Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Central London

Python Data Engineer
London > Central London

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in Central London is £715, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 125 135
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.10% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £629 £614 £503
25th Percentile £654 £616 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £715 £638 £863
Median % change year-on-year +12.16% -26.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £784 £666 £1,000
90th Percentile £813 £671 £1,044
London median daily rate £569 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -5.21% +20.00% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,856 1,986 2,479
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 92.67% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,281 1,252 1,786
10th Percentile £340 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £775 £793
London median daily rate £526 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.45% -1.79% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 25
10th Percentile £19.14 £18.10 £17.77
25th Percentile £24.15 £25.40 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £41.80 £40.25 £38.00
90th Percentile £46.05 £112.00 £65.00
London median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -4.41%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Python Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Python Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Data Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python Data Engineer in Central London

Python Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Data Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -2 1 £805 +26.27% 2
Python Data Engineer
London

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 Central London region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (50.00%) EMIR
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hedge funds
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (50.00%) EMIR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Virgin Media