Principal Data Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Principal Data Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Principal Data Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 - -

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 607 1,049 1,082
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 94.42% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 576 755
10th Percentile £235 £260 £313
25th Percentile £357 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £638
90th Percentile £644 £688 £704
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 253 129
10th Percentile £17.69 £27.60 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £44.94 £53.75
Median hourly rate £50.49 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.21% +3.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £73.20 £80.00 £84.00
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £56.49 £62.50
% change year-on-year -42.03% -9.62% +37.06%

Principal Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Principal Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Data Engineer in Bristol

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Principal Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Principal Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
15 Principal Data Engineer jobs in the South West