Senior Data Engineer Contracts in South Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in South Yorkshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £605 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 339 416 484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 91.03% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 261 343
10th Percentile £185 £235 £263
25th Percentile £375 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £556 £580 £658
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.63 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.31 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 £23.75 £33.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Engineer in South Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Data Engineer in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Engineer in South Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Engineer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Engineer in South Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Engineer within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Sheffield - 3 £450 - 3
Senior Data Engineer
Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Digital Healthcare
1 2 (66.67%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle