Research Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bath

Research Engineer
Somerset > Bath

As of 19 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Research Engineer daily rate in Bath.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Research Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 1.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bath

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bath. 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 Bath with a recognized job title 70 63 62
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 98.44% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 47 55
10th Percentile £225 £204 £181
25th Percentile £325 £210 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £288 £425
Median % change year-on-year +60.87% -32.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £662 £475 £538
90th Percentile £675 £542 £583
Somerset median daily rate £475 £450 £469
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.00% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £12.80 -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate - £14.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year - -22.67% -65.28%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £19.13
90th Percentile - £16.20 -
Somerset median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year +96.72% -41.22% +3.78%

Research Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Job postings that featured Research Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bath.

Job vacancy trend for Research Engineer in Bath

Research Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Research 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 job ads across the Bath region featuring Research Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer

Research Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft