Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Python Data Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £609, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £604 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £609 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £609 - -

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 775 203 346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.49% 86.02% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 131 215
10th Percentile £350 £209 £330
25th Percentile £413 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £541 £583 £593
90th Percentile £675 £650 £709
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.68% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £14.98 - -
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.19 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -8.14% -11.88%
75th Percentile £22.33 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +20.44% +22.37% -29.85%

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 22 February 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 Sheffield region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Python 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 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
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