Data Engineer Job Trends in Devon

Data Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Data Engineer salary in Devon is £48,975 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 57 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 12 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 2.13% 0.43% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 0.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £42,973 - -
25th Percentile £44,544 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,975 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.04% - -
75th Percentile £54,394 - -
90th Percentile £56,558 - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +27.27% -25.42% +34.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 536 448 286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 95.32% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 346 239 222
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £59,688 £60,000 £54,175
90th Percentile £70,625 £70,000 £63,638
South West median annual salary £48,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +5.00%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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 Devon.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Devon

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Devon

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Devon over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in Devon

Data Engineer
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Exeter +3 7 - - 3
Plymouth - 5 £48,975 - 5
Data Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Devon region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Structured Cabling
2 7 (58.33%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Break/Fix
4 3 (25.00%) SLA
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Amazon S3
5 2 (16.67%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) Metadata
5 2 (16.67%) Metadata Management
5 2 (16.67%) PySpark
5 2 (16.67%) Python
5 2 (16.67%) Scala
5 2 (16.67%) Terraform
6 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (8.33%) BMC
6 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (8.33%) Control-M
6 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
6 1 (8.33%) Data Integration
6 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 2 (16.67%) Amazon S3
1 2 (16.67%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Structured Cabling
2 7 (58.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (8.33%) DB2
2 1 (8.33%) Delta Lake
2 1 (8.33%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (8.33%) Parquet
General
1 7 (58.33%) Legal
2 3 (25.00%) Military
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Driving Licence
2 7 (58.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) ETL
3 2 (16.67%) Metadata Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Data Integration
4 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) DataOps
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (8.33%) SEO
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Control-M
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) BMC
1 1 (8.33%) IBM
1 1 (8.33%) Talend