Python Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Python Data Engineer
England > London

The median Python Data Engineer daily rate in London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 343 318
Rank change year-on-year -70 -25 +87
Contract Python Data Engineer jobs 46 31 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.23% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.25% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 54
10th Percentile £350 £441 £516
25th Percentile £452 £493 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £531 £638
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -16.67% +2.00%
75th Percentile £722 £700 £825
90th Percentile £794 £725 -
England median daily rate £600 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +9.09%
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 adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 18,938 12,429 14,716
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.82% 92.59% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,329 8,255 9,519
10th Percentile £363 £334 £345
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -0.94% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 218 161
10th Percentile £16.64 £17.05 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.13 £24.15
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.68 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.70% -28.87% -5.85%
75th Percentile £64.44 £47.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.15 £80.75
England median hourly rate £41.34 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +64.37% -40.82% -5.56%

Python Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Python Data Engineer job postings 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 Python Data Engineer jobs in London over the 6 months to 27 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 Python Data Engineer jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 27 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -22 3 £600 -25.47%
East London +3 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 27 October 2026, Python Data Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Python Data Engineer job ads across the London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%46
2SQL73.9%34
3Data Pipeline65.2%30
4Data Quality54.3%25
5Data Engineering50.0%23
6Azure45.7%21
7Databricks43.5%20
8ETL37.0%17
9CI/CD34.8%16
9Data Modelling34.8%16
11AWS32.6%15
12Analytics30.4%14
12PySpark30.4%14
14Agile28.3%13
14Apache28.3%13
16AI26.1%12
16Apache Airflow26.1%12
16Apache Spark26.1%12
16Machine Learning26.1%12
16Snowflake26.1%12
21Data Transformation21.7%10
21Docker21.7%10
23BigQuery19.6%9
23dbt19.6%9
23Delta Lake19.6%9
23GCP19.6%9
23Lakehouse19.6%9
23SDLC19.6%9
29Data Governance17.4%8
29Kubernetes17.4%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 Engineer34.8%16
2Databricks Data Engineer23.9%11
3Cloud Engineer17.4%8
3Senior Databricks Data Engineer17.4%8
5Azure Data Engineer15.2%7
6Snowflake Data Engineer13.0%6
7Python Developer10.9%5
8Lead Data Engineer8.7%4
8Technical Leader8.7%4
10AWS Data Engineer6.5%3
10GCP Data Engineer6.5%3
10Senior Python Developer6.5%3
10SQL Developer6.5%3
14Azure Developer4.3%2
14Senior SQL Developer4.3%2
16Business Intelligence Developer2.2%1
16Data Modeller2.2%1
16Energy Trading Developer2.2%1
16Power BI Developer2.2%1
16Power BI Engineer2.2%1
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