Data Engineer Contracts in Solihull

Data Engineer
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Solihull is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 5.77% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £301 - -
25th Percentile £303 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £323 - -
90th Percentile £327 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +2.22% -21.74% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 51 121 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 100.00% 86.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 52 16
10th Percentile £220 £157 £250
25th Percentile £308 £272 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £375 £510
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -26.47% +16.57%
75th Percentile £556 £388 £606
90th Percentile £596 £474 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile - £11.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate - £11.50 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - -12.61% -
75th Percentile - £11.75 £14.08
90th Percentile - £14.90 £14.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £20.98 £20.00
% change year-on-year -9.42% +4.88% +17.65%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Solihull

Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Solihull.

Daily rate trend for Data Engineer in Solihull

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Solihull region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Master Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) DataOps
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull 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%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) DataOps
2 2 (66.67%) Master Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft