Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Data Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.75% 1.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £370 £367 -
25th Percentile £381 £378 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £395 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -
75th Percentile £443 £413 -
90th Percentile £446 £423 -
Cheshire median daily rate £405 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 264 161 71
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.15% 91.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 133 53
10th Percentile £311 £324 £425
25th Percentile £358 £360 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £415 £560
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -25.89% +14.29%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £593
90th Percentile £537 £600 £606
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £463 £495
% change year-on-year -3.35% -6.57% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £27.08 £23.05 £30.54
% change year-on-year +17.49% -24.54% +40.22%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Data Engineer job vacancy trend 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 & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Knutsford region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) RESTful
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) Big Data
1 5 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
1 5 (100.00%) Flask
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
1 5 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 5 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (100.00%) PySpark
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 5 (100.00%) MLflow
1 5 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 5 (100.00%) MLOps
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Streamlit
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
1 5 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 5 (100.00%) MLflow
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Flask
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) PySpark
1 5 (100.00%) RESTful
2 2 (40.00%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) MLOps
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) DataOps
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft