Web Design Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Web Design
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Web Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 82 99
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 +17
Contract jobs citing Web Design 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% 0.35% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.39% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £406 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £325
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +26.92% -53.57%
75th Percentile £625 £419 £353
90th Percentile - - £381
North West median daily rate £550 £413 £325
% change year-on-year +33.33% +26.92% -53.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Web Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,028 1,021 1,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.78% 88.55% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 593 1,014
10th Percentile £300 £300 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £575 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 42 48
10th Percentile £17.26 £16.01 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.07 £22.56 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +64.56% -10.23%
75th Percentile £31.40 £46.88 £51.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +50.39%

Web Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Web Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Web Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Web Design

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Web Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Web Design

Web Design
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Mockito
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (50.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared