Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Python Data Engineer
England > London

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in London is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 332 327
Rank change year-on-year -77 -5 +77
Contract jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 45 29 52
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.22% 0.22% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 50
10th Percentile £350 £471 £525
25th Percentile £452 £498 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £531 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -18.27% -
75th Percentile £722 £700 £825
90th Percentile £794 £735 -
England median daily rate £600 £520 £600
% change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
England median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,995 12,298 14,905
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 92.52% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,314 8,184 9,674
10th Percentile £363 £335 £348
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £664 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 426 212 169
10th Percentile £16.72 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.38 £23.80
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.54 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.51% -29.24% -6.64%
75th Percentile £64.25 £48.38 £58.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.31 £80.15
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.28%

Python Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Python Data Engineer Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Python Data Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Data Engineer in London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python Data Engineer in London

Python Data Engineer Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Central London -23 3 £600 -25.47% 2
East London +4 1 £450 -
South London - 1 £500 -
Python Data Engineer
England

Python Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 October 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 London region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%45
2SQL71.1%32
3Data Pipeline66.7%30
4Data Quality51.1%23
5Data Engineering48.9%22
6Azure46.7%21
7Databricks42.2%19
8CI/CD35.6%16
8Data Modelling35.6%16
8ETL35.6%16
11AWS33.3%15
12Agile28.9%13
12Analytics28.9%13
12Apache28.9%13
12PySpark28.9%13
16Apache Airflow26.7%12
16Apache Spark26.7%12
16Machine Learning26.7%12
16Snowflake26.7%12
20AI24.4%11
21Data Transformation22.2%10
21Docker22.2%10
21Lakehouse22.2%10
24BigQuery20.0%9
24dbt20.0%9
24GCP20.0%9
24SDLC20.0%9
28Data Governance17.8%8
28Delta Lake17.8%8
28Kubernetes17.8%8

Python Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Data Engineer35.6%16
2Databricks Data Engineer22.2%10
3Cloud Engineer17.8%8
3Senior Databricks Data Engineer17.8%8
5Azure Data Engineer13.3%6
5Snowflake Data Engineer13.3%6
7Python Developer11.1%5
8Lead Data Engineer8.9%4
8Technical Leader8.9%4
10AWS Data Engineer6.7%3
10GCP Data Engineer6.7%3
10Senior Python Developer6.7%3
10SQL Developer6.7%3
14Azure Developer4.4%2
14Scala Engineer4.4%2
14Senior SQL Developer4.4%2
17Business Intelligence Developer2.2%1
17Energy Trading Developer2.2%1
17Power BI Developer2.2%1
17Power BI Engineer2.2%1
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