Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in Norfolk

Data Engineering
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Norfolk requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Norfolk 1.39% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £581 - -
90th Percentile £585 - -
East of England median daily rate £575 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +35.29% -19.05% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 30 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Norfolk 70.83% 85.71% 78.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 14 28
10th Percentile £141 £200 £168
25th Percentile £187 £255 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year -28.39% -3.13% +73.91%
75th Percentile £488 £450 £538
90th Percentile £572 £639 £549
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.90% +5.16% -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 5 12
10th Percentile £11.59 £14.01 £12.93
25th Percentile £13.66 £14.03 £13.60
Median hourly rate £15.79 £15.33 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -1.92% -25.60%
75th Percentile £20.84 £15.80 £20.06
90th Percentile £22.81 £15.91 £26.25
East of England median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -60.00% +44.28% +43.85%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Norfolk.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Norfolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Norfolk

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 Norfolk region over the 6 months to 1 April 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
Norwich - 3 £550 - 9
Data Engineering
East of England

Data Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Architect
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Data Architect
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Solution Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Architect