Data Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands
Data Engineer
England > Midlands
The median Data Engineer salary in the Midlands is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 98 | 147 | 185 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +49 | +38 | -34 |
| Permanent Data Engineer jobs | 243 | 84 | 92 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands | 1.53% | 1.52% | 1.02% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.67% | 1.63% | 1.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 177 | 65 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £50,500 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £55,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | +18.18% | +2.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £68,750 | £62,344 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £75,250 | £78,375 |
| England median annual salary | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -0.82% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the Midlands matching a recognised job title | 14,585 | 5,148 | 8,534 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.64% | 92.97% | 94.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,223 | 3,153 | 4,364 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,500 | £32,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £59,999 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -6.09% | -4.17% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Data Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Data Engineer Salary Trend in the Midlands
Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.
Data Engineer Salary Histogram in the Midlands
Salary distribution for Data Engineer jobs in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
Data Engineer Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Data Engineer jobs within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +46 | 179 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 78 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 64 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 38 |
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Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands
For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Data Engineer job ads cited 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 Data Engineer job ads across the Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytics | 39.5% | 96 |
| 2 | SQL | 32.9% | 80 |
| 3 | Azure | 31.3% | 76 |
| 4 | Python | 29.6% | 72 |
| 5 | Data Engineering | 26.3% | 64 |
| 6 | Data Pipeline | 25.1% | 61 |
| 7 | ETL | 22.2% | 54 |
| 8 | Data Modelling | 21.8% | 53 |
| 9 | Decision-Making | 20.6% | 50 |
| 10 | Microsoft | 17.7% | 43 |
| 11 | Data Quality | 17.3% | 42 |
| 12 | AI | 16.5% | 40 |
| 13 | AWS | 15.6% | 38 |
| 13 | Business Intelligence | 15.6% | 38 |
| 15 | Power BI | 14.0% | 34 |
| 15 | Power Platform | 14.0% | 34 |
| 17 | Security Cleared | 13.6% | 33 |
| 18 | SC Cleared | 12.8% | 31 |
| 19 | Azure Data Factory | 11.9% | 29 |
| 20 | Data Transformation | 11.5% | 28 |
| 21 | CI/CD | 10.7% | 26 |
| 21 | DevOps | 10.7% | 26 |
| 21 | PySpark | 10.7% | 26 |
| 24 | Data Integration | 10.3% | 25 |
| 25 | Data Warehouse | 9.9% | 24 |
| 26 | Databricks | 9.5% | 23 |
| 26 | Git | 9.5% | 23 |
| 26 | Mentoring | 9.5% | 23 |
| 29 | Problem-Solving | 9.1% | 22 |
| 30 | Continuous Improvement | 8.2% | 20 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Data Engineer | 26.3% | 64 |
| 2 | Azure Data Engineer | 12.8% | 31 |
| 3 | Lead Data Engineer | 11.1% | 27 |
| 4 | AWS Data Engineer | 7.8% | 19 |
| 5 | Python Data Engineer | 7.4% | 18 |
| 6 | Microsoft Engineer | 6.2% | 15 |
| 7 | Data Integration Engineer | 5.3% | 13 |
| 7 | Elasticsearch Engineer | 5.3% | 13 |
| 7 | Kafka Engineer | 5.3% | 13 |
| 10 | Principal Data Engineer | 4.5% | 11 |
| 10 | SAS Engineer | 4.5% | 11 |
| 12 | Cabling Engineer | 3.7% | 9 |
| 13 | Platform Engineer | 2.1% | 5 |
| 13 | Snowflake Data Engineer | 2.1% | 5 |
| 15 | Digital Transformation | 1.6% | 4 |
| 15 | Power BI Engineer | 1.6% | 4 |
| 17 | Cloud Security Engineer | 0.8% | 2 |
| 17 | Senior Business Intelligence Developer | 0.8% | 2 |
| 17 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 0.8% | 2 |
| 17 | Senior Security Engineer | 0.8% | 2 |