Data Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow
Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow
The median Data Engineer salary in Glasgow is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 86 | 78 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +25 | -8 | -14 |
| Permanent Data Engineer jobs | 24 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow | 1.51% | 0.37% | 0.31% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.61% | 0.40% | 0.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £53,516 | - | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,097 | £46,250 | £56,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £47,500 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +110.53% | -29.63% | +42.11% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £48,750 | £76,875 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £81,750 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £75,000 | £68,750 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -1.79% | +43.51% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Glasgow matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Glasgow matching a recognised job title | 1,494 | 749 | 946 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.84% | 92.70% | 97.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 848 | 334 | 525 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,325 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £35,000 | £39,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £85,000 | £90,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -14.29% | +5.00% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Data Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.
Data Engineer Salary Trend in Glasgow
Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.
Data Engineer Salary Histogram in Glasgow
Salary distribution for Data Engineer jobs in Glasgow over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.
Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow
For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, Data Engineer job ads cited 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 Data Engineer job ads across the Glasgow region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 70.8% | 17 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 70.8% | 17 |
| 3 | Data Engineering | 54.2% | 13 |
| 4 | Azure | 33.3% | 8 |
| 4 | Data Lake | 33.3% | 8 |
| 4 | Data Pipeline | 33.3% | 8 |
| 7 | Analytics | 29.2% | 7 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 29.2% | 7 |
| 7 | DevOps | 29.2% | 7 |
| 7 | Python | 29.2% | 7 |
| 7 | SQL | 29.2% | 7 |
| 12 | Data Science | 25.0% | 6 |
| 12 | Fintech | 25.0% | 6 |
| 12 | KYC | 25.0% | 6 |
| 12 | Problem-Solving | 25.0% | 6 |
| 16 | Amazon Redshift | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | AWS | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | Azure Data Factory | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | Azure Synapse Analytics | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | Data Quality | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | Git | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | Performance Tuning | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | PySpark | 20.8% | 5 |
| 16 | Test Automation | 20.8% | 5 |
| 25 | Accessibility | 16.7% | 4 |
| 25 | Amazon Athena | 16.7% | 4 |
| 25 | Amazon S3 | 16.7% | 4 |
| 25 | Apache Avro | 16.7% | 4 |
| 25 | AWS Lambda | 16.7% | 4 |
| 25 | AWS Step Functions | 16.7% | 4 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 33.3% | 8 |
| 2 | Customer Engineer | 25.0% | 6 |
| 2 | Lead Data Engineer | 25.0% | 6 |
| 4 | Senior Data Engineer | 12.5% | 3 |
| 5 | Azure Data Engineer | 8.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Data Science Engineer | 8.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Principal Data Engineer | 8.3% | 2 |
| 8 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 4.2% | 1 |
| 8 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 4.2% | 1 |
| 8 | Senior Platform Engineer | 4.2% | 1 |