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 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 97 | 212 | 181 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +115 | -31 | -43 |
| Permanent Data Engineer jobs | 1,996 | 607 | 930 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in England | 1.88% | 1.42% | 1.50% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.04% | 1.56% | 1.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,397 | 464 | 750 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | £57,500 | £51,250 |
| 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 | £110,000 |
| 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 adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title | 98,016 | 38,796 | 58,965 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.25% | 90.57% | 95.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 68,042 | 23,466 | 33,680 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,999 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -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 Data Engineer job postings 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 Data Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 23 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 Data Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | +32 | 638 | £80,000 | - | 702 |
| North of England | +122 | 592 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 245 |
| North West | +104 | 266 | £66,750 | +11.25% | 125 |
| South East | +106 | 251 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 124 |
| Midlands | +49 | 243 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 115 |
| South West | +53 | 223 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 76 |
| West Midlands | +46 | 179 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 78 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 163 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 62 |
| North East | +34 | 163 | £60,000 | -11.11% | 58 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 64 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 37 |
| East of England | 0 | 51 | £55,000 | -33.33% | 37 |
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Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Data Engineer job ads cited 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 Data Engineer job ads across the England region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 37.3% | 745 |
| 2 | Python | 33.1% | 661 |
| 3 | Analytics | 32.8% | 654 |
| 4 | Data Engineering | 31.7% | 632 |
| 5 | Data Pipeline | 31.4% | 626 |
| 6 | Azure | 26.3% | 525 |
| 7 | ETL | 23.2% | 463 |
| 8 | Data Modelling | 22.6% | 452 |
| 9 | Data Quality | 20.6% | 411 |
| 10 | AI | 19.8% | 396 |
| 11 | AWS | 19.3% | 385 |
| 12 | CI/CD | 16.6% | 332 |
| 13 | Business Intelligence | 16.1% | 321 |
| 14 | Microsoft | 15.7% | 314 |
| 15 | Decision-Making | 15.6% | 312 |
| 16 | Security Cleared | 14.8% | 296 |
| 17 | Databricks | 14.6% | 291 |
| 18 | Data Warehouse | 13.0% | 260 |
| 19 | Problem-Solving | 11.8% | 235 |
| 20 | Agile | 11.6% | 232 |
| 21 | SC Cleared | 10.7% | 214 |
| 22 | DevOps | 10.6% | 212 |
| 23 | Power Platform | 10.0% | 200 |
| 24 | Data Science | 9.8% | 196 |
| 24 | Power BI | 9.8% | 196 |
| 26 | PySpark | 9.6% | 191 |
| 27 | Azure Data Factory | 8.9% | 177 |
| 27 | Data Governance | 8.9% | 177 |
| 29 | Machine Learning | 8.8% | 175 |
| 30 | Data Transformation | 8.6% | 171 |
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 | 24.1% | 482 |
| 2 | Lead Data Engineer | 12.1% | 242 |
| 3 | Azure Engineer | 5.7% | 114 |
| 4 | Azure Data Engineer | 5.6% | 111 |
| 5 | Platform Engineer | 4.6% | 91 |
| 6 | Principal Data Engineer | 4.4% | 87 |
| 7 | Microsoft Engineer | 4.0% | 79 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 3.9% | 77 |
| 9 | AWS Data Engineer | 3.8% | 76 |
| 10 | Databricks Data Engineer | 3.1% | 62 |
| 11 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 2.3% | 45 |
| 11 | Python Data Engineer | 2.3% | 45 |
| 13 | Snowflake Engineer | 1.7% | 34 |
| 14 | GCP Data Engineer | 1.6% | 32 |
| 15 | Security Engineer | 1.4% | 27 |
| 16 | Snowflake Data Engineer | 1.3% | 26 |
| 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 |