Senior Data Engineer
North West > Manchester
The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 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
13 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
81 |
85 |
101 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+4 |
+16 |
+44 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer |
4 |
1 |
5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester |
0.39% |
0.084% |
0.29% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.42% |
0.088% |
0.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4 |
1 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£535 |
| 25th Percentile |
£463 |
£525 |
£569 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£475 |
£550 |
£725 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-13.64% |
-24.14% |
+26.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£488 |
£575 |
£738 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| North West median daily rate |
£475 |
£550 |
£619 |
| % change year-on-year |
-13.64% |
-11.11% |
+45.59% |
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 |
942 |
1,132 |
1,610 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
92.72% |
94.81% |
94.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
601 |
705 |
1,169 |
| 10th Percentile |
£300 |
£344 |
£287 |
| 25th Percentile |
£385 |
£412 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£450 |
£500 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£600 |
£594 |
| 90th Percentile |
£656 |
£713 |
£675 |
| North West median daily rate |
£450 |
£493 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.72% |
-1.40% |
+3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
80 |
37 |
59 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.00 |
£15.80 |
£15.51 |
| 25th Percentile |
£14.20 |
£21.25 |
£16.74 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.71 |
£31.00 |
£19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-29.98% |
+63.16% |
+8.57% |
| 75th Percentile |
£33.00 |
£62.50 |
£41.68 |
| 90th Percentile |
£72.63 |
£81.90 |
£70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£24.88 |
£37.00 |
£31.77 |
| % change year-on-year |
-32.75% |
+16.46% |
+32.68% |
