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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 102 163
Rank change year-on-year +44 +61 -13
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 864 364 256
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.28% 2.71% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.82% 2.93% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 233 197
10th Percentile £400 £365 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £717
90th Percentile £763 £775 £818
England median daily rate £525 £520 £575
% change year-on-year +0.96% -9.57% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +28.57% -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 17,943 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,720 8,226 9,619
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 £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 251 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.38 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

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 September 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 September 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 +35 118 £575 +4.55% 156
West London -6 17 £520 +5.58% 27
East London - 4 £460 - 18
South London - 3 £500 - 5
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
1 130 (15.05%) Apache Airflow
2 96 (11.11%) Apache Spark
3 76 (8.80%) Apache
4 15 (1.74%) SAS
5 13 (1.50%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.39%) Confluence
6 12 (1.39%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.23%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.23%) Endur
3 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 361 (41.78%) Azure
2 333 (38.54%) AWS
3 166 (19.21%) Snowflake
4 150 (17.36%) Power Platform
5 148 (17.13%) dbt
6 127 (14.70%) GCP
7 112 (12.96%) Amazon S3
8 106 (12.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 88 (10.19%) Serverless
10 84 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
11 79 (9.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 79 (9.14%) GitHub
12 72 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (5.56%) Azure Databricks
14 38 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
15 28 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 28 (3.24%) Amazon EMR
16 27 (3.13%) Amazon Bedrock
17 22 (2.55%) Azure AI
18 21 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.35%) Network Security
2 1 (0.12%) Firewall
2 1 (0.12%) MIMO
2 1 (0.12%) RTP
2 1 (0.12%) SMS
2 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (22.45%) Data Warehouse
2 143 (16.55%) Power BI
3 122 (14.12%) Data Lake
4 93 (10.76%) Metadata
5 74 (8.56%) Delta Lake
6 71 (8.22%) BigQuery
7 61 (7.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 49 (5.67%) Big Data
9 41 (4.75%) Amazon Athena
10 37 (4.28%) Tableau
11 34 (3.94%) NoSQL
12 33 (3.82%) Snowflake Schema
12 33 (3.82%) SQL Server
13 28 (3.24%) Relational Database
14 24 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
15 23 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
16 22 (2.55%) Spark SQL
17 21 (2.43%) Looker
17 21 (2.43%) Star Schema
18 20 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 106 (12.27%) Git
2 48 (5.56%) GitLab
3 27 (3.13%) JIRA
4 18 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.62%) MLflow
6 8 (0.93%) Terragrunt
7 7 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.81%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.81%) RStudio
7 7 (0.81%) Selenium
8 6 (0.69%) ERwin
9 5 (0.58%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.46%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.35%) Snyk
12 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.23%) Postman
12 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
General
1 252 (29.17%) Finance
2 197 (22.80%) Social Skills
3 139 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (11.46%) Banking
5 58 (6.71%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.28%) Marketing
7 23 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.31%) Front Office
8 20 (2.31%) Investment Banking
9 19 (2.20%) Retail
10 13 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.16%) Back Office
11 10 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 8 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.81%) Billing
13 7 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.81%) Legal
13 7 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 392 (45.37%) Data Engineer
2 132 (15.28%) Senior
3 114 (13.19%) Lead
4 104 (12.04%) Architect
5 88 (10.19%) Senior Data Engineer
6 49 (5.67%) Data Architect
7 48 (5.56%) Databricks Engineer
8 47 (5.44%) Developer
9 44 (5.09%) AWS Engineer
10 43 (4.98%) Analyst
11 41 (4.75%) Lead Data Engineer
12 38 (4.40%) Databricks Data Engineer
12 38 (4.40%) Snowflake Engineer
13 36 (4.17%) AWS Data Engineer
13 36 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
14 30 (3.47%) Snowflake Data Engineer
15 29 (3.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 28 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (3.13%) Data Scientist
17 27 (3.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (17.36%) PySpark
2 127 (14.70%) Terraform
3 63 (7.29%) Kafka
4 36 (4.17%) REST
5 24 (2.78%) React
6 19 (2.20%) .NET
7 17 (1.97%) JSON
8 16 (1.85%) Pandas
9 11 (1.27%) PyTorch
10 10 (1.16%) NumPy
11 9 (1.04%) LangChain
11 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
11 9 (1.04%) TensorFlow
12 8 (0.93%) Apache Avro
12 8 (0.93%) Great Expectations
12 8 (0.93%) pytest
12 8 (0.93%) scikit-learn
13 7 (0.81%) FastAPI
13 7 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (15.16%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.09%) Data Structures
3 44 (5.09%) Product Ownership
4 38 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (3.13%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.50%) NHS
7 13 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
8 12 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.27%) Taxonomies
10 9 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.04%) Life Science
11 8 (0.93%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.81%) Clustering
12 7 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.08%) Linux
2 9 (1.04%) Unix
3 6 (0.69%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.12%) VMS
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (50.35%) Data Pipeline
2 416 (48.15%) Analytics
3 339 (39.24%) CI/CD
4 317 (36.69%) Data Modelling
5 304 (35.19%) ETL
6 287 (33.22%) AI
7 214 (24.77%) DevOps
8 213 (24.65%) Agile
9 195 (22.57%) Business Intelligence
10 194 (22.45%) Data Governance
11 163 (18.87%) Machine Learning
12 157 (18.17%) Stakeholder Management
13 154 (17.82%) Data Transformation
14 151 (17.48%) Data Architecture
15 134 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
16 133 (15.39%) Validation
17 131 (15.16%) Infrastructure as Code
18 130 (15.05%) Decision-Making
19 128 (14.81%) Data Science
20 126 (14.58%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 472 (54.63%) SQL
2 463 (53.59%) Python
3 63 (7.29%) Java
4 32 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 31 (3.59%) Scala
6 26 (3.01%) PowerShell
7 24 (2.78%) JavaScript
8 22 (2.55%) C#
9 14 (1.62%) R
10 13 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.39%) Bash
12 11 (1.27%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.04%) Bicep
13 9 (1.04%) SAS Macro
14 7 (0.81%) LookML
14 7 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.81%) SPARQL
15 6 (0.69%) Korn
16 5 (0.58%) Cypher
17 4 (0.46%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 119 (13.77%) Security Cleared
2 102 (11.81%) SC Cleared
3 41 (4.75%) Degree
4 21 (2.43%) Azure Certification
5 20 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.97%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.58%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.46%) PMP
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.35%) PhD
14 2 (0.23%) CAPM
14 2 (0.23%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (33.80%) Data Quality
2 41 (4.75%) QA
3 33 (3.82%) GDPR
4 18 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.46%) PMO
5 4 (0.46%) SLA
6 3 (0.35%) MiFID
7 2 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.23%) EMIR
7 2 (0.23%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.23%) GRC
7 2 (0.23%) GxP
7 2 (0.23%) IFRS
7 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.12%) PERC
System Software
1 73 (8.45%) Docker
2 3 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 57 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.39%) Ansible
3 7 (0.81%) Control-M
4 5 (0.58%) Grafana
5 3 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.23%) Kibana
6 2 (0.23%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Cilium
7 1 (0.12%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 233 (26.97%) Databricks
2 150 (17.36%) Microsoft
3 37 (4.28%) Oracle
4 35 (4.05%) Informatica
5 33 (3.82%) Google
6 19 (2.20%) Palantir
7 18 (2.08%) Foundry
7 18 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.74%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.16%) Teradata
10 9 (1.04%) Cloudera
10 9 (1.04%) SAP
11 7 (0.81%) Hitachi
12 6 (0.69%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.69%) SnapLogic
13 5 (0.58%) Amplitude
13 5 (0.58%) MicroStrategy
14 4 (0.46%) Adobe
14 4 (0.46%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.46%) Talend