Data Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Data Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 67 46
Rank change year-on-year +27 -21 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 8 10 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.66% 1.33% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 1.43% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 25
10th Percentile £376 £466 -
25th Percentile £472 £484 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year - +2.22% +122.77%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £711
90th Percentile - £663 £738
East of England median daily rate £348 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -33.81% -4.55% +15.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £60.00
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +69.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 451 700 767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 93.21% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 398 478
10th Percentile £263 £263 £225
25th Percentile £331 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.35% -4.72% +16.61%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £650
90th Percentile £625 £739 £738
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 150 128
10th Percentile £15.34 £17.75 £16.11
25th Percentile £36.70 £42.31 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +147.42%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £65.82
90th Percentile £74.25 £90.00 £70.75
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £43.15 £19.81
% change year-on-year +10.08% +117.82% +41.50%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Hertfordshire

Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Engineer in Hertfordshire

Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Engineer in Hertfordshire

Data Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Engineer in Hertfordshire

Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Hemel Hempstead +14 3 £600 -
Stevenage - 3 £375 -
Watford +11 2 - -
Data Engineer
East of England

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Terraform
1 3 (37.50%) dbt
1 3 (37.50%) Snowflake
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Use Case
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (25.00%) OOP
2 2 (25.00%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) IntelliJ
3 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) CAN bus
3 1 (12.50%) GitLab
3 1 (12.50%) Content Development
3 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) dbt
1 3 (37.50%) Snowflake
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
1 1 (12.50%) IntelliJ
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Analytics
1 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Data Management
1 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) OO
1 2 (25.00%) OOP
1 2 (25.00%) Use Case
1 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) Content Development
2 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Terraform