Data Engineer Job Trends in High Wycombe

Data Engineer
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The median Data Engineer salary in High Wycombe is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in High Wycombe 0.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £48,750 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -22.00% -16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
High Wycombe

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in High Wycombe. 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 High Wycombe with a recognized job title 118 30 115
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.16% 85.71% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 100 25 80
10th Percentile £26,000 - £24,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £41,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,670 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.97% +44.18% -12.32%
75th Percentile £55,000 £80,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £89,000 £70,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +15.79% -9.52%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

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 High Wycombe.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 High Wycombe region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle