Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Senior Data Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

As of 30 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Southampton.

 6 months to
30 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - £402 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 126 121 149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 88.32% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 75 99
10th Percentile £159 £126 £200
25th Percentile £210 £342 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £591 £559 £600
90th Percentile £715 £665 £652
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 13
10th Percentile £20.75 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.06 £21.89
Median hourly rate £37.24 £64.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.49% -0.38% +306.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.63 £80.00
90th Percentile £62.23 £74.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £44.30 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +76.15% -61.31% +20.93%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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 Southampton.

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Databricks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
Senior Data Engineer jobs