Senior Data Engineer Job Trends in the North of England
Senior Data Engineer
England > North of England
The median Senior Data Engineer salary in the North of England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 183 | 230 | 238 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +47 | +8 | +37 |
| Permanent Senior Data Engineer jobs | 189 | 59 | 70 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England | 0.78% | 0.64% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.85% | 0.73% | 0.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 146 | 55 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £59,250 | £53,750 | £47,375 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £57,500 | £54,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £67,500 | £68,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -1.82% | -1.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £70,000 | £78,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,250 | £85,000 | £95,375 |
| England median annual salary | £75,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -3.23% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title | 22,208 | 8,128 | 11,883 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.86% | 88.67% | 95.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,147 | 4,565 | 6,332 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,004 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £47,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.02% | -6.00% | -7.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,205 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £59,999 | £53,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.21% | -7.83% | -4.17% |
Senior Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Data Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
Senior Data Engineer Salary Trend in the North of England
Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.
Senior Data Engineer Salary Histogram in the North of England
Salary distribution for Senior Data Engineer jobs in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.
Senior Data Engineer Job Locations in the North of England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Data Engineer jobs within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West | +42 | 111 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 56 | £75,000 | +13.21% | 6 |
| North East | -44 | 22 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 3 |
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Senior Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England
For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, Senior 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 Senior Data Engineer job ads across the North of England region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytics | 43.9% | 83 |
| 2 | SQL | 36.0% | 68 |
| 3 | Data Engineering | 35.4% | 67 |
| 4 | Python | 32.3% | 61 |
| 5 | Azure | 24.3% | 46 |
| 6 | Data Pipeline | 20.1% | 38 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 19.0% | 36 |
| 8 | Data Quality | 18.5% | 35 |
| 9 | Business Intelligence | 18.0% | 34 |
| 9 | ETL | 18.0% | 34 |
| 11 | Mentoring | 17.5% | 33 |
| 12 | AWS | 15.3% | 29 |
| 12 | Data Modelling | 15.3% | 29 |
| 14 | Databricks | 13.8% | 26 |
| 14 | Lakehouse | 13.8% | 26 |
| 16 | Decision-Making | 13.2% | 25 |
| 17 | AI | 12.7% | 24 |
| 17 | dbt | 12.7% | 24 |
| 19 | SC Cleared | 12.2% | 23 |
| 19 | Security Cleared | 12.2% | 23 |
| 21 | Data Governance | 11.6% | 22 |
| 21 | Technical Leadership | 11.6% | 22 |
| 23 | Observability | 11.1% | 21 |
| 24 | Microsoft | 10.6% | 20 |
| 24 | PySpark | 10.6% | 20 |
| 26 | Terraform | 10.1% | 19 |
| 27 | Metadata | 9.5% | 18 |
| 28 | DevOps | 9.0% | 17 |
| 28 | GCP | 9.0% | 17 |
| 28 | Platform Engineering | 9.0% | 17 |
Senior Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 Databricks Data Engineer | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2 | Senior Platform Engineer | 4.2% | 8 |
| 3 | GCP Data Engineer | 3.7% | 7 |
| 3 | Senior Data Architect | 3.7% | 7 |
| 3 | Snowflake Engineer | 3.7% | 7 |
| 6 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 3.2% | 6 |
| 6 | Data Manager | 3.2% | 6 |
| 6 | Senior Manager | 3.2% | 6 |
| 9 | Microsoft Engineer | 2.6% | 5 |
| 10 | AWS Data Engineer | 2.1% | 4 |
| 10 | Machine Learning Engineer | 2.1% | 4 |
| 12 | Azure Data Engineer | 1.6% | 3 |
| 13 | Data Analytics Engineer | 1.1% | 2 |
| 14 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 0.5% | 1 |