Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Data Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.41% 1.69% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.83% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £444 -
25th Percentile £413 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £498 £350
Median % change year-on-year -14.57% +42.14% -
75th Percentile £438 £545 £438
90th Percentile - £563 £490
North West median daily rate £405 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -14.29% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 225 219 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.80% 90.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 103 94
10th Percentile £129 £149 £188
25th Percentile £163 £194 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £411
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.66% -11.63%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £525
90th Percentile £649 £600 £596
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 21 16
10th Percentile £12.21 £14.25 £13.13
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.67 £18.07 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -3.65% +14.68%
75th Percentile £46.46 £23.00 £23.38
90th Percentile £51.02 £24.18 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.33% -14.29% +74.43%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 28 November 2025. 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
Liverpool -6 1 £425 -14.57% 3
Data Engineer
North West

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Merseyside region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
General
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL