Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Technical Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 81 87
Rank change year-on-year -40 +6 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.21% 0.10% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.11% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £655 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £660 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +25.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £665 £538
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £525 £660 £525
% change year-on-year -20.45% +25.71% -4.55%

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 1,808 915 1,274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 92.61% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 601 850
10th Percentile £318 £281 £306
25th Percentile £400 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £671 £688
North West median daily rate £490 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +8.89% -6.25% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 65 71
10th Percentile £22.68 £13.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £13.27 £15.56
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.10 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +184.36% -36.06% +73.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.50 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £29.50
% change year-on-year +73.91% -2.54% +11.32%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in Manchester

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Manchester

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Manchester

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 July 2026, Technical Consultant 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Discovery
2 2 (50.00%) JDeveloper
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (50.00%) Personalization
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 2 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow

Technical Consultant 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 2 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JDeveloper
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Games
1 2 (50.00%) General Ledger
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 2 (50.00%) Cash Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Discovery
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (50.00%) Personalization
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
1 2 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Runbook
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle