Looker Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Looker
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Looker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 85 101
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Looker 13 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.16% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.47% 1.65% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £260 - £429
25th Percentile £306 £419 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £438 £463
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -5.41% -
75th Percentile £388 £456 £484
90th Percentile £549 - £486
North West median daily rate £325 £438 £463
% change year-on-year -25.71% -5.41% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Manchester

Looker falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 201 182 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 17.98% 15.56% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 107 218
10th Percentile £313 £375 £304
25th Percentile £363 £414 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -6.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £623
90th Percentile £608 £630 £679
North West median daily rate £425 £458 £500
% change year-on-year -7.10% -8.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £28.50 £57.00
25th Percentile - £37.81 £60.00
Median hourly rate £85.00 £56.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.11% -13.46% -
75th Percentile - £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile - £67.38 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £64.50 £56.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +14.67% +7.14% -4.55%

Looker
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Looker relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Looker job vacancy trend in Manchester

Looker
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Looker.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Looker

Looker
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Looker in Manchester over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Looker in Manchester

Looker
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Looker within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sale - 1 £188 -
Looker
North West

Looker
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:

Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) GCP
2 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 9 (69.23%) Google Tag Manager
2 9 (69.23%) Power Platform
3 8 (61.54%) Google Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Functions
5 1 (7.69%) AWS
5 1 (7.69%) AWS Data Pipeline
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) BigQuery
2 9 (69.23%) Power BI
3 3 (23.08%) Tableau
4 2 (15.38%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Browser DevTools
General
1 9 (69.23%) Public Sector
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Google Analytics Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Performance Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Clustering
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Analytics
2 9 (69.23%) Actionable Insight
2 9 (69.23%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 8 (61.54%) User Experience
4 7 (53.85%) Dashboard Development
4 7 (53.85%) Data Analysis
4 7 (53.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 6 (46.15%) Validation
6 5 (38.46%) Data Privacy
6 5 (38.46%) Performance Analysis
6 5 (38.46%) Performance Measurement
6 5 (38.46%) Service Design
6 5 (38.46%) Statistical Analysis
6 5 (38.46%) User Research
7 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
8 3 (23.08%) Analytical Modelling
8 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
8 3 (23.08%) ETL
9 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) LookML
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) Data Quality
2 6 (46.15%) Accessibility
2 6 (46.15%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Google
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft