Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in Watford

Data Engineering
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.56% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -2.27% -15.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 38 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 92.19% 84.44% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 29 85
10th Percentile £170 £264 £276
25th Percentile £325 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -9.09% -34.00%
75th Percentile £567 £488 £594
90th Percentile £651 £575 £748
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £513 £488
% change year-on-year +2.44% +5.13% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £13.95 - £13.58
25th Percentile - £46.31 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.00 £47.44 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -68.38% +221.63% -38.64%
75th Percentile £18.90 £48.57 £16.06
90th Percentile £21.38 - £16.33
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.66 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -65.67% +1.54% -

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in Watford

Data Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories