The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring SpecFlow skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SpecFlow 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
77
92
105
Rank change year-on-year
+15
+13
+31
Contract jobs citing SpecFlow
2
4
13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
SpecFlow falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills
149
203
230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
16.09%
13.38%
12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted
104
159
177
10th Percentile
£322
£375
£320
25th Percentile
£400
£428
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£455
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-9.00%
-
-2.44%
75th Percentile
£538
£581
£638
90th Percentile
£635
£694
£688
North West median daily rate
£450
£500
£507
% change year-on-year
-10.00%
-1.28%
+1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
4
3
10th Percentile
£71.63
£61.38
£40.68
25th Percentile
£72.19
£65.31
£42.30
Median hourly rate
£75.00
£75.00
£45.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
+66.67%
-
75th Percentile
£77.81
£81.38
-
90th Percentile
£78.38
£82.05
-
North West median hourly rate
£75.00
£52.94
£49.88
% change year-on-year
+41.67%
+6.15%
+17.35%
SpecFlow Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing SpecFlow as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
SpecFlow Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SpecFlow in Manchester.
SpecFlow Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SpecFlow in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
SpecFlow Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing SpecFlow also mentioned 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 with a requirement for SpecFlow.
SpecFlow 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:
