Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warwick

Data Engineer
Warwickshire > Warwick

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Warwick is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 25 20
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 7 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 2.41% 4.60% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 4.94% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £380 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% +55.56%
75th Percentile - £556 £725
90th Percentile £575 £590 -
Warwickshire median daily rate £500 £575 £700
% change year-on-year -13.04% -17.86% +51.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwick. 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 Warwick with a recognized job title 255 162 123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.63% 93.10% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 76 83
10th Percentile £350 £413 £150
25th Percentile £402 £500 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £731 £738
Warwickshire median daily rate £535 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -2.68% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 1
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.91% +19.10% +37.17%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £32.53 -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £40.46 £23.82 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.86% +19.10% +21.21%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Warwick

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Warwick.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Warwick

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwick

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Warwick over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineer in Warwick

Data Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Warwick.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Warwick

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Warwick region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Snowflake
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
3 5 (71.43%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
4 4 (57.14%) Databricks
4 4 (57.14%) Python
5 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
5 3 (42.86%) ETL
6 2 (28.57%) Analytics
6 2 (28.57%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
6 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
6 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
6 2 (28.57%) DataOps
6 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 2 (28.57%) Use Case
7 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
7 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
7 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (14.29%) Informatica
7 1 (14.29%) Matillion
7 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (14.29%) Power BI
7 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
7 1 (14.29%) Relational Database

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick 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 7 (100.00%) Snowflake
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
3 5 (71.43%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (28.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (14.29%) Matillion
5 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) DataOps
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) Informatica
2 1 (14.29%) SAP