Data Engineering
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 99 | 104 | 140 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +36 | -49 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Engineering | 28 | 20 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire | 1.40% | 1.17% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.70% | 1.27% | 0.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,400 | £56,125 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £58,000 | £57,813 | £38,130 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £62,500 | £40,420 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.00% | +54.63% | -51.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,125 | £66,250 | £42,710 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,250 | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | £75,000 | £67,500 | £66,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +1.89% | -8.62% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire
Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,644 | 1,576 | 1,772 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire | 82.49% | 92.38% | 88.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 746 | 695 | 1,237 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £36,875 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £47,500 | £39,085 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.08% | +18.18% | -6.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £81,250 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £93,250 | £87,200 |
| South East median annual salary | £50,000 | £57,500 | £52,550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +9.42% | -4.45% |
Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Salary Trend in Berkshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Engineering.
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Salary Histogram in Berkshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.
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Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineering within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough | - | 9 | £85,000 | - | 44 |
| Maidenhead | -42 | 8 | - | - | |
| Windsor | - | 8 | £45,500 | - | |
| Reading | +19 | 3 | £85,000 | +36.00% | 8 |
| Data Engineering South East |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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: