Data Engineering Contract Job Trends in York

Data Engineering
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in York requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Engineering 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in York 2.38% - 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% - 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 28 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 97.62% 62.22% 84.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 9 27
10th Percentile £120 £265 £124
25th Percentile £306 £350 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £180
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +150.00% -57.65%
75th Percentile £700 £550 £463
90th Percentile £725 £662 £550
North Yorkshire median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £16.02 - £11.15
25th Percentile £17.54 £10.25 £11.30
Median hourly rate £20.08 £10.50 £14.40
Median % change year-on-year +91.19% -27.08% -28.45%
75th Percentile £22.61 £10.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.14 - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +43.71% - -13.04%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in York

Data Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in York

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Data Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL