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 6 March 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 6 Mar 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 103 | 118 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +15 | -15 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer | 940 | 965 | 1,428 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.08% | 2.17% | 2.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.32% | 2.34% | 2.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 680 | 755 | 1,016 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £325 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -6.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £612 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £716 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.52% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 33 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.12 | £36.00 | £35.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.25 | £46.75 | £35.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £62.36 | £63.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.84% | -1.42% | +30.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £72.50 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £93.75 | £80.00 | £75.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.50 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -59.23% | +4.00% | +90.84% |
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 | 28,287 | 41,260 | 61,414 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 92.95% | 94.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,965 | 27,107 | 42,691 |
| 10th Percentile | £291 | £275 | £311 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £406 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +7.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 853 | 2,419 | 1,650 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.23 | £13.05 | £14.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.43 | £16.25 | £18.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.00 | £34.08 | £40.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.23% | -15.93% | +84.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.52 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.20 | £71.90 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £32.50 | £35.00 | £39.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.14% | -11.50% | +111.58% |
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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 | +25 | 800 | £521 | -0.71% | 424 |
| London | +18 | 491 | £550 | +4.76% | 192 |
| Work from Home | +26 | 343 | £525 | - | 307 |
| UK excluding London | +65 | 337 | £475 | - | 251 |
| North of England | +31 | 89 | £463 | -2.63% | 105 |
| Midlands | +48 | 72 | £475 | -6.17% | 42 |
| West Midlands | +46 | 62 | £489 | -6.86% | 28 |
| North West | +29 | 59 | £444 | -0.28% | 63 |
| South East | +44 | 54 | £488 | -7.14% | 42 |
| Scotland | +30 | 51 | £438 | -4.16% | 15 |
| South West | +16 | 33 | £500 | -2.44% | 28 |
| East of England | +26 | 23 | £318 | +6.00% | 18 |
| Wales | +14 | 23 | £500 | +150.63% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +1 | 15 | £500 | +5.26% | 32 |
| North East | -2 | 15 | £525 | +16.41% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 10 | £375 | -25.00% | 13 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - |
Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 March 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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