Data Engineer
Leicestershire > Leicester
The median Data Engineer salary in Leicester is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 27 | 68 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester | 3.09% | 0.65% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.23% | 0.68% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,300 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,000 | £43,750 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,500 | £47,500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.11% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £52,500 | £51,250 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £53,250 | - | - |
| Leicestershire median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -17.39% | -8.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title | 155 | 589 | 598 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.68% | 96.40% | 92.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 96 | 319 | 173 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £26,750 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,875 | £33,840 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,500 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.11% | - | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £75,154 | £67,500 |
| Leicestershire median annual salary | £48,500 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.78% | - | +5.88% |
Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester
Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.
Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Leicester.
Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester
For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 Leicester region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.
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Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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: