Period
to 5 December 2019

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for The Grinder skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited The Grinder over the 6 months to 5 December 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The Grinder - Java Load Testing Framework
North West > Manchester
6 months to
5 Dec 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank - 155 -
Contract jobs citing The Grinder 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester - 0.094% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Manchester median daily rate - £475 -
North West median daily rate - £475 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Manchester median hourly rate - - -
North West median hourly rate - - -

The Grinder is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for development application skills.

All Development Application Skills
Manchester
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 445 711 512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 16.23% 22.31% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 500 348
Manchester median daily rate £430 £413 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +4.24% +3.13% -
10th Percentile £319 £313 £290
90th Percentile £575 £613 £538
North West median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 14
Manchester median hourly rate £41.75 £32.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +28.46% -18.75% -
10th Percentile £36.18 £25.40 £35.00
90th Percentile £48.73 £40.50 £60.75
North West median hourly rate £42.00 £37.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% +3.13%