The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Vertex AI skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Vertex AI falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills |
388 |
401 |
722 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester |
38.53% |
34.13% |
42.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
286 |
262 |
558 |
| 10th Percentile |
£333 |
£351 |
£306 |
| 25th Percentile |
£400 |
£413 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£464 |
£500 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-7.25% |
- |
-4.76% |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£575 |
£588 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£675 |
£675 |
| North West median daily rate |
£450 |
£477 |
£495 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.56% |
-3.74% |
-1.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
7 |
5 |
21 |
| 10th Percentile |
£34.10 |
£40.90 |
£15.72 |
| 25th Percentile |
£44.88 |
£58.00 |
£15.75 |
| Median hourly rate |
£60.00 |
£66.50 |
£19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.77% |
+250.00% |
-72.86% |
| 75th Percentile |
£81.25 |
£71.50 |
£70.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£91.25 |
£73.30 |
£73.75 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£18.87 |
£46.18 |
£39.60 |
| % change year-on-year |
-59.14% |
+16.62% |
+40.18% |
