GCP Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
North West > Manchester

As of 14 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in Manchester.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.087% - 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% - 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.49%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -25.49%

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 1,059 1,028 1,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 93.88% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 617 1,059
10th Percentile £309 £313 £302
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 40 58
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +66.67% -18.75%
75th Percentile £37.25 £44.06 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £27.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.25% -21.96% +64.51%

GCP Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

GCP Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

GCP Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, GCP Data 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 GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Beam
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Spanner
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

GCP Data 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 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Spanner
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Beam
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA