Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Senior Data Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £555 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - -
75th Percentile £565 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 351 244 454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 96.83% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 178 348
10th Percentile £239 £257 £278
25th Percentile £395 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £565 £564 £602
90th Percentile £638 £650 £739
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 18
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.60 £13.16
25th Percentile £22.43 £18.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £20.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +48.05% -13.85% +30.79%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.00 £26.25
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.20 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £20.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year +25.38% -13.85% +42.86%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Senior Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Senior 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Databricks
1 5 (100.00%) PySpark
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) dbt

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) dbt
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) PySpark
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Databricks