Big Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Big Data Engineer
England > London

The median Big Data Engineer daily rate in London is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 351 392
Rank change year-on-year -35 +41 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Big Data Engineer 5 16 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.032% 0.12% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.13% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile - £367 £615
25th Percentile - £392 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £489 £725
Median % change year-on-year -22.25% -32.59% +11.54%
75th Percentile - £583 £869
90th Percentile £452 £601 £1,000
England median daily rate £380 £413 £688
% change year-on-year -7.88% -40.00% +5.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,665 12,602 16,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 93.61% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,824 8,218 12,188
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 145 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.23 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +28.07% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.19 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.61 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%

Big Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Big Data Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Big Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Big Data Engineer job vacancies in London

Big Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Big Data Engineer in London over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Big Data Engineer in London

Big Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Big Data Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Big Data Engineer job vacancies in London

Big Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Big 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 London region featuring Big Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Big Data
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) Apache Spark
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Batch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) DB2
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Hadoop
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Parallel Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Scala

Big Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Big Data
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) DB2
2 1 (20.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Batch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Parallel Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) Scala
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Sybase