Principal Data Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Principal Data Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

As of 20 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Engineer salary in Oxfordshire.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - £95,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 582 1,025 623
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.12% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 437 559 521
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £35,061
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +3.77% -3.64%

Principal Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Principal Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Principal Data Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Data Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Abingdon - 1 - - 1
Principal Data Engineer
South East

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Principal Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Airbyte
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake Schema
1 1 (100.00%) Snowpark

Principal 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Airbyte
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality