Junior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South West
Junior Data Engineer
England > South West
The median Junior Data Engineer daily rate in the South West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 157 | 131 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | - | - |
| Contract Junior Data Engineer jobs | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South West | 0.027% | 0.046% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.029% | 0.051% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £213 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £225 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +100.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | £238 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £338 | £285 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.42% | -36.67% | +20.00% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
South West
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the South West matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the South West matching a recognised job title | 3,462 | 1,942 | 2,199 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.62% | 89.25% | 92.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,762 | 1,118 | 1,343 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £221 | £244 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £376 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £522 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.47% | -0.67% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £735 | £725 | £722 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -1.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 694 | 260 | 175 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.40 | £14.43 | £12.79 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.06 | £18.87 | £30.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £32.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +76.92% | -50.00% | +15.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £71.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.28 | £67.31 | £73.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.13 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.52% | -37.13% | -11.11% |
Junior Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Junior Data Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Junior Data Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Data Engineer job vacancies in the South West.
Junior Data Engineer Skill Set Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Junior Data Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Junior Data Engineer job ads across the South West region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytics | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Ingestion | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Modelling | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Pipeline | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Quality | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Transformation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Warehouse | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | dbt | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | ETL | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Problem-Solving | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Relational Database | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Snowflake | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Engagement | 100.0% | 1 |
Junior Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|