SQL Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

SQL Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median SQL Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 78 97
Rank change year-on-year -24 +19 +13
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Analyst 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.27% 0.10% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.11% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £410 £393 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £395 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -12.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £430 £398 £475
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £441 £395 £293
% change year-on-year +11.71% +35.04% -33.14%

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 1,370 920 1,503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.17% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 634 1,075
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £386 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £460 £475 £493
% change year-on-year -3.16% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 37 90
10th Percentile £18.72 £13.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £22.68 £16.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £52.94 £32.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.88% +22.64% -35.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £37.00 £62.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £62.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £42.84 £31.64 £26.00
% change year-on-year +35.41% +21.69% -13.33%

SQL Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SQL Analyst job vacancy trend in Manchester

SQL Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

SQL Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, SQL Analyst 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 SQL Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Statistics
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Tableau
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Hadoop
3 2 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 2 (50.00%) Paid Search
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) BDD
4 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (25.00%) IBM
4 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (25.00%) Kanban
4 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

SQL Analyst 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 3 (75.00%) Tableau
2 2 (50.00%) Hadoop
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AS400
1 1 (25.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Statistics
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 2 (50.00%) Paid Search
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) BDD
4 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM