Data Analytics Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Data Analytics Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Data Analytics Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £528 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Data Analytics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Data Analytics Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics Engineer in Manchester

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Analytics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Data Analytics Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) Dremio
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Dremio
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft