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 citing Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 54 | 95 | 149 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | +54 | +38 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Engineering | 951 | 446 | 265 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 4.64% | 3.17% | 1.69% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.15% | 3.43% | 1.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 670 | 276 | 195 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £457 | £463 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £566 | £550 | £586 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.91% | -6.14% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £719 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £794 | £825 |
| England median daily rate | £535 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.90% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £41.73 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £51.44 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £57.00 | £70.25 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.86% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £91.44 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £69.30 | £102.58 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £63.75 | £56.61 | £26.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.61% | +113.62% | -62.94% |
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 citing process or methodology skills in London.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 18,460 | 13,000 | 13,950 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 90.02% | 92.42% | 89.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,126 | 8,556 | 8,995 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £331 | £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 | £668 | £663 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -3.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 405 | 259 | 166 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.58 | £17.98 | £17.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.03 | £24.77 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.60 | £29.50 | £37.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.90% | -21.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £46.88 | £55.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £65.50 | £80.38 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.45 | £25.15 | £36.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.95% | -30.30% | -18.92% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in London
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 13 November 2026.
Data Engineering Hourly Rate Trend in London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering.
Data Engineering Hourly Rate Histogram in London
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in London over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.
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 13 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | +34 | 125 | £600 | +4.35% | 117 |
| West London | +5 | 29 | £608 | -1.02% | 26 |
| South London | +4 | 8 | £450 | -9.91% | 4 |
| East London | - | 1 | £470 | - | 6 |
| Data Engineering England |
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Data Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Pipeline | 50.2% | 477 |
| 2 | Analytics | 46.0% | 437 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 43.4% | 413 |
| 4 | AI | 36.4% | 346 |
| 5 | Data Modelling | 36.3% | 345 |
| 6 | ETL | 34.6% | 329 |
| 7 | Agile | 25.9% | 246 |
| 8 | Data Governance | 23.7% | 225 |
| 9 | DevOps | 23.4% | 223 |
| 10 | Business Intelligence | 21.7% | 206 |
| 11 | Stakeholder Management | 21.2% | 202 |
| 12 | Machine Learning | 20.1% | 191 |
| 13 | Data Transformation | 17.6% | 167 |
| 14 | Problem-Solving | 16.2% | 154 |
| 15 | Infrastructure as Code | 16.1% | 153 |
| 16 | Data Architecture | 15.7% | 149 |
| 17 | Migration | 14.7% | 140 |
| 18 | Technical Leadership | 14.6% | 139 |
| 19 | Data Science | 14.5% | 138 |
| 19 | Lakehouse | 14.5% | 138 |