The median contractor rate for a Data Engineer was £525 per day in advertised job vacancies in London during the 6 months to 12 August 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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
13,905
37,538
43,263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.55%
94.12%
94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted
9,406
26,890
31,286
Median daily rate
£513
£500
£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50%
-
+5.26%
10th Percentile
£313
£313
£313
90th Percentile
£713
£675
£675
England median daily rate
£475
£475
£450
% change year-on-year
-
+5.56%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
235
499
621
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£21.00
£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.67%
+5.00%
-4.90%
10th Percentile
£17.97
£12.45
£13.13
90th Percentile
£54.60
£58.83
£51.25
Median hourly rate
£27.20
£20.00
£18.70
% change year-on-year
+35.98%
+6.95%
+1.08%
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Data Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in London.
Data Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in London over the 6 months to 12 August 2020.
Data Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in London.
Data Engineer Contract Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 12 August 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Location
Rank Change on Same Period Last Year
Matching Contract IT Job Ads
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London
For the 6 months to 12 August 2020, Data Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
