Senior Data Engineer Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Senior Data Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Senior Data Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 51 57
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 1 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.19% 0.55% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.57% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 -
% change year-on-year -6.45% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 482 348 453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 95.60% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 314 244 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,075 £31,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,938 £72,813 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Senior Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Fivetran
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Fivetran
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python