Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Data Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 1.05% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £372 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £430 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.88% - -
75th Percentile £399 - -
90th Percentile £403 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £396 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -11.94% -5.26% -12.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 259 156 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 93.41% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 132 37
10th Percentile £310 £351 £493
25th Percentile £358 £378 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £445 £586
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% -24.15% +18.98%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £595
90th Percentile £520 £636 £608
Cheshire median daily rate £429 £465 £498
% change year-on-year -7.74% -6.53% +10.56%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Knutsford

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Knutsford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Knutsford

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, 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 Knutsford region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) RESTful
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Big Data
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
1 3 (100.00%) Flask
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (100.00%) PySpark
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 3 (100.00%) MLflow
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Streamlit
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) MLflow
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Flask
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) PySpark
1 3 (100.00%) RESTful
2 2 (66.67%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft