Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Python Data Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

As of 15 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Python Data Engineer daily rate in Cardiff.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 293 192 202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.79% 97.46% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 143 147
10th Percentile £300 £213 £130
25th Percentile £331 £300 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £388 £438
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -11.43% +1.45%
75th Percentile £586 £500 £550
90th Percentile £713 £675 £621
South Wales median daily rate £468 £375 £412
% change year-on-year +24.67% -8.98% -8.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 11
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.71 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.50 £13.08 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +49.08% -39.42% -4.04%
75th Percentile £19.75 £17.23 £25.60
90th Percentile £21.10 £21.27 -
South Wales median hourly rate £20.12 £18.65 £25.60
% change year-on-year +7.86% -27.15% +7.05%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Python Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Python 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 Cardiff region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Composer
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Dagster
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Prefect
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Composer
1 1 (100.00%) Dagster
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google