Lead Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Lead Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Lead Data Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
7 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £367 - -
25th Percentile £379 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £401 - -
90th Percentile £402 - -
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 701 630 770
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 92.92% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 440 528
10th Percentile £263 £213 £325
25th Percentile £363 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £580
90th Percentile £613 £650 £700
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 19
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £14.51 £12.71
Median hourly rate £23.75 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £32.12 £26.76 £18.24
90th Percentile £58.50 £43.27 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.07 £17.72
% change year-on-year +10.71% +1.95% -5.49%

Lead Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Lead Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 7 October 2025, Lead 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 Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering

Lead 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 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Complexity Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
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