Lead Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Watford

Lead Data Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Lead Data Engineer daily rate in Watford is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% - -
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 £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 63 44 127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 97.78% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 91
10th Percentile £170 £250 £275
25th Percentile £325 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £413
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -15.15% -32.68%
75th Percentile £574 £481 £544
90th Percentile £640 £575 £725
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £513 £450
% change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £13.95 £33.21 -
25th Percentile - £35.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £40.47 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.94% +179.10% -44.23%
75th Percentile £18.90 £45.24 £14.75
90th Percentile £21.38 £47.24 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -24.24% +1.54% +1.56%

Lead Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Lead Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Watford

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 17 February 2026, Lead 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 Watford region featuring Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
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
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Lead Data Engineer jobs