Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Engineering
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 26 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.52% 1.34% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.46% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £556 -
25th Percentile £613 £583 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £648 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +7.92% +15.38%
75th Percentile £638 £693 -
90th Percentile - £709 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £538 £648 £600
% change year-on-year -16.99% +7.92% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 169 137 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 85.35% 91.95% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 71 99
10th Percentile £200 £325 £350
25th Percentile £408 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £559 £550 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £470 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -10.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 6
10th Percentile £13.71 £14.93 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £15.50 £18.19
Median hourly rate £18.28 £19.25 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -2.53% +19.70%
75th Percentile £20.63 £65.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £37.60 £70.00 £32.88
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £18.28 £19.25 £19.75
% change year-on-year -5.06% -2.53% +22.06%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Data Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineering in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
1 1 (33.33%) Data Hub
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Looker
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) DataOps
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Google