Database Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Database Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Database Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs requiring a Database Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.083% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £350 - -

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 1,108 992 1,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 93.94% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 741 606 1,063
10th Percentile £310 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £456 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -7.83% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £575
90th Percentile £638 £672 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 32 71
10th Percentile £17.88 £15.92 £12.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.75 £14.08
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +42.22% -43.75%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £59.80 £77.50
North West median hourly rate £41.68 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +43.72% -20.55% +40.90%

Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Database Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Database Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Database Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 Manchester region featuring Database Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Database 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL