Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior Data Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.54% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £431 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £420
75th Percentile £534 - £430
90th Percentile £562 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £420
% change year-on-year -9.09% +30.95% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 872 497 729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 87.81% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 332 508
10th Percentile £322 £163 £246
25th Percentile £413 £344 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% -2.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £543 £575
90th Percentile £687 £650 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +4.48% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 47 32
10th Percentile £16.25 - £13.90
25th Percentile £17.30 £12.62 £15.88
Median hourly rate £24.53 £14.00 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +75.21% -39.78% +22.37%
75th Percentile £51.25 £22.91 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £28.02 £56.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £24.34 £19.00
% change year-on-year +39.61% +28.11% -6.17%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Senior Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Engineer in Birmingham

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, Senior 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) ETL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (40.00%) JIRA
4 2 (40.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Power BI
4 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (40.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (40.00%) Tableau
4 2 (40.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) AI
5 1 (20.00%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (20.00%) Apache Spark
5 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (20.00%) BigQuery
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) CI/CD

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (20.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Matillion
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (40.00%) Tableau
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (20.00%) BigQuery
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
3 1 (20.00%) Spark SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ETL
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Inmon Methodology
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Runbook
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow