Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Support Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Support Specialist daily rate in Manchester is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -49 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 3 15 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% 1.47% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 1.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £276 £336 -
25th Percentile £315 £389 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £478 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% - -
75th Percentile £470 £567 -
90th Percentile £494 £620 -
North West median daily rate £405 £478 -
% change year-on-year -15.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £13.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £13.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,803 942 1,150
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 92.08% 96.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,050 597 734
10th Percentile £313 £299 £313
25th Percentile £402 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £658 £709
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 76 50
10th Percentile £22.68 £13.00 £15.61
25th Percentile £29.96 £14.18 £22.84
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.71 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +176.40% -50.38% +130.26%
75th Percentile £73.75 £50.19 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.13 £84.00
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £26.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +74.71% -25.50% +16.67%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Manchester

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Manchester

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Manchester

Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport - 1 £300 -
Support Specialist
North West

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 August 2026, Support Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Ataccama
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Clearswift
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Hudson
1 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Proofpoint
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) SMTP
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Validation

Support Specialist Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Hudson
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Clearswift
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Proofpoint
1 1 (33.33%) SAP