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 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 +17
Contract jobs citing Degree 88 61 94
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 4.63% 6.42% 6.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.62% 24.30% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 29 36
10th Percentile £166 £265 £231
25th Percentile £351 £359 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £455 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% -6.67% +2.63%
75th Percentile £465 £588 £588
90th Percentile £579 £703 £656
North West median daily rate £447 £456 £525
% change year-on-year -1.97% -13.14% +8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 2 15
10th Percentile - £37.78 £24.14
25th Percentile £28.50 £42.31 £25.43
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.25 £26.52
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +89.48% +68.70%
75th Percentile £128.75 £57.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £178.75 £62.13 £99.00
North West median hourly rate £39.50 £32.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year +21.54% +1.20% -20.79%

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 407 251 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 21.40% 26.42% 21.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 153 186
10th Percentile £350 £314 £313
25th Percentile £400 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -2.41% -2.41%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £661
90th Percentile £688 £748 £825
North West median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 28
10th Percentile £19.53 £22.35 £21.93
25th Percentile £28.50 £28.08 £25.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.99 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.16% +45.67% +53.16%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.50 £70.10
90th Percentile £178.75 £72.25 £98.25
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £31.00 £16.06
% change year-on-year +41.81% +93.03% -60.43%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 0 9 £170 - 4
Bury - 1 - - 2
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 12 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.27%) Confluence
3 2 (2.27%) SAS
4 1 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (28.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (11.36%) MS Visio
5 8 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (1.14%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.14%) MicroStation
6 1 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (7.95%) Primavera
2 6 (6.82%) SAP MM
3 4 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.14%) Infor M3
4 1 (1.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.86%) Power Platform
2 20 (22.73%) Azure
2 20 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.36%) Power Automate
3 10 (11.36%) PowerApps
4 9 (10.23%) AWS
5 8 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (5.68%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (4.55%) Figma
8 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.41%) GCP
8 3 (3.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (2.27%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (2.27%) Viva Engage
10 1 (1.14%) Google Sheets
10 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.55%) SSL
2 3 (3.41%) Firewall
3 1 (1.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.18%) Power BI
2 6 (6.82%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.68%) MySQL
3 5 (5.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.41%) Hadoop
4 3 (3.41%) Tableau
5 2 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.27%) Data Vault
5 2 (2.27%) Power Query
6 1 (1.14%) Big Data
6 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.14%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.14%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) Git
2 1 (1.14%) Postman
2 1 (1.14%) SoapUI
General
1 39 (44.32%) Social Skills
2 31 (35.23%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (22.73%) Finance
4 13 (14.77%) Manufacturing
5 9 (10.23%) Telecoms
6 7 (7.95%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (5.68%) Legal
9 3 (3.41%) Marketing
9 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.27%) Agriculture
10 2 (2.27%) Aviation
10 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.27%) Environmental Health
10 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.14%) Banking
11 1 (1.14%) Electronics
11 1 (1.14%) Law
11 1 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (26.14%) Analyst
2 11 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 9 (10.23%) IT Support
3 9 (10.23%) IT Support Analyst
3 9 (10.23%) Support Analyst
4 6 (6.82%) Business Analyst
4 6 (6.82%) Designer
4 6 (6.82%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 6 (6.82%) Senior
4 6 (6.82%) UX Designer
5 5 (5.68%) Coordinator
5 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Engineer
5 5 (5.68%) Project Coordinator
6 4 (4.55%) Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) DBA
6 4 (4.55%) Project Officer
6 4 (4.55%) Security Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (4.55%) Software Engineer
6 4 (4.55%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.68%) HTML
2 4 (4.55%) CSS
3 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.27%) PySpark
3 2 (2.27%) REST
3 2 (2.27%) SOAP
3 2 (2.27%) XML
4 1 (1.14%) .NET
4 1 (1.14%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.14%) JSON
4 1 (1.14%) Kafka
4 1 (1.14%) Middleware
4 1 (1.14%) Node.js
4 1 (1.14%) OAuth
4 1 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.14%) React
4 1 (1.14%) SAML
4 1 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 10 (11.36%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.68%) Life Science
4 4 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.41%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.41%) Clustering
5 3 (3.41%) Graphic Design
5 3 (3.41%) Replication
5 3 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.27%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.27%) Social Media
6 2 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 18 (20.45%) Windows
2 9 (10.23%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.82%) Linux
4 4 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.14%) Agile
2 21 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (20.45%) Computer Science
4 17 (19.32%) ITIL
5 16 (18.18%) Analytics
6 15 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (17.05%) Data Analysis
7 13 (14.77%) Decision-Making
8 12 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
9 11 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 10 (11.36%) Logistics
10 10 (11.36%) Migration
10 10 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (11.36%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (10.23%) AI
11 9 (10.23%) Inventory Management
11 9 (10.23%) Project Management
11 9 (10.23%) Service Management
11 9 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.45%) Python
2 15 (17.05%) SQL
3 9 (10.23%) PowerShell
4 5 (5.68%) Java
5 4 (4.55%) Bash
5 4 (4.55%) T-SQL
6 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.27%) R
8 1 (1.14%) C#
8 1 (1.14%) C++
8 1 (1.14%) Groovy
8 1 (1.14%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.14%) Scala
8 1 (1.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (17.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.23%) A+ Certification
3 9 (10.23%) Network+ Certification
3 9 (10.23%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.95%) Azure Certification
4 7 (7.95%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (5.68%) CISSP
7 3 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (3.41%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (2.27%) ACCA
8 2 (2.27%) CIMA
8 2 (2.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.14%) CEH
9 1 (1.14%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.14%) CISM
9 1 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.27%) GAAP
3 2 (2.27%) IFRS
3 2 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.14%) NIST
4 1 (1.14%) PMO
4 1 (1.14%) QA
4 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.55%) Docker
3 3 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Terraform
2 4 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.55%) SCOM
3 3 (3.41%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 44 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.32%) SAP
3 6 (6.82%) Red Hat
3 6 (6.82%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.68%) Databricks
4 5 (5.68%) Google
4 5 (5.68%) UiPath
5 4 (4.55%) Adobe
6 2 (2.27%) Oracle
7 1 (1.14%) Ariba
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco
7 1 (1.14%) Dell
7 1 (1.14%) EMC
7 1 (1.14%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.14%) Infor
7 1 (1.14%) Informatica
7 1 (1.14%) Remedy
7 1 (1.14%) Ribbon
7 1 (1.14%) Splunk
7 1 (1.14%) TOWER Software