Lead Data Engineer Job Trends in Berkshire

Lead Data Engineer
South East > Berkshire

As of 24 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Data Engineer salary in Berkshire.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 - 141
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.029% - 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.67%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £65,000
South East median annual salary £90,000 £78,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +125.00% -53.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 3,256 1,745 2,276
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 92.82% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,171 779 1,249
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -17.24% +5.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,102 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Lead Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Lead Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Lead Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead Data Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Data Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Lead Data Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Data Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Reading - 1 - -
Lead Data Engineer
South East

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, Lead 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 Berkshire region featuring Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) IASME
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Query
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) IASME
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft