Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in South Yorkshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 48 -
Rank change year-on-year -57 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.17% 0.53% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £600 £450 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,027 338 406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.54% 89.18% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 679 225 257
10th Percentile £358 £211 £244
25th Percentile £413 £375 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £474 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -0.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £564
90th Percentile £669 £625 £623
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.16% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 18
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.60
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +34.99% -32.03%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £23.31
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £23.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £21.24 £14.84
% change year-on-year +29.47% +43.17% -31.00%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies 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 22 May 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
Sheffield -57 2 £600 +33.33% 2
Senior Data Engineer
Yorkshire

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Senior 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 Yorkshire region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Infor
2 1 (50.00%) Infor LN
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Infor LN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Infor
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft