Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chester
Senior Data Engineer
Cheshire > Chester
As of 24 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Chester.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 30 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Senior Data Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chester | 0.53% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.65% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £525 | - | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +26.67% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Chester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Chester matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Chester matching a recognised job title | 153 | 95 | 65 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 81.82% | 89.62% | 94.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 53 | 47 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £170 | £174 | £401 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £444 | £480 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £575 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £585 |
| 90th Percentile | £633 | £734 | £612 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £467 | £447 | £473 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.53% | -5.40% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.98 | £19.10 | £15.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.50 | £23.86 | £16.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £30.99 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.30% | -11.46% | +6.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £32.54 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £83.53 | £37.19 | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £40.13 | £25.15 | £22.09 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.56% | +13.85% | -27.67% |
Senior Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior Data Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Senior Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Senior Data Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Senior Data Engineer job ads across the Chester region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Apache | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Apache Hive | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Apache NiFi | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Apache Spark | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Business Intelligence | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cisco | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Lake | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Lineage | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Modelling | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Pipeline | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Quality | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Reconciliation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Transformation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Entra ID | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Git | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GitHub | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GitHub Copilot | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Grafana | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Hadoop | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Kafka | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microsoft | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microsoft Graph | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Model Validation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Power BI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Power Platform | 100.0% | 1 |
Senior Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Compliance Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Senior Platform Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |