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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 116 173
Rank change year-on-year +53 +57 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 668 306 255
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.14% 2.32% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 2.55% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 216 181
10th Percentile £400 £406 £413
25th Percentile £459 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +0.96% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £778 £700
90th Percentile £750 £838 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 £22.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £43.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% +23.18% -52.91%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £41.54
90th Percentile - - £46.88
England median hourly rate £70.00 £25.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +175.27% -27.34% -

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 14,518 11,989 16,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.05% 90.98% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,761 7,892 11,520
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 162 352
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.84 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -18.92%
75th Percentile £56.25 £53.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.49 £77.25 £69.95
England median hourly rate £29.61 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.17% +6.15% -7.29%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 98 £575 +4.55% 65
West London +5 31 £603 +13.57% 15
South London -11 5 £500 -9.09% 2
East London +1 1 £449 -21.91% 11
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
1 108 (16.17%) Apache Spark
2 70 (10.48%) Apache Airflow
3 44 (6.59%) Apache
4 15 (2.25%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (1.20%) Appian
6 7 (1.05%) Confluence
7 5 (0.75%) SAS
8 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) Camunda
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
Applications
1 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.45%) Trello
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.05%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.45%) BambooHR
2 3 (0.45%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.15%) Actimize
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 321 (48.05%) Azure
2 246 (36.83%) AWS
3 167 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 124 (18.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 98 (14.67%) GCP
6 94 (14.07%) Snowflake
7 80 (11.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 79 (11.83%) Amazon S3
9 72 (10.78%) GitHub
10 65 (9.73%) Serverless
11 59 (8.83%) Azure DevOps
12 55 (8.23%) AWS Lambda
12 55 (8.23%) dbt
13 49 (7.34%) GitHub Actions
14 37 (5.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (3.44%) AWS Step Functions
15 23 (3.44%) Azure Machine Learning
15 23 (3.44%) Collibra
16 20 (2.99%) Azure AI
17 19 (2.84%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.60%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (0.45%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.45%) RTP
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (23.35%) Power BI
2 131 (19.61%) Data Warehouse
3 113 (16.92%) Data Lake
4 68 (10.18%) Metadata
5 59 (8.83%) SQL Server
6 48 (7.19%) Big Data
7 47 (7.04%) Delta Lake
7 47 (7.04%) NoSQL
8 41 (6.14%) Amazon Athena
8 41 (6.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (5.99%) BigQuery
10 39 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 38 (5.69%) Snowflake Schema
12 34 (5.09%) Tableau
13 33 (4.94%) Relational Database
14 23 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
14 23 (3.44%) Spark SQL
14 23 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 21 (3.14%) Mixpanel
16 16 (2.40%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 104 (15.57%) Git
2 33 (4.94%) MLflow
3 26 (3.89%) GitLab
4 23 (3.44%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.65%) JIRA
6 4 (0.60%) Selenium
6 4 (0.60%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.45%) Postman
7 3 (0.45%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.45%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.30%) ERwin
9 1 (0.15%) Ant
9 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.15%) JUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Maven
9 1 (0.15%) Poetry
9 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 205 (30.69%) Finance
2 172 (25.75%) Social Skills
3 89 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.83%) Banking
5 39 (5.84%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.84%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.54%) Front Office
9 16 (2.40%) Retail
10 13 (1.95%) Marketing
11 12 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.50%) Legal
12 10 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.35%) Publishing
14 8 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.90%) Back Office
16 5 (0.75%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.60%) Military
17 4 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 284 (42.51%) Data Engineer
2 95 (14.22%) Lead
3 76 (11.38%) Senior
4 57 (8.53%) Architect
5 56 (8.38%) Senior Data Engineer
6 55 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
7 52 (7.78%) Developer
8 44 (6.59%) Azure Data Engineer
9 38 (5.69%) Snowflake Engineer
10 33 (4.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 32 (4.79%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 30 (4.49%) Lead Data Engineer
13 27 (4.04%) Analyst
14 26 (3.89%) Data Architect
14 26 (3.89%) Data Scientist
15 24 (3.59%) Principal Engineer
16 21 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (3.14%) Software Engineer
17 19 (2.84%) Python Engineer
18 17 (2.54%) Data Analytics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (19.31%) PySpark
2 75 (11.23%) Kafka
3 47 (7.04%) Pandas
4 40 (5.99%) PyTorch
5 37 (5.54%) scikit-learn
6 35 (5.24%) NumPy
7 31 (4.64%) TensorFlow
8 27 (4.04%) FastAPI
9 22 (3.29%) pytest
10 21 (3.14%) Flask
11 20 (2.99%) LangChain
12 18 (2.69%) RESTful
12 18 (2.69%) YAML
13 16 (2.40%) Great Expectations
13 16 (2.40%) REST
14 15 (2.25%) Hugging Face
15 14 (2.10%) React
16 13 (1.95%) JSON
17 11 (1.65%) Django
18 10 (1.50%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 101 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.04%) Algorithms
3 26 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.59%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.29%) Distributed Computing
6 15 (2.25%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.10%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.95%) Fixed Income
8 13 (1.95%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.65%) Derivative
10 10 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.50%) Equities
11 9 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.20%) Genomics
12 8 (1.20%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.20%) Life Science
12 8 (1.20%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.84%) Linux
2 4 (0.60%) Unix
2 4 (0.60%) VMS
3 2 (0.30%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) CentOS
4 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (45.21%) Analytics
2 300 (44.91%) Data Pipeline
3 269 (40.27%) ETL
4 267 (39.97%) Data Modelling
5 243 (36.38%) CI/CD
6 214 (32.04%) AI
7 178 (26.65%) DevOps
8 176 (26.35%) Data Governance
9 174 (26.05%) Business Intelligence
10 167 (25.00%) Agile
10 167 (25.00%) Machine Learning
11 129 (19.31%) Data Science
12 108 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (15.87%) Data Architecture
14 97 (14.52%) Infrastructure as Code
15 88 (13.17%) LLM
16 75 (11.23%) Decision-Making
16 75 (11.23%) Validation
17 74 (11.08%) Use Case
18 70 (10.48%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 420 (62.87%) Python
2 373 (55.84%) SQL
3 59 (8.83%) Scala
4 52 (7.78%) Java
5 37 (5.54%) C#
6 26 (3.89%) JavaScript
7 22 (3.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (2.54%) PowerShell
9 15 (2.25%) T-SQL
9 15 (2.25%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.95%) Bash
11 11 (1.65%) Bicep
11 11 (1.65%) C++
12 10 (1.50%) R
13 6 (0.90%) Korn
13 6 (0.90%) Rust
14 3 (0.45%) SAS Macro
14 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.30%) Go
16 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.22%) SC Cleared
3 62 (9.28%) Degree
4 31 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.19%) Azure Certification
6 25 (3.74%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.50%) PhD
9 8 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) CCSP
12 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.15%) CISM
12 1 (0.15%) CISSP
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (29.94%) Data Quality
2 70 (10.48%) GDPR
3 30 (4.49%) QA
4 11 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.05%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.75%) PERC
9 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.30%) GRC
10 2 (0.30%) MiFID
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
10 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.15%) EMIR
11 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) PMO
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (12.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.60%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 120 (17.96%) Terraform
2 76 (11.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.60%) Grafana
4 3 (0.45%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.30%) Ansible
5 2 (0.30%) Argo
5 2 (0.30%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.15%) Oozie
6 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 214 (32.04%) Databricks
2 89 (13.32%) Microsoft
3 44 (6.59%) Google
4 21 (3.14%) Foundry
5 20 (2.99%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.54%) Palantir
7 14 (2.10%) Informatica
8 10 (1.50%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.50%) SAP
9 9 (1.35%) Oracle
10 8 (1.20%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (1.20%) UiPath
11 6 (0.90%) Denodo
11 6 (0.90%) MicroStrategy
11 6 (0.90%) Virgin Media
11 6 (0.90%) Workday
12 5 (0.75%) Charles River
12 5 (0.75%) Guidewire
12 5 (0.75%) Murex
12 5 (0.75%) ServiceNow