Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Python Data Engineer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in Gloucester is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
23 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 2.02% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £700 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 94 84 71
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 82.35% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 75 50
10th Percentile £221 £200 £361
25th Percentile £406 £319 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £606 £688 £638
90th Percentile £831 £700 £734
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £28.26 £18.00
25th Percentile £44.08 £32.93 £18.75
Median hourly rate £45.16 £41.33 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.28% +96.79% -73.08%
75th Percentile £46.24 £50.35 £22.75
90th Percentile - £55.39 £23.20
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £41.74 £34.34 £67.50
% change year-on-year +21.53% -49.13% -7.93%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Python 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 Gloucester region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Keycloak
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Python Data Engineer jobs