Data Engineering Job Trends in Exeter

Data Engineering
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 20 34
Rank change year-on-year -18 +14 -
Permanent jobs citing Data Engineering 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.61% 1.94% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 2.13% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £72,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 94 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 68.69% 91.26% 65.89%
Number of salaries quoted 144 54 142
10th Percentile £24,500 - £26,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £42,441
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +3.09% +6.10%
75th Percentile £53,750 £64,688 £53,337
90th Percentile £68,500 £74,250 £60,000
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £41,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.79%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in Exeter

Data Engineering
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality