Senior Data Engineer Job Trends in Cheshire

Senior Data Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Senior Data Engineer salary in Cheshire is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
North West median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +3.85% +10.64% -26.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 739 815 443
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.85% 93.36% 98.23%
Number of salaries quoted 405 466 341
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £23,850
25th Percentile £33,355 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -2.60% +6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Senior Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Senior Data Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. 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
Knutsford - 1 £100,000 -
Senior Data Engineer
North West

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Senior 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 Cheshire region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL