Data Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024.

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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 97 96
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 327 572 1,232
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.22% 2.40% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 2.52% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 439 913
10th Percentile £363 £413 £410
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £611 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £726
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £48.70 - £18.55
25th Percentile £51.63 £62.00 £18.62
Median hourly rate £58.00 £72.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +59.29% +73.85%
75th Percentile £64.13 £84.38 £65.77
90th Percentile £66.90 £87.75 £73.56
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £75.50 £45.35
% change year-on-year -10.60% +66.48% +56.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Data Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Engineer.

Data Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Engineer over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Data Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Engineer.

Data Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Engineer over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Data Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 14 June 2024, Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 168 (51.38%) SQL
2 161 (49.24%) Python
3 147 (44.95%) Azure
4 119 (36.39%) ETL
5 106 (32.42%) Analytics
6 101 (30.89%) Data Warehouse
6 101 (30.89%) Data Engineering
6 101 (30.89%) Data Pipeline
7 87 (26.61%) Data Modelling
8 83 (25.38%) Databricks
9 80 (24.46%) AWS
10 72 (22.02%) Business Intelligence
11 70 (21.41%) Social Skills
12 67 (20.49%) Agile
13 62 (18.96%) PySpark
14 59 (18.04%) Data Lake
14 59 (18.04%) DevOps
15 55 (16.82%) Finance
15 55 (16.82%) Data Quality
16 54 (16.51%) Azure Data Factory
17 51 (15.60%) CI/CD
18 44 (13.46%) Power Platform
18 44 (13.46%) Power BI
19 43 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
19 43 (13.15%) SQL Server
20 41 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
21 39 (11.93%) GCP
22 38 (11.62%) Java
23 37 (11.31%) Migration
23 37 (11.31%) Big Data

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (10.70%) Apache Spark
2 31 (9.48%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.67%) Apache
4 5 (1.53%) Confluence
5 4 (1.22%) Luigi
6 2 (0.61%) SAS
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.22%) MIS ActiveH
1 4 (1.22%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.61%) OPENHousing
2 2 (0.61%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 147 (44.95%) Azure
2 80 (24.46%) AWS
3 54 (16.51%) Azure Data Factory
4 44 (13.46%) Power Platform
5 39 (11.93%) GCP
6 35 (10.70%) dbt
6 35 (10.70%) Snowflake
7 27 (8.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 25 (7.65%) GitHub
9 23 (7.03%) Serverless
10 20 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (5.50%) Amazon S3
12 14 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (3.36%) Amazon Kinesis
15 9 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (2.14%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.22%) BGP
1 4 (1.22%) VLAN
2 2 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (0.61%) DAB
2 2 (0.61%) DHCP
2 2 (0.61%) DMZ
2 2 (0.61%) DNS
2 2 (0.61%) EIGRP
2 2 (0.61%) LAN
2 2 (0.61%) Multicast
2 2 (0.61%) Network Security
2 2 (0.61%) OSPF
2 2 (0.61%) SSL
2 2 (0.61%) VPN
2 2 (0.61%) VXLAN
2 2 (0.61%) WAN
2 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.61%) Wireless
3 1 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (30.89%) Data Warehouse
2 59 (18.04%) Data Lake
3 44 (13.46%) Power BI
4 43 (13.15%) SQL Server
5 37 (11.31%) Big Data
6 28 (8.56%) Amazon Redshift
7 27 (8.26%) BigQuery
8 22 (6.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (6.42%) Tableau
10 19 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (4.59%) Delta Lake
12 14 (4.28%) Metadata
13 13 (3.98%) Snowflake Schema
14 12 (3.67%) Relational Database
14 12 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (3.06%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (2.75%) Data Mining
16 9 (2.75%) Flink
17 8 (2.45%) NoSQL
17 8 (2.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 17 (5.20%) JIRA
2 16 (4.89%) Git
3 8 (2.45%) GitLab
4 7 (2.14%) MLflow
5 5 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.61%) RStudio
8 1 (0.31%) Deequ
8 1 (0.31%) Gradle
General
1 70 (21.41%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.82%) Finance
3 41 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.01%) Public Sector
5 24 (7.34%) Banking
6 10 (3.06%) Front Office
7 7 (2.14%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.14%) Retail
8 6 (1.83%) Marketing
9 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.92%) Czech Language
10 3 (0.92%) Law
10 3 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Legal
12 1 (0.31%) Local Government
12 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (18.96%) PySpark
2 25 (7.65%) Kafka
3 12 (3.67%) Pandas
4 6 (1.83%) NumPy
5 5 (1.53%) .NET
5 5 (1.53%) AWS CDK
5 5 (1.53%) Spark Streaming
6 4 (1.22%) REST
6 4 (1.22%) SciPy
6 4 (1.22%) Web Services
7 3 (0.92%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.92%) Apache Avro
7 3 (0.92%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.92%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.92%) JSON
7 3 (0.92%) pytest
7 3 (0.92%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.92%) SOAP
7 3 (0.92%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.36%) Replication
2 8 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.83%) Derivative
5 5 (1.53%) NHS
5 5 (1.53%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.92%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.92%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.61%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.61%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.31%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.31%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.59%) Linux
2 5 (1.53%) Unix
3 4 (1.22%) Windows
4 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.31%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (36.39%) ETL
2 106 (32.42%) Analytics
3 101 (30.89%) Data Engineering
3 101 (30.89%) Data Pipeline
4 87 (26.61%) Data Modelling
5 72 (22.02%) Business Intelligence
6 67 (20.49%) Agile
7 59 (18.04%) DevOps
8 51 (15.60%) CI/CD
9 43 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (11.31%) Migration
11 35 (10.70%) Data Integration
12 28 (8.56%) Data Science
13 26 (7.95%) Data Governance
13 26 (7.95%) Data Management
14 23 (7.03%) Data Migration
14 23 (7.03%) Visualisation
15 20 (6.12%) Data Ingestion
15 20 (6.12%) Data Transformation
15 20 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 168 (51.38%) SQL
2 161 (49.24%) Python
3 38 (11.62%) Java
4 28 (8.56%) Scala
5 12 (3.67%) C#
6 8 (2.45%) Bicep
6 8 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.14%) Bash
7 7 (2.14%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.22%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.22%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.92%) C++
9 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.92%) R
10 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) SAS Macro
11 1 (0.31%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 31 (9.48%) Security Cleared
2 24 (7.34%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.98%) Degree
4 12 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.14%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.31%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (16.82%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.83%) QA
3 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.31%) IFRS
5 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (6.12%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) HDFS
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 35 (10.70%) Terraform
2 18 (5.50%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.98%) Ansible
4 5 (1.53%) Grafana
5 4 (1.22%) NetBackup
5 4 (1.22%) Puppet
6 1 (0.31%) Matomo
6 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 83 (25.38%) Databricks
2 24 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 20 (6.12%) Oracle
4 13 (3.98%) Google
5 9 (2.75%) Informatica
6 8 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.22%) Cisco
7 4 (1.22%) NEC
7 4 (1.22%) Veritas
8 3 (0.92%) Aruba
8 3 (0.92%) SAP
9 2 (0.61%) Commvault
9 2 (0.61%) F5
9 2 (0.61%) Facebook
9 2 (0.61%) Northgate
9 2 (0.61%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.61%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.61%) Twitter
10 1 (0.31%) Denodo
10 1 (0.31%) Instagram