Big Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Big Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Big Data Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
29 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Big Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 713 639 795
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.00% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 434 541
10th Percentile £250 £216 £325
25th Percentile £363 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £580
90th Percentile £625 £670 £700
Scotland median daily rate £455 £449 £475
% change year-on-year +1.34% -5.47% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 16 17
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £14.51 £12.26
Median hourly rate £23.92 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.10% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £29.17 £26.76 £17.72
90th Percentile £58.00 £43.27 £36.36
Scotland median hourly rate £23.75 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +31.00% +2.31% -

Big Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Big Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Big Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Big Data Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Big Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, Big 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 Glasgow region featuring Big Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow