Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Python Data Engineer
Wales > South Wales

As of 15 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Python Data Engineer daily rate in South Wales.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate £550 - £500

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 434 240 302
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 92.66% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 175 175
10th Percentile £300 £186 £136
25th Percentile £353 £266 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £375 £412
Median % change year-on-year +24.67% -8.98% -8.44%
75th Percentile £583 £491 £550
90th Percentile £690 £650 £623
Wales median daily rate £455 £393 £425
% change year-on-year +15.92% -7.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 18 43
10th Percentile £12.71 £12.82 £15.48
25th Percentile £14.08 £13.08 £20.12
Median hourly rate £20.12 £18.65 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -27.15% +7.05%
75th Percentile £54.46 £20.75 £49.38
90th Percentile £55.00 £24.45 £53.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +3.66% -24.07% +16.34%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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 South Wales.

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Python Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Cardiff - 1 - - 1
Python Data Engineer
Wales

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 South Wales region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Composer
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Dagster
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Prefect
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Composer
1 1 (100.00%) Dagster
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google