Data Engineer Job Trends in England
Data Engineer
UK > England
The median Data Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 96 | 216 | 178 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +120 | -38 | -40 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer | 1,982 | 600 | 923 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in England | 1.87% | 1.40% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.03% | 1.55% | 1.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,401 | 459 | 744 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | £57,500 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -0.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £85,000 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £109,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
England
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title | 97,669 | 38,688 | 58,874 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.31% | 90.55% | 95.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,998 | 23,365 | 33,693 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,832 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.80% | -6.09% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £56,252 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -6.67% | -6.25% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England
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 England.
Data Engineer Salary Trend in England
Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in England.
Data Engineer Salary Histogram in England
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
Data Engineer Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 21 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | +35 | 643 | £80,000 | - | 92 |
| North of England | +133 | 589 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 68 |
| North West | +90 | 264 | £65,875 | +9.79% | 26 |
| South East | +113 | 244 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 49 |
| Midlands | +55 | 239 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 41 |
| South West | +49 | 217 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 39 |
| West Midlands | +42 | 176 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 28 |
| Yorkshire | +60 | 165 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 27 |
| North East | +36 | 160 | £60,000 | -11.11% | 15 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 63 | £70,000 | +3.70% | 13 |
| East of England | -5 | 51 | £55,000 | -33.33% | 3 |
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Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 21 October 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 England region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 37.4% | 742 |
| 2 | Python | 32.9% | 653 |
| 3 | Analytics | 32.6% | 647 |
| 4 | Data Engineering | 31.5% | 624 |
| 5 | Data Pipeline | 31.3% | 621 |
| 6 | Azure | 26.2% | 519 |
| 7 | ETL | 23.4% | 464 |
| 8 | Data Modelling | 22.9% | 454 |
| 9 | Data Quality | 20.5% | 406 |
| 10 | AI | 20.1% | 398 |
| 11 | AWS | 19.2% | 381 |
| 12 | CI/CD | 16.8% | 332 |
| 13 | Business Intelligence | 16.4% | 325 |
| 14 | Decision-Making | 15.7% | 311 |
| 15 | Microsoft | 15.6% | 310 |
| 16 | Databricks | 14.6% | 289 |
| 17 | Security Cleared | 14.2% | 282 |
| 18 | Data Warehouse | 13.2% | 262 |
| 19 | Problem-Solving | 11.6% | 229 |
| 20 | Agile | 11.4% | 226 |
| 21 | DevOps | 10.6% | 210 |
| 22 | SC Cleared | 10.2% | 203 |
| 23 | Power Platform | 10.2% | 202 |
| 24 | Power BI | 10.0% | 198 |
| 25 | Data Science | 9.9% | 196 |
| 26 | PySpark | 9.5% | 189 |
| 27 | Data Governance | 9.0% | 179 |
| 28 | Machine Learning | 8.9% | 177 |
| 29 | Azure Data Factory | 8.7% | 173 |
| 30 | Data Transformation | 8.6% | 170 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Data Engineer | 24.5% | 486 |
| 2 | Lead Data Engineer | 12.2% | 241 |
| 3 | Azure Engineer | 5.8% | 115 |
| 4 | Azure Data Engineer | 5.6% | 111 |
| 5 | Platform Engineer | 4.6% | 91 |
| 6 | Principal Data Engineer | 4.3% | 86 |
| 7 | AWS Engineer | 4.1% | 82 |
| 8 | AWS Data Engineer | 4.1% | 81 |
| 9 | Microsoft Engineer | 3.9% | 77 |
| 10 | Databricks Data Engineer | 3.1% | 62 |
| 11 | Python Data Engineer | 2.4% | 47 |
| 12 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 2.2% | 44 |
| 13 | Snowflake Engineer | 1.8% | 36 |
| 14 | GCP Data Engineer | 1.6% | 32 |
| 15 | Snowflake Data Engineer | 1.4% | 28 |
| 16 | Security Engineer | 1.4% | 27 |
| 17 | Data Scientist | 1.2% | 24 |
| 18 | Data Architect | 1.1% | 22 |
| 19 | Cabling Engineer | 1.1% | 21 |
| 20 | Senior Platform Engineer | 1.0% | 20 |