Lead Data Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Lead Data Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Lead Data Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.13% - 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £76,250 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.93% - -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 745 709 961
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.03% 88.96% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 528 380 799
10th Percentile £28,525 £31,475 £29,913
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +0.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,856
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,125 £75,083
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Lead Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Lead Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Lead Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead Data Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Data Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 24 January 2026, Lead 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Spark SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Spark SQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks