Data Engineer
UK
The median Data Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 81 | 102 | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | +11 | -4 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer | 858 | 963 | 1,354 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 2.93% | 2.21% | 2.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.17% | 2.38% | 2.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 640 | 747 | 1,015 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £263 | £414 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £463 | £453 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.10% | -12.04% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 45 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.36 | £31.25 | £35.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.52 | £49.25 | £41.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £58.75 | £65.00 | £64.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.62% | +1.56% | +41.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.80 | £80.00 | £77.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.25 | - | £84.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.93 | £75.00 | £43.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -64.10% | +72.41% | -3.33% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 27,050 | 40,453 | 56,471 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,352 | 39,474 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,031 | 2,658 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.25% | -20.00% | +91.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.75 | £38.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.32% | -9.41% | +117.95% |
Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer.
Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Data Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer.
Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Data Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
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| England | +17 | 739 | £500 | -1.96% | 545 |
| London | +11 | 455 | £525 | - | 300 |
| Work from Home | +33 | 313 | £500 | -4.53% | 325 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 301 | £463 | +2.10% | 262 |
| North of England | +48 | 109 | £463 | +2.78% | 82 |
| North West | +33 | 68 | £463 | +8.82% | 44 |
| Midlands | +35 | 57 | £468 | +1.08% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +31 | 45 | £488 | -4.88% | 20 |
| Scotland | +23 | 45 | £450 | -0.66% | 21 |
| South East | +23 | 38 | £475 | -7.32% | 65 |
| South West | +17 | 36 | £500 | -2.44% | 51 |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 26 | £450 | -5.26% | 25 |
| North East | +14 | 15 | £450 | -5.66% | 14 |
| East of England | +8 | 15 | £315 | +70.27% | 12 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 12 | £399 | -11.39% | 5 |
| Wales | +8 | 9 | £463 | +131.83% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | -13 | 1 | £500 | +185.71% | 4 |
Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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 featuring Data Engineer in the job title.
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Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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