Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Data Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.38% - 2.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £197
25th Percentile - - £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - £323
75th Percentile - - £427
90th Percentile - - £478
Hampshire median daily rate £425 £575 £463
% change year-on-year -26.09% +24.32% -11.90%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 244 90 86
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 94.74% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 62 60
10th Percentile £463 £394 £406
25th Percentile £499 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +26.32%
75th Percentile £635 £600 £675
90th Percentile £725 £656 £750
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 1
10th Percentile £25.00 £70.50 -
25th Percentile £38.25 - -
Median hourly rate £45.59 £75.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +172.73% -53.97%
75th Percentile £51.00 - -
90th Percentile - £76.13 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.00 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -18.18% -4.10% +9.24%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

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

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 Farnborough region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Flow Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Flow Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle