Data Engineer Job Trends in Nottingham

Data Engineer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Data Engineer salary in Nottingham is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 54 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 8 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 1.58% 1.93% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 2.04% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £61,750 £48,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £64,375 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% +62.86% -41.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £71,375 £70,500 £49,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +57.14% -41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 468 489 315
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.40% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 336 224 271
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,375 £32,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £42,500 £42,628
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.48% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,125 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Nottingham

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Nottingham over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in Nottingham

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 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 Nottingham region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Databricks
2 5 (62.50%) SaaS
3 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (37.50%) Big Data
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
5 2 (25.00%) Coaching
5 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
5 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
5 2 (25.00%) Data Science
5 2 (25.00%) ETL
5 2 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (25.00%) SDLC
6 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Data Design

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (37.50%) Big Data
3 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
General
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (25.00%) Coaching
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (25.00%) Data Science
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
2 2 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Data Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Databricks