Data Engineer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Dover

Data Engineer
Kent > Dover

The median Data Engineer salary in Dover is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 January 2026.

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

	6 months to 28 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	4	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dover	11.11%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	11.11%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	-	-
Kent median annual salary	£65,000	£38,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+71.05%	-36.67%	-7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dover

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dover. 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 Dover with a recognized job title	9	0	5
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	100.00%	-	100.00%
Number of salaries quoted	9	0	5
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£35,000	-	£37,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,000	-	£39,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-6.02%
75^th Percentile	£58,750	-	£80,000
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Kent median annual salary	£40,000	£52,500	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-23.81%	+23.53%	-15.00%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dover

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 Dover.