The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of Thales products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Thales over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Thales Group.
|
|
6 months to
16 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
122 |
- |
86 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Thales |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester |
0.051% |
- |
0.25% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
0.13% |
- |
0.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£575 |
- |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£600 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£625 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| North West median daily rate |
£445 |
- |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£60.00 |
| North West median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£60.00 |
Thales falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
770 |
497 |
456 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester |
39.35% |
48.92% |
37.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
450 |
315 |
286 |
| 10th Percentile |
£275 |
£311 |
£356 |
| 25th Percentile |
£382 |
£401 |
£419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£485 |
£475 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+2.11% |
-5.00% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£585 |
£612 |
£602 |
| 90th Percentile |
£651 |
£702 |
£675 |
| North West median daily rate |
£498 |
£475 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.74% |
-5.00% |
+3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
73 |
32 |
21 |
| 10th Percentile |
£22.63 |
£13.00 |
£15.63 |
| 25th Percentile |
£24.19 |
£19.02 |
£20.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£37.50 |
£22.32 |
£31.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+68.05% |
-28.02% |
+74.94% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70.00 |
£23.67 |
£60.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87.00 |
£59.55 |
£97.50 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£29.00 |
£27.90 |
£16.06 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.93% |
+73.74% |
-45.19% |
