Principal Data Engineer Job Trends in Derbyshire

Principal Data Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

As of 8 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Engineer salary in Derbyshire.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 0.099% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £87,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 950 413 592
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 92.81% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 619 218 352
10th Percentile £26,960 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,125 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.03% -14.80% -10.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
East Midlands median annual salary £47,750 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.35% -5.56% -14.29%

Principal Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Principal Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Principal Data Engineer
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Data Engineer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Alfreton - 1 - - 1
Principal Data Engineer
East Midlands

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Principal 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 Derbyshire region featuring Principal 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%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Delta Lake
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Delta Lake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft