Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Doncaster

Data Engineer
South Yorkshire > Doncaster

As of 23 August 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 Doncaster.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Doncaster 5.71% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -1.03% +8.33% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Doncaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Doncaster. 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 Doncaster with a recognized job title 32 9 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 90.00% 65.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 18
10th Percentile £370 £146 £162
25th Percentile £425 £239 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £368 £228
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +61.54% -25.71%
75th Percentile £500 £454 £467
90th Percentile £533 £539 £500
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £465 £514
% change year-on-year +7.53% -9.53% -6.77%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Doncaster

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 Doncaster.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Doncaster

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Doncaster

For the 6 months to 23 August 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 Doncaster region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle

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

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle