Data Engineer Job Trends in Gateshead

Data Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Gateshead

The median Data Engineer salary in Gateshead is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gateshead 0.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - -
75th Percentile £117,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -10.00% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gateshead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gateshead. 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 Gateshead with a recognized job title 98 17 47
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 73.13% 80.95% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 62 14 37
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,025 £24,960
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £50,375 £55,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £46,457
% change year-on-year +9.38% +3.32% -7.09%

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gateshead

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 Gateshead region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gateshead 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks