Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Data Engineer
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Canary Wharf is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 2.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Canary Wharf

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Canary Wharf. 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 Canary Wharf with a recognized job title 65 43 89
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 91.49% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 39 87
10th Percentile £385 £350 £456
25th Percentile £445 £495 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +6.43%
75th Percentile £669 £586 £650
90th Percentile £775 £645 £770
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £500 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate - £40.00 -

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

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 Canary Wharf.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Canary Wharf

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 Canary Wharf region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Validation

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
Data Engineer jobs