Data Engineer Job Trends in Exeter

Data Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Data Engineer salary in Exeter is £48,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 11 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 3.06% - 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.18% - 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £46,125 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,125 - £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.60%
75th Percentile £50,000 - -
90th Percentile £50,063 - -
Devon median annual salary £48,750 - £24,000
% change year-on-year - - -61.60%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 346 95 261
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.38% 95.00% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 228 64 221
10th Percentile £25,263 - £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,938 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,625 £58,750
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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 Exeter.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Exeter

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

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

For the 6 months to 20 April 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 Exeter region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Analytics
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) ETL
2 4 (36.36%) Data Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Data Integration
2 4 (36.36%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
2 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (36.36%) ETL Development
2 4 (36.36%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) AI
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) ChatGPT
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (9.09%) Databricks
3 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (9.09%) Pair Programming
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) ChatGPT
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Analytics
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) ETL
2 4 (36.36%) Data Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Data Integration
2 4 (36.36%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (36.36%) ETL Development
2 4 (36.36%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Refactoring
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Scrum
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Databricks
1 1 (9.09%) Zoho