Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in London

Data Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 111 168
Rank change year-on-year +48 +57 -25
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 832 346 243
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 2.55% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 2.76% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 226 189
10th Percentile £400 £400 £423
25th Percentile £450 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £803
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £58.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +67.86% -57.58%
England median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -12.50% -23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,008 12,525 14,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.35% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,832 8,338 10,058
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 255 198
10th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £17.01
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.44
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.75
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.17% +3.59%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in London

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in London over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineering in London

Data Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
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 Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 16 August 2026. 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
Live
Jobs
Central London +46 114 £575 +4.55% 49
West London +1 21 £613 -5.22% 17
South London - 5 £545 - 2
East London - 4 £450 - 6
Data Engineering
England

Data Engineering
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
1 131 (15.75%) Apache Airflow
2 98 (11.78%) Apache Spark
3 71 (8.53%) Apache
4 16 (1.92%) SAS
5 14 (1.68%) Palantir Foundry
6 10 (1.20%) Confluence
6 10 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.60%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.24%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (1.32%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.60%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) Endur
3 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.24%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 344 (41.35%) Azure
2 330 (39.66%) AWS
3 155 (18.63%) Power Platform
4 153 (18.39%) Snowflake
5 132 (15.87%) dbt
6 124 (14.90%) GCP
7 104 (12.50%) Amazon S3
8 98 (11.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 92 (11.06%) Azure DevOps
10 89 (10.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 84 (10.10%) GitHub
12 76 (9.13%) Serverless
13 66 (7.93%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (3.49%) Amazon EMR
16 24 (2.88%) Amazon Bedrock
17 22 (2.64%) Dagster
18 21 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 21 (2.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 20 (2.40%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.24%) Firewall
1 2 (0.24%) Network Security
1 2 (0.24%) RTP
2 1 (0.12%) 4G
2 1 (0.12%) 5G
2 1 (0.12%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (21.63%) Data Warehouse
2 145 (17.43%) Power BI
3 134 (16.11%) Data Lake
4 91 (10.94%) Metadata
5 70 (8.41%) BigQuery
6 67 (8.05%) Delta Lake
7 66 (7.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 54 (6.49%) Big Data
9 46 (5.53%) Tableau
10 45 (5.41%) Amazon Athena
11 41 (4.93%) NoSQL
12 36 (4.33%) SQL Server
13 35 (4.21%) Snowflake Schema
14 28 (3.37%) Relational Database
15 27 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
15 27 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
16 25 (3.00%) Star Schema
17 18 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
18 17 (2.04%) Looker
18 17 (2.04%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 95 (11.42%) Git
2 39 (4.69%) GitLab
3 25 (3.00%) JIRA
4 17 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.92%) MLflow
6 7 (0.84%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.60%) ERwin
7 5 (0.60%) Selenium
7 5 (0.60%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.36%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.36%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.36%) Postman
8 3 (0.36%) Snyk
9 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 252 (30.29%) Finance
2 181 (21.75%) Social Skills
3 130 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (10.82%) Banking
5 57 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.85%) Marketing
7 21 (2.52%) Front Office
7 21 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.28%) Investment Banking
8 19 (2.28%) Retail
9 13 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.84%) Back Office
13 7 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.84%) Legal
14 4 (0.48%) Billing
14 4 (0.48%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 375 (45.07%) Data Engineer
2 114 (13.70%) Senior
3 106 (12.74%) Architect
3 106 (12.74%) Lead
4 71 (8.53%) Senior Data Engineer
5 48 (5.77%) AWS Engineer
5 48 (5.77%) Developer
6 47 (5.65%) Data Architect
7 44 (5.29%) Analyst
8 42 (5.05%) Lead Data Engineer
9 39 (4.69%) AWS Data Engineer
10 37 (4.45%) Snowflake Engineer
11 34 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
12 33 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (3.73%) Snowflake Data Engineer
14 30 (3.61%) Data Scientist
15 29 (3.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 28 (3.37%) Data Analyst
17 26 (3.13%) Azure Data Engineer
17 26 (3.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (16.83%) PySpark
2 65 (7.81%) Kafka
3 26 (3.13%) REST
4 21 (2.52%) Pandas
5 19 (2.28%) React
6 17 (2.04%) scikit-learn
7 16 (1.92%) .NET
7 16 (1.92%) JSON
8 14 (1.68%) NumPy
9 13 (1.56%) PyTorch
10 10 (1.20%) Spring
11 9 (1.08%) Great Expectations
11 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
11 9 (1.08%) pytest
11 9 (1.08%) TensorFlow
12 7 (0.84%) LangChain
13 6 (0.72%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.72%) Apache Avro
13 6 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (0.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 138 (16.59%) Cloud Native
2 43 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (4.33%) Data Structures
5 36 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.28%) AI Agents
7 17 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.56%) NHS
9 12 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.32%) Clustering
10 11 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
11 10 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.20%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.08%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.08%) Life Science
12 9 (1.08%) Reference Data
13 8 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.96%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.49%) Linux
2 14 (1.68%) Unix
3 7 (0.84%) Windows
4 2 (0.24%) VMS
4 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (50.36%) Analytics
2 405 (48.68%) Data Pipeline
3 316 (37.98%) CI/CD
4 306 (36.78%) Data Modelling
5 294 (35.34%) ETL
6 268 (32.21%) AI
7 212 (25.48%) DevOps
8 207 (24.88%) Agile
9 185 (22.24%) Business Intelligence
10 178 (21.39%) Data Governance
11 167 (20.07%) Machine Learning
12 140 (16.83%) Data Architecture
13 137 (16.47%) Data Science
14 136 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
15 132 (15.87%) Data Transformation
16 128 (15.38%) Decision-Making
17 124 (14.90%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (14.90%) Validation
18 119 (14.30%) Migration
19 101 (12.14%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 468 (56.25%) SQL
2 446 (53.61%) Python
3 71 (8.53%) Java
4 31 (3.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 27 (3.25%) Scala
6 23 (2.76%) C#
7 22 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.16%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.68%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.44%) SAS Macro
11 11 (1.32%) Bash
11 11 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.20%) Bicep
13 9 (1.08%) TypeScript
14 8 (0.96%) R
15 7 (0.84%) SPARQL
16 5 (0.60%) Cypher
16 5 (0.60%) Korn
16 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.48%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 117 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 103 (12.38%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.01%) Degree
4 26 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.40%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.80%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.72%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.48%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.36%) PhD
13 3 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
14 2 (0.24%) CSPO
14 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (31.49%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.77%) QA
3 44 (5.29%) GDPR
4 17 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.36%) GxP
5 3 (0.36%) MiFID
5 3 (0.36%) PMO
5 3 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.24%) EMIR
6 2 (0.24%) IFRS
6 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.12%) Basel II
7 1 (0.12%) COPPA
7 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.12%) GRC
7 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 68 (8.17%) Docker
2 3 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 112 (13.46%) Terraform
2 57 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.32%) Ansible
4 6 (0.72%) Control-M
5 5 (0.60%) Grafana
6 3 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) Puppet
7 2 (0.24%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.12%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) Cilium
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 209 (25.12%) Databricks
2 140 (16.83%) Microsoft
3 41 (4.93%) Informatica
4 40 (4.81%) Google
5 32 (3.85%) Oracle
6 21 (2.52%) Palantir
7 20 (2.40%) Foundry
8 15 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.44%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.08%) Cloudera
11 8 (0.96%) SAP
11 8 (0.96%) Teradata
12 7 (0.84%) Hitachi
12 7 (0.84%) Workday
13 6 (0.72%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.60%) Amplitude
15 4 (0.48%) Charles River
15 4 (0.48%) Hortonworks
15 4 (0.48%) MicroStrategy
15 4 (0.48%) Murex