Data Engineer Job Trends in Dartford

Data Engineer
Kent > Dartford

The median Data Engineer salary in Dartford is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dartford 0.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
Kent median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +116.67% -52.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dartford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dartford. 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 Dartford with a recognized job title 112 21 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 80.77% 98.75%
Number of salaries quoted 80 13 58
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £29,925
25th Percentile £42,500 £28,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -20.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £40,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £50,000 £100,000
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dartford

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 Dartford.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Dartford

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 Dartford region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
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%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
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%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft