Data Engineer Job Trends in Portsmouth

Data Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Data Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 44 33
Rank change year-on-year +3 -11 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.28% 0.32% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.32% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £49,375
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.38% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £64,688
90th Percentile - - £67,125
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% -14.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 329 309 183
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 97.48% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 197 193 146
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £78,750
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.91% -8.18%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 Portsmouth region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
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 Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft