Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Senior Data Engineer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Brighton is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 4.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 Brighton with a recognized job title 45 49 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 85.96% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 35 40
10th Percentile £375 £309 £306
25th Percentile £453 £413 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £641 £581 £553
90th Percentile £773 £638 £650
East Sussex median daily rate £570 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +14.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £23.63
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.15%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £26.88
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £16.75 - £25.25
% change year-on-year - - -57.92%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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 Brighton.

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Brighton

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 28 February 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 Brighton region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Senior Data Engineer jobs