Principal Data Engineer Job Trends in Nottingham

Principal Data Engineer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Principal Data Engineer salary in Nottingham is £87,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 0.077% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,000 - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £87,000 - -

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 1,234 419 874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 95.23% 97.44%
Number of salaries quoted 799 259 606
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.09%

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, Principal 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 Principal Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Matching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Principal 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Matching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Validation