Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Python Data Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 64 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.11% 0.30% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -
75th Percentile £494 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 -
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 851 620 1,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 94.51% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 381 698
10th Percentile £290 £263 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £572 £550 £600
90th Percentile £644 £675 £688
Yorkshire median daily rate £477 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.89% -10.00% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 29 15
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.64 £13.80
25th Percentile £15.21 £19.50 £16.12
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +12.47% -4.44%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - £53.33 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £31.86 £20.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year +59.30% +6.27% -12.47%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Python Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Python Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Data Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Leeds -17 1 £488 +2.63% 1
Python Data Engineer
Yorkshire

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Python 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Python

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python