Data Engineer Job Trends in Peterborough

Data Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Data Engineer salary in Peterborough is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 2.56% - 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £47,500
75th Percentile - - £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £65,000 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 228 86 163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 92.47% 84.90%
Number of salaries quoted 156 51 145
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £24,200
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £66,292 £66,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,500 £67,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Peterborough.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Peterborough

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 22 March 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 Peterborough region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Databricks
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (66.67%) Data Lake
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (66.67%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Databricks