Data Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 123 114
Rank change year-on-year +20 -9 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 14 29 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.91% 1.33% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.39% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 11 20 26
10th Percentile - £46,125 £45,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,616 £68,125
90th Percentile - £77,715 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +13.21% -7.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,477 2,084 2,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 95.51% 97.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 1,223 1,397
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,331 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Edinburgh

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Data Engineer in Edinburgh

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in Edinburgh

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 6 (42.86%) Data Science
2 6 (42.86%) Big Data
2 6 (42.86%) DevOps
3 5 (35.71%) Analytics
3 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) Python
3 5 (35.71%) ETL
4 4 (28.57%) Databricks
4 4 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (21.43%) DataOps
5 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
5 3 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
5 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
5 3 (21.43%) Data Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) PySpark
5 3 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (21.43%) Looker
5 3 (21.43%) GDPR
5 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
5 3 (21.43%) BigQuery
5 3 (21.43%) GCP

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) Big Data
2 3 (21.43%) BigQuery
2 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (21.43%) Looker
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (21.43%) Legal
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
1 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Data Science
1 6 (42.86%) DevOps
2 5 (35.71%) Analytics
2 5 (35.71%) ETL
3 4 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Change Management
4 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) Data Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) Data Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Data Integration
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Data Strategy
4 3 (21.43%) DataOps
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Python
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Databricks
2 3 (21.43%) Google