Data Engineer Job Trends in Hillingdon

Data Engineer
West London > Hillingdon

The median Data Engineer salary in Hillingdon is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 10 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hillingdon 6.85% - 5.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% - 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 - -
75th Percentile £48,000 - -
90th Percentile £48,120 - -
West London median annual salary £47,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -35.17% +31.82% -15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 135 41 28
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 95.35% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 96 27 21
10th Percentile £30,625 £20,898 £28,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,250 £67,500
West London median annual salary £46,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% -9.09% -

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Hillingdon

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Hillingdon.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Hillingdon

Data Engineer
Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Uxbridge - 10 £47,000 -
Data Engineer
West London

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 Hillingdon region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
1 10 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Data Management
1 10 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 10 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 10 (100.00%) MCSE
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (100.00%) OCP
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (90.00%) Data Governance
2 9 (90.00%) Data Security
2 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 9 (90.00%) ETL
2 9 (90.00%) GDPR
2 9 (90.00%) Master Data Management
2 9 (90.00%) Metadata
2 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (90.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (10.00%) SQL

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 10 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (90.00%) Metadata
2 9 (90.00%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (90.00%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Data Management
1 10 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 10 (100.00%) Data Strategy
2 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (90.00%) Data Governance
2 9 (90.00%) Data Security
2 9 (90.00%) ETL
2 9 (90.00%) Master Data Management
2 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
1 10 (100.00%) MCSE
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (100.00%) OCP
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 9 (90.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle