Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Python Data Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in Belfast is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.47% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £430 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 186 139 134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.51% 92.05% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 70 84
10th Percentile £313 £147 £200
25th Percentile £375 £213 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £431 £443
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £547
90th Percentile £629 £600 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £469 £431 £443
% change year-on-year +8.70% -2.54% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 16 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.18 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +51.13% +14.78%
75th Percentile £27.89 £45.89 £16.12
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.48 £16.50
County Antrim median hourly rate £18.05 £24.18 £16.06
% change year-on-year -25.35% +50.56% +15.21%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Python Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Belfast

Python Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in Belfast

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Python Data Engineer 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 Belfast region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle