Data Engineering Job Trends in Slough

Data Engineering
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Data Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Engineering 13 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Slough 3.46% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £72,500 - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £91,250 - -
90th Percentile £93,500 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £82,500 £62,500 £40,420
% change year-on-year +32.00% +54.63% -50.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Slough

Data Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Slough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 310 120 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Slough 82.45% 99.17% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 93 61 47
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £82,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -7.56%

Data Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Data Engineering job vacancy trend in Slough

Data Engineering
Salary Trend in Slough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Data Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Data Engineering

Data Engineering
Salary Histogram in Slough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineering in Slough over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Engineering in Slough

Data Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) AWS
2 6 (46.15%) GCP
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Vertex AI
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 10 (76.92%) Law
2 6 (46.15%) Marketing
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Retail
4 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Senior
2 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Data Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Lead
2 6 (46.15%) Senior Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Senior Data Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) LangChain
2 1 (7.69%) LangGraph
2 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
2 1 (7.69%) Semantic Kernel
2 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) AI Agents
2 1 (7.69%) Autonomous Agent
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) AI
1 12 (92.31%) Machine Learning
2 10 (76.92%) Data Science
2 10 (76.92%) Generative AI
3 9 (69.23%) Data Pipeline
3 9 (69.23%) ETL
4 8 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
5 7 (53.85%) Data Modelling
5 7 (53.85%) Mentoring
6 6 (46.15%) Architectural Design
6 6 (46.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 6 (46.15%) Customer Insight
6 6 (46.15%) Data Architecture
6 6 (46.15%) Data Governance
6 6 (46.15%) Data Integration
6 6 (46.15%) Data Strategy
6 6 (46.15%) LLM
6 6 (46.15%) MLOps
6 6 (46.15%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Google
3 2 (15.38%) OpenAI
4 1 (7.69%) Databricks