Database Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Database Engineer
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The median Database Engineer daily rate in Bradford is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 0.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 - £200

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bradford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bradford with a recognized job title 122 57 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 93.44% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 26 33
10th Percentile £282 £300 £303
25th Percentile £356 £428 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +10.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £544 £596 £550
90th Percentile £622 £649 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -0.91% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 0
10th Percentile £23.20 - -
25th Percentile £24.77 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% - -
75th Percentile £37.13 - -
90th Percentile £46.25 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £23.57 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.33% +17.85% +5.26%

Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Database Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Database Engineer job vacancy trend in Bradford

Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Database Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bradford region featuring Database Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL