Data Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Data Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Data Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £80 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 71 57
Rank change year-on-year +18 -14 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Data Engineer 22 2 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.62% 0.27% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 0.29% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 12
10th Percentile - - £353
25th Percentile - £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £80 £450 £544
Median % change year-on-year -82.22% -17.20% +20.78%
75th Percentile £231 £475 £604
90th Percentile £615 - £711
East of England median daily rate £185 £525 £473
% change year-on-year -64.76% +11.11% -14.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £59.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 - £50.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 748 694 718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.94% 92.29% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 381 447
10th Percentile £231 £210 £162
25th Percentile £313 £360 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £695 £775 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 136 77
10th Percentile £39.43 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.32 £16.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +170.72% -

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 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 May 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
Stevenage +10 18 £80 -
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £410 -
Watford - 1 £410 -
Data Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 17 (77.27%) Migration
2 16 (72.73%) Micro Focus
2 16 (72.73%) Data Migration
2 16 (72.73%) DevSecOps
3 4 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (9.09%) Java
4 2 (9.09%) Validation
4 2 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Data Management
4 2 (9.09%) Military
4 2 (9.09%) Use Case
4 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (9.09%) dbt
4 2 (9.09%) Content Development
4 2 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (9.09%) Database Migration
5 1 (4.55%) SnowPro
5 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
5 1 (4.55%) Databricks
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) Power BI
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (4.55%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (4.55%) JIRA
5 1 (4.55%) Azure

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Apache
1 1 (4.55%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) dbt
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.55%) DTS
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 2 (9.09%) Military
2 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Migration
2 16 (72.73%) Data Migration
2 16 (72.73%) DevSecOps
3 2 (9.09%) Content Development
3 2 (9.09%) Data Management
3 2 (9.09%) Database Migration
3 2 (9.09%) Use Case
3 2 (9.09%) Validation
3 2 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (4.55%) Agile
4 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.55%) Data Engineering
4 1 (4.55%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.55%) Data Transformation
4 1 (4.55%) ETL
4 1 (4.55%) Scrum
4 1 (4.55%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Java
2 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) SnowPro
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Micro Focus
2 1 (4.55%) Databricks
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft