Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Darlington

Data Engineer
Durham > Darlington

As of 7 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Engineer daily rate in Darlington.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Darlington 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Durham median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Darlington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Darlington. 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 Darlington with a recognized job title 7 17 16
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 94.44% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 8
10th Percentile - £369 £263
25th Percentile £508 £449 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £468 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% +10.00% +78.95%
75th Percentile £523 £479 -
90th Percentile - £531 £474
Durham median daily rate £350 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -24.73% +9.41% +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Median hourly rate - £22.63 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year - +46.35% -
Durham median hourly rate £70.00 £22.63 £15.46
% change year-on-year +209.39% +46.35% -76.58%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

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

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Darlington

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Darlington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Darlington.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Darlington

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, 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 Darlington region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared