Data Engineer Job Trends in Barnsley

Data Engineer
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The median Data Engineer salary in Barnsley is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Barnsley 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £82,500 £62,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +32.00% +42.86% -20.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Barnsley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Barnsley. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Barnsley with a recognized job title 158 6 46
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 100.00% 85.19%
Number of salaries quoted 69 6 42
10th Percentile £30,625 - £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £24,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -46.67% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £38,813 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £50,625 £57,155
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% +5.56%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barnsley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Barnsley.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Barnsley

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Barnsley

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Barnsley.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Barnsley

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Data Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Barnsley region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft