL Contract Job Trends in Manchester

SPARQL
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SPARQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 79 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing SPARQL 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.081% 0.39% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.24% 1.40% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% - -
North West median daily rate £350 £463 -
% change year-on-year -24.32% - -

All Programming Languages
Manchester

SPARQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 420 285 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 34.20% 27.64% 31.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 210 408
10th Percentile £325 £360 £325
25th Percentile £383 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £534 £525 £548
90th Percentile £600 £600 £625
North West median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 9
10th Percentile - - £60.75
25th Percentile £52.50 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -10.34% +52.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £81.00
90th Percentile £79.60 - £82.50
North West median hourly rate £61.75 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -5.00% +40.75% +11.28%

SPARQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SPARQL job vacancy trend in Manchester

SPARQL
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SPARQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SPARQL

SPARQL
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (100.00%) RDF