Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Data Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 59 56
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 20 15 26
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.48% 1.88% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.68% 1.96% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 16
10th Percentile £414 £332 £413
25th Percentile £431 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £522 £613 £538
90th Percentile £610 £664 £600
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £506
% change year-on-year -4.35% +13.58% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £20.98 - -
25th Percentile £25.77 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £72.25 - -
South West median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 746 764 993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 95.50% 95.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 423 638
10th Percentile £214 £213 £279
25th Percentile £375 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £743 £711 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £520 £525
% change year-on-year - -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 108 126
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.23 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.75 £53.13
Median hourly rate £38.94 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.55% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.06 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.87 £74.13 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.00 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -50.77% +15.06% -8.15%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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 Bristol.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineer in Bristol

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Python
2 13 (65.00%) SQL
3 12 (60.00%) AWS
4 11 (55.00%) Analytics
4 11 (55.00%) ETL
5 9 (45.00%) Data Quality
6 8 (40.00%) Agile
6 8 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (40.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (40.00%) Snowflake
7 7 (35.00%) DBeaver
7 7 (35.00%) Dimensional Modelling
7 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
7 7 (35.00%) Oracle
7 7 (35.00%) Oracle Application Server
7 7 (35.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 7 (35.00%) Oracle ODI
7 7 (35.00%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (35.00%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (35.00%) Power BI
7 7 (35.00%) Power Platform
7 7 (35.00%) Star Schema
7 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
8 5 (25.00%) Azure
8 5 (25.00%) Databricks
9 4 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
10 3 (15.00%) Apache
10 3 (15.00%) ClickHouse
10 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 7 (35.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (15.00%) Apache
3 1 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
3 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) AWS
2 8 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 7 (35.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (25.00%) Azure
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) Matillion
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) 802.11
1 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (35.00%) Oracle ODI
2 7 (35.00%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (35.00%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (35.00%) Power BI
2 7 (35.00%) Star Schema
3 3 (15.00%) ClickHouse
3 3 (15.00%) MySQL
4 2 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (5.00%) Big Data
5 1 (5.00%) DynamoDB
5 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
5 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) DBeaver
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Tech for Good
3 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (10.00%) PySpark
3 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
3 1 (5.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.00%) JWT
3 1 (5.00%) Kafka
3 1 (5.00%) Node.js
3 1 (5.00%) OAuth
3 1 (5.00%) OAuth2
3 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Replication
2 3 (15.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (10.00%) IoT
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Analytics
1 11 (55.00%) ETL
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 7 (35.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Containerisation
6 2 (10.00%) Data Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Data Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Data Ingestion
6 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.00%) Load Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
7 1 (5.00%) API Design
7 1 (5.00%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) Python
2 13 (65.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.00%) Bash
4 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Grafana
1 2 (10.00%) Kibana
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) logstash
1 2 (10.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 5 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto