Data Engineer Contracts in Torfaen

Data Engineer
South Wales > Torfaen

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Torfaen is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Torfaen 33.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £435 £500 -
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Torfaen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Torfaen. 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 Torfaen with a recognized job title 2 3 3
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 66.67% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £401 - £180
25th Percentile £403 - £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £182
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.88%
75th Percentile £428 - £185
90th Percentile £434 - £186
South Wales median daily rate £383 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £20.24 £18.14
% change year-on-year +1.31% +11.55% -4.30%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Torfaen

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Torfaen

Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Torfaen

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Torfaen region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Cwmbran - 1 £425 - 1
Data Engineer
South Wales

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Torfaen

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, 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 Torfaen region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Torfaen 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 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL