Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London
Data Engineer
Central London > City of London
The median Data Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 56 | 63 | 73 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | +10 | +3 |
| Contract Data Engineer jobs | 92 | 59 | 50 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London | 4.43% | 3.46% | 2.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 4.73% | 3.68% | 2.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 74 | 44 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £304 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £429 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | +3.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £588 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £755 | £655 | £748 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | -0.86% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the City of London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the City of London matching a recognised job title | 1,943 | 1,603 | 1,955 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.55% | 94.02% | 93.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,343 | 1,115 | 1,202 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £325 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £419 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | -0.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £775 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.90 | £16.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.60 | £21.07 | £25.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.75 | £27.75 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.62% | -51.74% | +55.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.81 | £44.63 | £112.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.55 | £64.30 | £137.50 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £25.00 | £28.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.71% | -20.00% | -2.78% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Data Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Data Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.
Data Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for Data Engineer jobs in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.
Data Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.
Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, 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 Data Engineer job ads across the City of London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 66.3% | 61 |
| 2 | Data Engineering | 63.0% | 58 |
| 3 | Python | 62.0% | 57 |
| 4 | Data Pipeline | 60.9% | 56 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 45.7% | 42 |
| 6 | Data Modelling | 43.5% | 40 |
| 6 | Data Quality | 43.5% | 40 |
| 8 | Azure | 42.4% | 39 |
| 9 | ETL | 40.2% | 37 |
| 10 | Analytics | 38.0% | 35 |
| 10 | Databricks | 38.0% | 35 |
| 12 | AWS | 26.1% | 24 |
| 12 | DevOps | 26.1% | 24 |
| 12 | Migration | 26.1% | 24 |
| 15 | Azure Data Factory | 23.9% | 22 |
| 16 | Data Governance | 21.7% | 20 |
| 17 | Data Warehouse | 19.6% | 18 |
| 18 | Agile | 18.5% | 17 |
| 18 | Data Transformation | 18.5% | 17 |
| 18 | Microsoft | 18.5% | 17 |
| 18 | Performance Optimisation | 18.5% | 17 |
| 18 | PySpark | 18.5% | 17 |
| 23 | Infrastructure as Code | 17.4% | 16 |
| 24 | Power Platform | 16.3% | 15 |
| 24 | Serverless | 16.3% | 15 |
| 24 | Stakeholder Management | 16.3% | 15 |
| 27 | AI | 15.2% | 14 |
| 27 | Apache Airflow | 15.2% | 14 |
| 27 | Business Intelligence | 15.2% | 14 |
| 30 | Amazon S3 | 14.1% | 13 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 | Senior Data Engineer | 22.8% | 21 |
| 2 | Databricks Data Engineer | 13.0% | 12 |
| 3 | AWS Data Engineer | 9.8% | 9 |
| 4 | Azure Engineer | 6.5% | 6 |
| 4 | Lead Data Engineer | 6.5% | 6 |
| 6 | Azure Data Engineer | 5.4% | 5 |
| 6 | GCP Data Engineer | 5.4% | 5 |
| 8 | Data Migration Engineer | 4.3% | 4 |
| 9 | Cloud Engineer | 3.3% | 3 |
| 9 | Python Data Engineer | 3.3% | 3 |
| 9 | Snowflake Data Engineer | 3.3% | 3 |
| 12 | Microsoft Engineer | 2.2% | 2 |
| 12 | SAP Engineer | 2.2% | 2 |
| 14 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |
| 14 | Azure Software Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |
| 14 | Data Analyst | 1.1% | 1 |
| 14 | Data Analytics Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |
| 14 | Data Protection Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |
| 14 | Data Scientist | 1.1% | 1 |
| 14 | Databricks Software Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |