Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Data Engineering
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 9 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 0 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen - 12.50% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 12.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £402 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -8.11% -12.50% +2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32 31 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 84.21% 96.88% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 11
10th Percentile £283 £338 £150
25th Percentile £413 £363 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £513 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.17% +28.13% -1.23%
75th Percentile £500 £591 £519
90th Percentile £588 £675 £547
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - £46.00 £16.81
Median hourly rate - £47.00 £17.36
Median % change year-on-year - +170.74% -6.16%
75th Percentile - £48.00 £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
% change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in Aberdeen