Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Senior Data Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in East Sussex is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 2.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £560 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -10.40% -7.41% +48.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 68 72 80
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.55% 82.76% 98.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 53 57
10th Percentile £252 £300 £306
25th Percentile £407 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £588
90th Percentile £743 £638 £718
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 9
10th Percentile £12.75 - £11.00
25th Percentile £15.38 - £15.38
Median hourly rate £16.75 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -57.92%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £26.88
90th Percentile £18.61 - £51.50
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +2.27% -2.22%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Senior Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex

Senior Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Engineer within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Brighton - 2 £600 - 1
Senior Data Engineer
South East

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Senior 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 East Sussex region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL