Data Analytics Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Data Analytics Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Data Analytics Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 80 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.11% 0.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -
75th Percentile £545 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £530 £528 -
% change year-on-year +0.47% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,658 846 1,387
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.76% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 590 945
10th Percentile £315 £306 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.63% -1.50%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £575
90th Percentile £657 £660 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £456 £488
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.46% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 44 86
10th Percentile £22.50 - £12.12
25th Percentile £36.75 £13.00 £13.36
Median hourly rate £57.50 £24.83 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.62% -12.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £66.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.38 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £29.01 £32.90
% change year-on-year +72.35% -11.81% +12.27%

Data Analytics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Data Analytics Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Data Analytics Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, Data Analytics 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 Manchester region featuring Data Analytics Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks