Data Engineering Job Trends in London

Data Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 127 161
Rank change year-on-year +55 +34 -71
Permanent jobs citing Data Engineering 568 367 467
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.94% 2.84% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 2.96% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 361 274 345
10th Percentile £51,250 £53,000 £53,300
25th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £97,500 £81,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +19.63% -9.44%
75th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £138,750 £118,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,126 12,405 21,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.34% 96.08% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,558 7,549 16,067
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,050
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in London

Data Engineering
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Engineering in London

Data Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Central London +62 124 £85,000 -8.11% 79
South London +55 39 £112,500 +21.62% 1
West London +9 32 £45,000 -28.00% 4
East London - 6 £110,000 - 1
North London - 1 £75,000 -
Data Engineering
England

Data Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 93 (16.37%) Apache Airflow
2 82 (14.44%) Apache Spark
3 48 (8.45%) Apache
4 21 (3.70%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (2.11%) Appian
6 7 (1.23%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.53%) Confluence
9 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.18%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 280 (49.30%) Azure
2 186 (32.75%) AWS
3 119 (20.95%) Snowflake
4 116 (20.42%) GCP
5 109 (19.19%) Power Platform
6 86 (15.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 84 (14.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 72 (12.68%) dbt
9 55 (9.68%) Azure AI
10 51 (8.98%) Azure Machine Learning
11 40 (7.04%) Amazon S3
12 32 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (4.75%) GitHub
14 26 (4.58%) Serverless
15 21 (3.70%) Amazon Kinesis
16 20 (3.52%) OpenShift
17 19 (3.35%) Anthropic Claude
18 17 (2.99%) Power Automate
19 16 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
20 14 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.41%) Broadband
2 4 (0.70%) HTTP
3 2 (0.35%) DHCP
3 2 (0.35%) DNS
3 2 (0.35%) Firewall
3 2 (0.35%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (23.94%) Data Warehouse
2 107 (18.84%) Data Lake
3 103 (18.13%) Power BI
4 84 (14.79%) SQL Server
5 68 (11.97%) Tableau
6 48 (8.45%) BigQuery
7 45 (7.92%) Amazon Redshift
8 40 (7.04%) Metadata
9 35 (6.16%) Relational Database
10 26 (4.58%) MySQL
10 26 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
11 25 (4.40%) Snowflake Schema
12 24 (4.23%) NoSQL
13 23 (4.05%) Delta Lake
14 22 (3.87%) Big Data
14 22 (3.87%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (3.52%) Looker
16 19 (3.35%) Oracle Database
17 18 (3.17%) Amazon Athena
18 17 (2.99%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 52 (9.15%) Git
2 45 (7.92%) MLflow
3 10 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.23%) GitLab
4 7 (1.23%) IBM UrbanCode
5 6 (1.06%) JIRA
5 6 (1.06%) Selenium
6 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.18%) CMake
7 1 (0.18%) Deequ
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 182 (32.04%) Finance
2 143 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 90 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (8.27%) Banking
5 27 (4.75%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (4.58%) Marketing
7 21 (3.70%) Retail
8 14 (2.46%) Law
8 14 (2.46%) Legal
9 13 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.76%) Front Office
12 9 (1.58%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.41%) Advertising
14 6 (1.06%) Publishing
15 4 (0.70%) Automotive
15 4 (0.70%) Games
16 2 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 209 (36.80%) Data Engineer
2 110 (19.37%) Lead
3 109 (19.19%) Senior
4 51 (8.98%) Architect
4 51 (8.98%) Senior Data Engineer
5 40 (7.04%) Lead Data Engineer
6 37 (6.51%) Data Architect
7 28 (4.93%) Analyst
8 26 (4.58%) Data Manager
9 23 (4.05%) Developer
10 22 (3.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 22 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (3.70%) Consultant
11 21 (3.70%) Python Engineer
12 20 (3.52%) Engineering Manager
13 18 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
13 18 (3.17%) Data Management Specialist
13 18 (3.17%) Product Specialist
13 18 (3.17%) Technical Leader
14 17 (2.99%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (12.68%) Kafka
2 60 (10.56%) PySpark
3 52 (9.15%) PyTorch
3 52 (9.15%) TensorFlow
4 41 (7.22%) scikit-learn
5 35 (6.16%) LangChain
6 30 (5.28%) Pandas
7 18 (3.17%) HTML
7 18 (3.17%) LlamaIndex
7 18 (3.17%) pgvector
8 16 (2.82%) pytest
8 16 (2.82%) REST
8 16 (2.82%) RESTful
9 15 (2.64%) FastAPI
9 15 (2.64%) Hugging Face
10 14 (2.46%) NumPy
10 14 (2.46%) OAuth
11 13 (2.29%) CSS
11 13 (2.29%) Flask
12 12 (2.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.92%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.75%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.52%) Low-Code
4 20 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.82%) Clustering
6 16 (2.82%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.94%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.76%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.41%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.23%) FMCG
12 7 (1.23%) Social Media
13 6 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.06%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Linux
2 3 (0.53%) Windows
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (53.70%) Analytics
2 270 (47.54%) AI
3 256 (45.07%) Data Pipeline
4 205 (36.09%) Data Modelling
4 205 (36.09%) ETL
5 190 (33.45%) Data Governance
6 169 (29.75%) CI/CD
7 165 (29.05%) Business Intelligence
8 160 (28.17%) Machine Learning
9 141 (24.82%) Data Science
10 140 (24.65%) Data Architecture
11 128 (22.54%) Agile
12 107 (18.84%) Decision-Making
13 102 (17.96%) DevOps
14 100 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
15 99 (17.43%) Roadmaps
16 82 (14.44%) Mentoring
17 77 (13.56%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
18 70 (12.32%) Use Case
19 65 (11.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 307 (54.05%) Python
2 278 (48.94%) SQL
3 55 (9.68%) Java
4 21 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 19 (3.35%) Scala
6 14 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.29%) Bash
7 13 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (1.58%) R
9 7 (1.23%) Go
9 7 (1.23%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.06%) C++
10 6 (1.06%) PHP
11 5 (0.88%) C#
12 4 (0.70%) Bicep
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
13 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.18%) Korn
14 1 (0.18%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (14.79%) Degree
2 33 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 30 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (4.58%) SC Cleared
5 22 (3.87%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.76%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.88%) CISSP
10 4 (0.70%) PhD
11 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.53%) MCSE
12 2 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.35%) GIAC
12 2 (0.35%) OCP
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.35%) SANS
13 1 (0.18%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (26.41%) Data Quality
2 58 (10.21%) GDPR
3 25 (4.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 17 (2.99%) GRC
5 14 (2.46%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.41%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.23%) PERC
8 4 (0.70%) QA
8 4 (0.70%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
10 1 (0.18%) GMP
10 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (10.92%) Docker
2 34 (5.99%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.35%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 59 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 47 (8.27%) Terraform
3 9 (1.58%) Argo
4 8 (1.41%) Grafana
4 8 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.06%) Ansible
6 4 (0.70%) Control-M
7 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.53%) SCCM
8 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.35%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 177 (31.16%) Databricks
2 102 (17.96%) Microsoft
3 42 (7.39%) Dell
4 35 (6.16%) OpenAI
5 29 (5.11%) Informatica
6 27 (4.75%) Foundry
7 26 (4.58%) Oracle
7 26 (4.58%) Palantir
8 23 (4.05%) Google
9 18 (3.17%) Denodo
9 18 (3.17%) Teradata
10 17 (2.99%) Cloudera
11 12 (2.11%) Automation Anywhere
11 12 (2.11%) UiPath
12 9 (1.58%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.41%) Talend
14 6 (1.06%) NVIDIA
15 5 (0.88%) Salesforce
16 4 (0.70%) Fortinet
16 4 (0.70%) Palo Alto