Data Engineer Jobs in Fife

Data Engineer
Scotland > Fife

The median Data Engineer salary in Fife is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 0.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £66,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +10.83% +13.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Fife

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Fife. 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 Fife with a recognized job title 117 114 42
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 92.68% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 35 79 26
10th Percentile £37,574 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £33,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £48,217 £56,750 £56,875
90th Percentile £56,300 £57,500 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Fife

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Fife

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

Salary trend for Data Engineer in Fife

Data Engineer
Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Fife region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. 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
St Andrews - 1 £50,000 -
Data Engineer
Scotland

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, 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 Fife region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft