Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in England

Data Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 154 200
Rank change year-on-year +75 +46 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 1,313 465 453
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 1.86% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 2.03% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 317 337
10th Percentile £388 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 13
10th Percentile £53.45 £24.75 £30.55
25th Percentile £63.75 £28.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £38.96 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.67% -19.67% -36.81%
75th Percentile £80.88 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £89.00 £58.25 -
UK median hourly rate £69.44 £38.96 £35.00
% change year-on-year +78.23% +11.31% -52.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in England

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineering in England

Data Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Engineering in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Engineering in England

Data Engineering
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
London +62 791 £550 -2.22% 255
North of England +16 167 £475 -5.00% 73
Midlands +30 133 £500 +8.11% 39
West Midlands +27 113 £486 -16.16% 27
South West +30 81 £500 -11.11% 31
South East -19 74 £525 +5.00% 113
Yorkshire -1 72 £480 +3.78% 15
North West -14 59 £496 -0.80% 47
North East -2 38 £425 -15.00% 11
East of England -14 25 £575 +78.92% 12
East Midlands -11 17 £525 +13.51% 12
Data Engineering
UK

Data Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 176 (13.40%) Apache Spark
2 150 (11.42%) Apache Airflow
3 98 (7.46%) Apache
4 39 (2.97%) SAS
5 23 (1.75%) Confluence
5 23 (1.75%) Jupyter
6 17 (1.29%) Palantir Foundry
7 11 (0.84%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.53%) Apache Superset
8 7 (0.53%) Appian
9 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.076%) Camunda
11 1 (0.076%) CICS
11 1 (0.076%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.076%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 22 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.076%) Notion
6 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.46%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.38%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.23%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.15%) Endur
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.076%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.076%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.076%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 563 (42.88%) Azure
2 507 (38.61%) AWS
3 292 (22.24%) Power Platform
4 181 (13.79%) GCP
5 180 (13.71%) Snowflake
6 161 (12.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 149 (11.35%) Amazon S3
8 148 (11.27%) dbt
9 129 (9.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 115 (8.76%) GitHub
11 114 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
12 111 (8.45%) Serverless
13 96 (7.31%) AWS Lambda
14 69 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
15 36 (2.74%) Amazon EMR
16 33 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (2.28%) Azure AI
18 27 (2.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 26 (1.98%) Amazon Bedrock
19 26 (1.98%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.38%) Firewall
1 5 (0.38%) RTP
2 2 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.076%) 4G
3 1 (0.076%) 5G
3 1 (0.076%) MIMO
3 1 (0.076%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (20.49%) Power BI
2 248 (18.89%) Data Warehouse
3 201 (15.31%) Data Lake
4 119 (9.06%) Metadata
5 96 (7.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 88 (6.70%) Big Data
7 86 (6.55%) Delta Lake
8 81 (6.17%) SQL Server
9 79 (6.02%) BigQuery
10 75 (5.71%) Tableau
11 66 (5.03%) NoSQL
12 65 (4.95%) Amazon Athena
13 63 (4.80%) Snowflake Schema
14 53 (4.04%) Relational Database
15 46 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
16 45 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 39 (2.97%) Hadoop
18 34 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 32 (2.44%) Star Schema
20 29 (2.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 139 (10.59%) Git
2 69 (5.26%) GitLab
3 51 (3.88%) JIRA
4 33 (2.51%) MLflow
5 19 (1.45%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.30%) Postman
7 4 (0.30%) Selenium
8 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.23%) Snyk
8 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) ERwin
9 2 (0.15%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.076%) Ant
10 1 (0.076%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.076%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.076%) JUnit
10 1 (0.076%) Maven
General
1 323 (24.60%) Social Skills
2 320 (24.37%) Finance
3 200 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 89 (6.78%) Banking
6 34 (2.59%) Marketing
7 33 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (2.36%) Retail
9 26 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.45%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.22%) Front Office
12 14 (1.07%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.07%) Investment Banking
13 11 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 10 (0.76%) Legal
15 8 (0.61%) Law
15 8 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.46%) Billing
17 5 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 604 (46.00%) Data Engineer
2 193 (14.70%) Senior
3 151 (11.50%) Architect
4 147 (11.20%) Lead
5 116 (8.83%) Senior Data Engineer
6 77 (5.86%) Data Architect
7 66 (5.03%) Developer
8 62 (4.72%) Analyst
9 60 (4.57%) Lead Data Engineer
10 59 (4.49%) AWS Engineer
11 48 (3.66%) AWS Data Engineer
12 46 (3.50%) Data Scientist
12 46 (3.50%) Snowflake Engineer
12 46 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
13 41 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
13 41 (3.12%) Snowflake Data Engineer
14 37 (2.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 37 (2.82%) Consultant
15 36 (2.74%) Azure Data Engineer
16 34 (2.59%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (14.32%) PySpark
2 119 (9.06%) Kafka
3 42 (3.20%) Pandas
4 41 (3.12%) REST
5 33 (2.51%) scikit-learn
6 30 (2.28%) PyTorch
7 28 (2.13%) JSON
8 27 (2.06%) NumPy
9 24 (1.83%) React
9 24 (1.83%) Spring
10 22 (1.68%) TensorFlow
11 17 (1.29%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.22%) .NET
12 16 (1.22%) RESTful
13 15 (1.14%) YAML
14 14 (1.07%) FastAPI
14 14 (1.07%) LangChain
14 14 (1.07%) OpenTelemetry
14 14 (1.07%) pytest
15 13 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (13.10%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
4 50 (3.81%) Data Structures
5 42 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 30 (2.28%) AI Agents
6 30 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.06%) Distributed Computing
8 21 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.45%) NHS
10 16 (1.22%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.22%) Clustering
11 14 (1.07%) Fixed Income
12 12 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.84%) Management Information System
14 9 (0.69%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.13%) Linux
2 25 (1.90%) Unix
3 5 (0.38%) VMS
4 3 (0.23%) Windows
5 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 672 (51.18%) Analytics
2 614 (46.76%) Data Pipeline
3 495 (37.70%) Data Modelling
4 470 (35.80%) CI/CD
5 462 (35.19%) ETL
6 393 (29.93%) AI
7 339 (25.82%) Business Intelligence
8 335 (25.51%) Agile
9 322 (24.52%) DevOps
10 265 (20.18%) Data Governance
11 254 (19.35%) Machine Learning
12 230 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
13 224 (17.06%) Data Science
14 182 (13.86%) Data Architecture
15 181 (13.79%) Decision-Making
16 180 (13.71%) Migration
17 179 (13.63%) Validation
18 153 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
19 150 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
20 145 (11.04%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 713 (54.30%) SQL
2 697 (53.08%) Python
3 110 (8.38%) Java
4 42 (3.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 39 (2.97%) Scala
6 34 (2.59%) C#
7 30 (2.28%) Bash
8 24 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 23 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.52%) JavaScript
11 18 (1.37%) R
12 17 (1.29%) Bicep
12 17 (1.29%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.99%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.91%) Shell Script
15 11 (0.84%) SAS Macro
16 5 (0.38%) Korn
16 5 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.38%) SPARQL
17 4 (0.30%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 249 (18.96%) Security Cleared
2 221 (16.83%) SC Cleared
3 85 (6.47%) Degree
4 39 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.21%) Azure Certification
5 29 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (2.13%) Master's Degree
7 17 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.07%) DV Cleared
9 13 (0.99%) DBS Check
10 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (0.46%) SnowPro
13 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.23%) PhD
15 2 (0.15%) CSPO
15 2 (0.15%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.15%) Tableau Certification
16 1 (0.076%) CISSP
16 1 (0.076%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 376 (28.64%) Data Quality
2 81 (6.17%) GDPR
3 64 (4.87%) QA
4 10 (0.76%) SLA
5 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.30%) MiFID
8 4 (0.30%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.23%) GRC
9 3 (0.23%) GxP
9 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.23%) NIST
10 2 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 1 (0.076%) Basel II
System Software
1 124 (9.44%) Docker
2 3 (0.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 182 (13.86%) Terraform
2 107 (8.15%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.75%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.07%) Grafana
5 9 (0.69%) Ansible
6 4 (0.30%) Kibana
7 3 (0.23%) Argo
7 3 (0.23%) Nagios
7 3 (0.23%) Rancher
8 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.15%) logstash
8 2 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.076%) Control-M
9 1 (0.076%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.076%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.076%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.076%) Oozie
Vendors
1 319 (24.30%) Databricks
2 226 (17.21%) Microsoft
3 70 (5.33%) Informatica
4 52 (3.96%) Oracle
5 49 (3.73%) Google
6 27 (2.06%) OpenAI
7 26 (1.98%) Talend
8 25 (1.90%) Foundry
8 25 (1.90%) Palantir
9 24 (1.83%) SAP
10 22 (1.68%) Splunk
11 19 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 15 (1.14%) Cloudera
12 15 (1.14%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.91%) Trend Micro
14 8 (0.61%) Denodo
14 8 (0.61%) UiPath
15 7 (0.53%) Automation Anywhere
15 7 (0.53%) InterSystems
16 6 (0.46%) Workday