Engineering Manager Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Engineering Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £454, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 106 102
Rank change year-on-year -51 -4 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.071% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.24% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £444 - £538
25th Percentile £447 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £465 - £631
90th Percentile £470 - £643
England median daily rate £675 £563 £650
% change year-on-year +20.00% -13.46% -0.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,598 1,245 1,546
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 93.47% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,590 796 979
10th Percentile £318 £263 £263
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £576
90th Percentile £675 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 45 67
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.35 £11.57
25th Percentile £22.00 £18.35 £12.53
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +26.51% -14.63%
75th Percentile £35.00 £23.86 £30.38
90th Percentile £55.25 £62.53 £50.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.09%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Engineering Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire

Engineering Manager
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
South Yorkshire - 2 £454 - 4
Engineering Manager
England

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, Engineering Manager 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 Yorkshire region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) YAML

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat