Data Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 75 65
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 13 7 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.63% 0.80% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 0.84% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 16
10th Percentile £339 £188 £413
25th Percentile £356 £255 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £432 £493
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% -12.47% +27.23%
75th Percentile £475 £453 £550
90th Percentile £505 £457 £590
Scotland median daily rate £450 £453 £490
% change year-on-year -0.66% -7.55% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.25 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £26.93 - -

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 761 833 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.36% 94.98% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 548 646
10th Percentile £308 £268 £313
25th Percentile £379 £377 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 39 16
10th Percentile £16.75 £13.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.00 £13.97
Median hourly rate £19.83 £24.26 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.24% -15.63% +12.55%
75th Percentile £46.38 £47.35 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.10 £65.00 £63.56
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Data Engineer in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineer in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Data Engineer in Glasgow

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Azure
1 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) Python
2 7 (53.85%) ETL
3 6 (46.15%) PySpark
3 6 (46.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (38.46%) GitHub
4 5 (38.46%) Data Transformation
5 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
6 3 (23.08%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
7 2 (15.38%) Data Security
7 2 (15.38%) Finance
7 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (15.38%) Java
7 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (15.38%) Jenkins
7 2 (15.38%) SDLC
7 2 (15.38%) Secure Coding
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Deployment
7 2 (15.38%) REST
7 2 (15.38%) Amazon S3
7 2 (15.38%) Kafka
7 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
7 2 (15.38%) Code Quality

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) GitHub
4 3 (23.08%) AWS
5 2 (15.38%) Amazon S3
6 1 (7.69%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
6 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) NAS
1 1 (7.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (7.69%) OLAP
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) PySpark
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 7 (53.85%) ETL
3 5 (38.46%) Data Transformation
4 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Deployment
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (15.38%) Data Security
6 2 (15.38%) Operational Stability
6 2 (15.38%) SDLC
6 2 (15.38%) Secure Coding
6 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
7 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.69%) Data Deduplication
7 1 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
7 1 (7.69%) Observability
7 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.69%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) NetBackup
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Veritas