Senior Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Worcester

Senior Data Engineer
Worcestershire > Worcester

The median Senior Data Engineer daily rate in Worcester is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcester 9.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £555 - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Worcester. 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 Worcester with a recognized job title 37 38 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.09% 88.37% 96.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 33 24
10th Percentile £576 £280 £163
25th Percentile £600 £400 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile - £613 £591
90th Percentile £850 £692 £635
Worcestershire median daily rate £600 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +14.83% -5.00% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £20.57 £16.02
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.98 £16.22
Median hourly rate £14.50 £26.99 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -46.27% +59.34% +0.65%
75th Percentile £14.75 £30.99 £17.52
90th Percentile - £33.40 £17.64
Worcestershire median hourly rate £18.23 £22.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.36% +29.15% +5.32%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Worcester

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Senior 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 Worcester region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 4 (100.00%) DataOps
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) Go
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) Keycloak
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 4 (100.00%) DataOps
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Go
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes