Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Data Engineering
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton citing Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 2.58% - 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
Hampshire median daily rate £625 £402 £471
% change year-on-year +55.47% -14.69% -26.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Southampton.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 130 135 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 83.87% 84.38% 69.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 83 71
10th Percentile £180 £170 £200
25th Percentile £375 £295 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £594 £559 £588
90th Percentile £688 £708 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £525 £557
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.70% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 0
10th Percentile £13.37 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £16.80 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £44.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.15% - -
75th Percentile £37.24 £72.63 -
90th Percentile £62.23 £78.85 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.24 £20.71 £67.50
% change year-on-year +79.82% -69.32% +29.91%

Data Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in Southampton

Data Engineering Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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.