Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Heathrow
Data Engineer
Hillingdon > Heathrow
The median Data Engineer daily rate in Heathrow is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 3 | - | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +19 |
| Contract Data Engineer jobs | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Heathrow | 26.67% | - | 27.78% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 26.67% | - | 27.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £530 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | - | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £613 | - | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +189.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | - | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hillingdon median daily rate | £615 | - | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +189.47% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Heathrow
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Heathrow matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Heathrow matching a recognised job title | 15 | 9 | 18 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 100.00% | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 5 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £503 | £320 | £240 |
| 25th Percentile | £600 | - | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £638 | £350 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +82.14% | -30.00% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £444 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £463 | £594 |
| Hillingdon median daily rate | £700 | £425 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +64.71% | -19.05% | -10.64% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Heathrow
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Data Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Heathrow.
Data Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Heathrow
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Heathrow.
Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Heathrow
For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, Data Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Data Engineer job ads across the Heathrow region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | Data Engineering | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | Snowflake | 100.0% | 4 |
| 5 | Software Engineering | 75.0% | 3 |
| 5 | Technical Leadership | 75.0% | 3 |
| 7 | AI | 50.0% | 2 |
| 7 | Coaching | 50.0% | 2 |
| 7 | Continuous Delivery | 50.0% | 2 |
| 7 | Continuous Integration | 50.0% | 2 |
| 7 | Mentoring | 50.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Agile | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Analytics | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Apache Airflow | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Control-M | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Customer Experience | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Modelling | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Pipeline | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Transformation | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Warehouse | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | dbt | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Decision-Making | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | ETL | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | GitHub | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Informatica | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Performance Optimisation | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Python | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | SQL | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Teradata | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Unix | 25.0% | 1 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Heathrow by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Data Engineer | 75.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Lead Data Engineer | 25.0% | 1 |