Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
North West > Manchester
The median Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) daily rate in Manchester is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
82 |
83 |
97 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+1 |
+14 |
+23 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Site Reliability Engineer |
1 |
3 |
10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester |
0.099% |
0.25% |
0.59% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.11% |
0.27% |
0.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£505 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£713 |
£513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£700 |
£725 |
£625 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-3.45% |
+16.00% |
-3.85% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£738 |
£675 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£738 |
| North West median daily rate |
£700 |
£609 |
£625 |
| % change year-on-year |
+14.94% |
-2.56% |
-3.85% |
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 |
935 |
1,132 |
1,601 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
92.76% |
94.81% |
94.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
597 |
704 |
1,164 |
| 10th Percentile |
£300 |
£350 |
£291 |
| 25th Percentile |
£385 |
£413 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£450 |
£500 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£600 |
£594 |
| 90th Percentile |
£652 |
£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 |
79 |
37 |
59 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.00 |
£15.80 |
£15.51 |
| 25th Percentile |
£14.20 |
£21.25 |
£16.74 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.10 |
£31.00 |
£19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-31.94% |
+63.16% |
+8.57% |
| 75th Percentile |
£32.20 |
£62.50 |
£41.68 |
| 90th Percentile |
£70.75 |
£81.90 |
£70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate |
£24.62 |
£37.00 |
£30.54 |
| % change year-on-year |
-33.46% |
+21.15% |
+30.57% |
