Lead Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Huddersfield

Lead Data Engineer
West Yorkshire > Huddersfield

The median Lead Data Engineer daily rate in Huddersfield is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
3 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Huddersfield 4.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Huddersfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Huddersfield. 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 Huddersfield with a recognized job title 40 12 5
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 75.00% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 2
10th Percentile £140 £158 -
25th Percentile £250 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £529 £538 -
90th Percentile £550 £545 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 1
10th Percentile £23.53 - -
25th Percentile £25.77 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.01 - £22.50
75th Percentile £43.75 - £23.75
90th Percentile £44.13 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £50.00 £24.59
% change year-on-year -48.46% +103.33% +29.42%

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Huddersfield

For the 6 months to 3 October 2026, 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 Huddersfield region featuring Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Huddersfield 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
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