Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Python Data Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in Northern Ireland is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £510
% change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% -16.39%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 202 161 149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.79% 93.06% 94.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 74 90
10th Percentile £278 £148 £172
25th Percentile £363 £216 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.61% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £539
90th Percentile £625 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 14
10th Percentile £12.31 £15.48 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £17.23 £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.18 £15.82
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +52.89% +13.45%
75th Percentile £27.57 £34.66 £16.12
90th Percentile £53.75 £61.48 £18.53
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Python Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Python Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Data Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
County Antrim - 1 £430 -
Python Data Engineer
UK

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Python 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle