Data Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £432 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 71 73
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 7 20 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.82% 2.22% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 2.34% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 13
10th Percentile £188 £413 £334
25th Percentile £255 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £490 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.94% +22.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £453 £550 £475
90th Percentile £457 £590 £516
Scotland median daily rate £453 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -6.60% -3.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 815 855 963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 95.11% 96.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 631 737
10th Percentile £253 £313 £212
25th Percentile £363 £409 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £538
90th Percentile £650 £701 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 17 11
10th Percentile £12.29 £12.15 £21.00
25th Percentile £15.92 £14.25 £23.10
Median hourly rate £21.13 £22.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -39.89% +113.89%
75th Percentile £44.14 £58.75 £43.21
90th Percentile £63.75 £62.96 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.27 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +9.71% -17.60% -28.40%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024, 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 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Databricks
2 3 (42.86%) Scala
2 3 (42.86%) GitOps
2 3 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (42.86%) DataOps
2 3 (42.86%) MLOps
2 3 (42.86%) Snowflake
2 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (42.86%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Docker
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
2 3 (42.86%) Data Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Terraform
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) UEBA
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Engineering

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 3 (42.86%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (14.29%) Apache
2 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Snowflake
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) DTS
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (14.29%) iPad
2 1 (14.29%) iPhone
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Data Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (42.86%) DataOps
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) GitOps
2 3 (42.86%) MLOps
3 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) UEBA
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) Scala
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
1 3 (42.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft