Principal Data Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Principal Data Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Principal Data Engineer salary in Glasgow is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 -
% change year-on-year -3.70% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,906 1,352 1,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.04% 86.06% 97.89%
Number of salaries quoted 845 680 892
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,550 £28,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% +3.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,450 £76,375 £72,750
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%

Principal Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Data Engineer in Glasgow

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Principal 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 Glasgow region featuring Principal Data Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Data Strategy
1 7 (70.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 7 (70.00%) Data Governance
1 7 (70.00%) Algorithms
1 7 (70.00%) Data Modelling
1 7 (70.00%) ETL
1 7 (70.00%) Legal
1 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (70.00%) Data Integration
1 7 (70.00%) Data Architecture
1 7 (70.00%) Analytics
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Law
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Looker
3 3 (30.00%) GDPR
3 3 (30.00%) Data Science
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (30.00%) BigQuery
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
3 3 (30.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (30.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (30.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) BigQuery
1 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (30.00%) Looker
General
1 7 (70.00%) Legal
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Law
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Analytics
1 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (70.00%) Data Architecture
1 7 (70.00%) Data Governance
1 7 (70.00%) Data Integration
1 7 (70.00%) Data Modelling
1 7 (70.00%) Data Strategy
1 7 (70.00%) ETL
1 7 (70.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (30.00%) Data Science
3 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (30.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Google