Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Data Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 56 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 21 19 24
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.75% 2.19% 2.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 2.30% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 16
10th Percentile £416 £358 £413
25th Percentile £440 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £466 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% +3.61% -3.23%
75th Percentile £566 £603 £538
90th Percentile £605 £639 £637
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.33% - +3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £24.01 - -
25th Percentile £33.34 - -
Median hourly rate £48.90 - -
75th Percentile £64.45 - -
90th Percentile £73.78 - -
South West median hourly rate £48.90 - -

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 709 827 997
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 95.39% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 429 647
10th Percentile £250 £213 £312
25th Percentile £383 £388 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £760 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +0.49% -5.12% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 151 128
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.50 £29.48
25th Percentile £18.87 £54.38 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £57.66
% change year-on-year -62.74% +17.07% -3.90%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 17 October 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 13 (61.90%) Python
1 13 (61.90%) SQL
2 12 (57.14%) Analytics
2 12 (57.14%) AWS
3 11 (52.38%) ETL
4 9 (42.86%) Data Quality
4 9 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (42.86%) Snowflake
5 8 (38.10%) Agile
5 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 7 (33.33%) Oracle
6 7 (33.33%) Oracle Application Server
6 7 (33.33%) Oracle ODI
7 6 (28.57%) DBeaver
7 6 (28.57%) Dimensional Modelling
7 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 6 (28.57%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 6 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (28.57%) Power BI
7 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
7 6 (28.57%) Star Schema
7 6 (28.57%) Test Automation
8 5 (23.81%) Azure
8 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
8 5 (23.81%) Data Pipeline
8 5 (23.81%) Databricks
9 4 (19.05%) Apache
10 3 (14.29%) Apache NiFi

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 (33.33%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (19.05%) Apache
3 1 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (4.76%) Apache Spark
3 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) AWS
2 9 (42.86%) Snowflake
3 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 5 (23.81%) Azure
5 2 (9.52%) Matillion
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (4.76%) GCP
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.76%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) 802.11
1 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (33.33%) Oracle ODI
3 6 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (28.57%) Power BI
3 6 (28.57%) Star Schema
4 3 (14.29%) ClickHouse
4 3 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (14.29%) MySQL
5 1 (4.76%) Big Data
5 1 (4.76%) DynamoDB
5 1 (4.76%) Hadoop
5 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
5 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) DBeaver
General
1 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Marketing
2 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Tech for Good
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (14.29%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (14.29%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (9.52%) PySpark
4 1 (4.76%) 802.1X
4 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
4 1 (4.76%) JWT
4 1 (4.76%) Kafka
4 1 (4.76%) Node.js
4 1 (4.76%) OAuth
4 1 (4.76%) OAuth2
4 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Replication
2 3 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (9.52%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Analytics
2 11 (52.38%) ETL
3 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 6 (28.57%) Dimensional Modelling
5 6 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
6 5 (23.81%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (14.29%) Data Architecture
7 3 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
7 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
8 2 (9.52%) Business Development
8 2 (9.52%) Data Engineering
8 2 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
8 2 (9.52%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) Python
1 13 (61.90%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kibana
1 3 (14.29%) logstash
2 2 (9.52%) Grafana
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.76%) Ansible
3 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Oracle
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) Databricks
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
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