Web Development Contracts in Manchester

Web Development
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Web Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Web Development over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 87 100
Rank change year-on-year +23 +13 +5
Contract jobs citing Web Development 15 9 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.62% 0.59% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 0.68% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 14
10th Percentile £376 £320 £375
25th Percentile £427 £406 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £425 £556
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -23.60% -9.18%
75th Percentile £483 £525 £597
90th Percentile £499 £623 £673
North West median daily rate £470 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +10.59% -10.53% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Web Development 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 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Web Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Web Development in Manchester

Web Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Web Development in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Web Development in Manchester

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Development in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Development in Manchester

Web Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Web Development in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Web Development in Manchester

Web Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 10 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 10 (66.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
1 3 (20.00%) Grunt
1 3 (20.00%) gulp
1 3 (20.00%) Jasmine
1 3 (20.00%) Mocha
1 3 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 8 (53.33%) Software Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.67%) .NET Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Agile Developer
6 1 (6.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (6.67%) C# Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack C# Developer
6 1 (6.67%) HTML Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Junior Digital Project Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (6.67%) SailPoint Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (93.33%) CSS
1 14 (93.33%) HTML
2 6 (40.00%) React
2 6 (40.00%) SPFx
3 3 (20.00%) HTML5
3 3 (20.00%) jQuery
3 3 (20.00%) Mustache
3 3 (20.00%) Node.js
3 3 (20.00%) Sass
4 1 (6.67%) .NET
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
4 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Mac OS X
2 2 (13.33%) Unix
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Task Automation
2 4 (26.67%) Front End Development
2 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 3 (20.00%) User Experience
3 3 (20.00%) Web Accessibility
3 3 (20.00%) Web Design
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) TDD
5 1 (6.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (6.67%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (6.67%) MVC
5 1 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) SEO
5 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) JavaScript
2 10 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 6 (40.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (6.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle