The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Salford requiring knowledge or experience of Sage products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sage over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 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 Sage Group PLC.
|
|
6 months to
5 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
4 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Sage |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Salford |
6.67% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Vendors category |
25.00% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
- |
- |
| Manchester median daily rate |
£500 |
£550 |
£413 |
| % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
+33.33% |
-8.33% |
Sage 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 Salford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
4 |
9 |
7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford |
26.67% |
28.13% |
20.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
9 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
£523 |
£425 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£556 |
- |
£248 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£625 |
£700 |
£255 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.71% |
+174.51% |
-50.24% |
| 75th Percentile |
£706 |
£716 |
£306 |
| 90th Percentile |
£748 |
£735 |
£385 |
| Manchester median daily rate |
£467 |
£471 |
£498 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.01% |
-5.28% |
+2.05% |
