Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Senior Data Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Senior Data Engineer salary in Sheffield is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 3 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.75% 0.53% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.55% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £69,375 - -
90th Percentile £69,750 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 393 901 530
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.00% 96.26% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 296 662 380
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,390 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £78,750 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,250 £50,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -9.50% +14.94% -13.00%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Senior Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Engineer in Sheffield

Senior Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Data Engineer in Sheffield.

Salary trend for Senior Data Engineer in Sheffield

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Senior Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Azure

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
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