Lead Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Lead Data Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Lead Data Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
21 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.97% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
75th Percentile £543 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £465 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 838 255 315
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 89.16% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 179 191
10th Percentile £351 £220 £338
25th Percentile £413 £388 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £547 £571 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £471
% change year-on-year +1.47% +0.85% -11.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -8.14% -29.50%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +55.34% +22.37% -33.85%

Lead Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Lead Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Lead Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Data Engineer in Sheffield

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Lead 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (55.56%) Apache Spark
2 5 (55.56%) Data Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Hadoop
2 5 (55.56%) OO
2 5 (55.56%) Python
2 5 (55.56%) Splunk
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) ETL
3 3 (33.33%) Kafka
3 3 (33.33%) Kanban
3 3 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 3 (33.33%) Observability
3 3 (33.33%) OpenShift
3 3 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 3 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Active Listening
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 5 (55.56%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Hadoop
2 3 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (55.56%) Data Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) ETL
3 3 (33.33%) Kanban
3 3 (33.33%) Observability
3 3 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 3 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Active Listening
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Splunk
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
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