Senior Data Engineer Job Trends in Ipswich

Senior Data Engineer
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Senior Data Engineer salary in Ipswich is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich 0.47% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 210 79 181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.59% 98.75% 98.91%
Number of salaries quoted 129 60 141
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,413 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £75,000 £72,500
Suffolk median annual salary £45,000 £66,200 £42,500
% change year-on-year -32.02% +55.76% -5.56%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Senior 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 Ipswich region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft