Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Data Engineer
West Yorkshire > Bradford

As of 26 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Engineer daily rate in Bradford.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 2.05% - 6.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% - 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £488 £493
% change year-on-year -2.56% -1.02% -7.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bradford. 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 Bradford with a recognized job title 138 60 43
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 96.77% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 27 29
10th Percentile £275 £290 £350
25th Percentile £328 £430 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £495 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +16.47% -19.05%
75th Percentile £538 £592 £486
90th Percentile £646 £648 £593
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 0
10th Percentile £22.80 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.54 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £33.11 £24.18
% change year-on-year -21.47% +36.93% +37.07%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Bradford

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Bradford

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford

For the 6 months to 26 August 2026, 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 Bradford region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Semantic Layer
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Semantic Layer
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft