Degree Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Academic Degree
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 26 38
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 91 66 51
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 4.55% 6.61% 4.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.74% 23.57% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 29 17
10th Percentile £246 £396 £344
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £466 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% -6.90% +17.65%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £722 £708
North West median daily rate £465 £457 £550
% change year-on-year +1.81% -16.95% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 12
10th Percentile £28.50 £40.83 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £49.94 £24.33
Median hourly rate £36.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - +263.64%
75th Percentile £69.50 £67.19 £75.56
90th Percentile £178.75 £71.13 £99.30
North West median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year +2.86% -27.92% +21.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 513 280 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 25.68% 28.03% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 171 153
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £418 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £715 £750 £825
North West median daily rate £519 £492 £505
% change year-on-year +5.39% -2.57% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 26 19
10th Percentile £17.53 £20.00 £16.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £22.16 £23.30
Median hourly rate £39.98 £28.58 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.91% -36.50% +130.77%
75th Percentile £48.00 £50.31 £66.13
90th Percentile £178.75 £71.88 £100.00
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £27.38 £40.33
% change year-on-year +60.58% -32.11% -5.12%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Manchester

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Manchester

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +3 9 - - 17
Rochdale - 2 - - 1
Bury - 1 - - 1
Degree
North West

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (6.59%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (3.30%) Confluence
4 3 (3.30%) SAS
5 1 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.10%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (8.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (5.49%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.10%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Primavera
1 5 (5.49%) SAP MM
2 4 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 34 (37.36%) Azure
2 30 (32.97%) Power Platform
3 20 (21.98%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (16.48%) AWS
5 12 (13.19%) Power Automate
5 12 (13.19%) PowerApps
6 10 (10.99%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (8.79%) GCP
9 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (7.69%) OneDrive
10 6 (6.59%) Azure AI
11 5 (5.49%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
12 3 (3.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 2 (2.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 2 (2.20%) Figma
13 2 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (2.20%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.99%) SSL
2 6 (6.59%) Firewall
3 3 (3.30%) Network Security
4 1 (1.10%) DNS
4 1 (1.10%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.10%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (25.27%) Power BI
2 12 (13.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (12.09%) MySQL
3 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.30%) Power Query
5 2 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.20%) Data Vault
5 2 (2.20%) Metadata
6 1 (1.10%) Big Data
6 1 (1.10%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.10%) SAP BW
6 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Git
1 2 (2.20%) GitLab
1 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 36 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.98%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (21.98%) Finance
3 16 (17.58%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.40%) Legal
6 3 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.30%) Marketing
6 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Agriculture
7 2 (2.20%) Aviation
7 2 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Banking
8 1 (1.10%) Electronics
8 1 (1.10%) Law
8 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (17.58%) Analyst
2 10 (10.99%) DBA
2 10 (10.99%) SQL DBA
3 9 (9.89%) IT Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) Support Analyst
5 7 (7.69%) IT Support
5 7 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
5 7 (7.69%) Lead
6 6 (6.59%) Developer
7 5 (5.49%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Senior
8 4 (4.40%) Coordinator
8 4 (4.40%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (4.40%) Salesforce Developer
8 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared DBA
8 4 (4.40%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.40%) Senior Salesforce Developer
8 4 (4.40%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Designer
9 3 (3.30%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.89%) Terraform
2 5 (5.49%) REST
2 5 (5.49%) SOAP
3 4 (4.40%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (3.30%) CSS
4 3 (3.30%) HTML
4 3 (3.30%) PySpark
5 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.10%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.10%) JWT
6 1 (1.10%) Middleware
6 1 (1.10%) Node.js
6 1 (1.10%) OAuth
6 1 (1.10%) OpenID
6 1 (1.10%) React
6 1 (1.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.89%) Clustering
2 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.89%) Replication
3 6 (6.59%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (4.40%) Life Science
5 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.20%) CMDB
6 2 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Graphic Design
6 2 (2.20%) PKI
6 2 (2.20%) Social Media
6 2 (2.20%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.10%) Tandem
7 1 (1.10%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.08%) Windows
2 10 (10.99%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.49%) Linux
5 4 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.37%) Computer Science
2 23 (25.27%) ITIL
3 22 (24.18%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (23.08%) Agile
5 19 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (16.48%) CI/CD
6 15 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (15.38%) DevOps
8 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (12.09%) Analytics
10 10 (10.99%) Data Modelling
10 10 (10.99%) Knowledge Management
10 10 (10.99%) Roadmaps
11 9 (9.89%) Mathematics
11 9 (9.89%) Performance Tuning
11 9 (9.89%) Service Management
11 9 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (8.79%) Data Analysis
12 8 (8.79%) Logistics
12 8 (8.79%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.98%) SQL
2 17 (18.68%) PowerShell
2 17 (18.68%) Python
3 10 (10.99%) T-SQL
4 4 (4.40%) Apex Code
4 4 (4.40%) Bash
4 4 (4.40%) Java
5 3 (3.30%) Bicep
6 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (2.20%) Scala
6 2 (2.20%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (1.10%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (20.88%) Computer Science Degree
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 14 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 14 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 13 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 11 (12.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (7.69%) A+ Certification
5 7 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (6.59%) CISSP
7 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.30%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (2.20%) ACCA
8 2 (2.20%) CEH
8 2 (2.20%) CIMA
8 2 (2.20%) GCFA
8 2 (2.20%) GCIH
8 2 (2.20%) HNC
8 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.20%) GAAP
3 2 (2.20%) GDPR
3 2 (2.20%) IFRS
3 2 (2.20%) NIST
3 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.20%) QA
4 1 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.10%) PMO
4 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.89%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.40%) Docker
4 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) SCOM
2 7 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.49%) Progress Chef
4 3 (3.30%) Ansible
5 2 (2.20%) CASB
6 1 (1.10%) Istio
6 1 (1.10%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 47 (51.65%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.88%) SAP
3 14 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.59%) Databricks
4 6 (6.59%) Google
4 6 (6.59%) Red Hat
5 5 (5.49%) Adobe
5 5 (5.49%) UiPath
6 4 (4.40%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.30%) Splunk
8 2 (2.20%) Cisco
8 2 (2.20%) Cribl.io
8 2 (2.20%) IBM
8 2 (2.20%) Informatica
9 1 (1.10%) Ariba
9 1 (1.10%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (1.10%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.10%) Concur
9 1 (1.10%) Intel
9 1 (1.10%) Thales