Data Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Data Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Data Engineer salary in Cambridge is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.20% - 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £61,750
25th Percentile £32,500 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.23%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £81,250
90th Percentile - - £82,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +31.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 461 475 355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.62% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 321 270 235
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,687
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +10.45% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £53,700 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +0.92%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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 Cambridge region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL