Data Engineer Contracts in Derbyshire

Data Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Derbyshire is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 26 32
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 1.02% 0.60% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.64% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% +32.87%
75th Percentile £469 £438 £488
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -2.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 83 157 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.69% 94.58% 84.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 108 113
10th Percentile £171 £150 £132
25th Percentile £275 £188 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £255 £450
Median % change year-on-year +66.46% -43.26% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £540
90th Percentile £627 £588 £637
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +11.75% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 25 22
10th Percentile £21.65 £13.78 £11.94
25th Percentile £23.30 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.34 £17.72 £21.20
Median % change year-on-year +37.36% -16.42% +6.00%
75th Percentile £24.73 £20.00 £51.31
90th Percentile £24.95 £26.15 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.75 £17.50 £20.32
% change year-on-year +30.00% -13.88% +16.25%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Derbyshire

Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Derbyshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Engineer in Derbyshire

Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. 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
Derby +9 1 £463 +8.82% 2
Data Engineer
East Midlands

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Derbyshire region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality