Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Engineering
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 81 98
Rank change year-on-year +39 +17 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 114 41 30
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.35% 2.42% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.86% 2.56% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 27 20
10th Percentile £425 £475 £413
25th Percentile £463 £513 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £725 £653 £686
90th Percentile £765 £748 £748
Central London median daily rate £600 £553 £575
% change year-on-year +8.60% -3.91% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,945 1,601 1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.36% 94.51% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,343 1,097 1,200
10th Percentile £375 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £685 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 17
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.85 £16.70
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.18 £23.13
Median hourly rate £20.25 £26.57 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -37.48% +54.55%
75th Percentile £27.35 £36.00 £112.00
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -22.76% +30.84%

Data Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Engineering Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineering in the City of London

Data Engineering Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering 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.