Data Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Data Engineer salary in Glasgow is £54,694 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 76 77
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 3 4 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.24% 0.55% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.59% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £52,669 £46,750 -
25th Percentile £52,924 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,694 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.39% -23.08% +13.53%
75th Percentile £56,771 £52,500 £79,375
90th Percentile £57,208 £53,250 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £51,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +46.34% -21.15% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 1,196 683 2,056
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 94.60% 97.90%
Number of salaries quoted 728 283 682
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,688
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,400
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 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 Glasgow region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Databricks
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Snowflake
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Databricks
3 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Snowflake
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Databricks
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Dagster
3 1 (33.33%) dbt
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PySpark
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Complexity Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft