Data Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Data Engineer
England > South West

The median Data Engineer salary in the South West is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 134 127
Rank change year-on-year +46 -7 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 173 34 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.98% 0.98% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 1.07% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 109 28 84
10th Percentile £46,150 £50,125 £29,542
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,250 £34,976
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +35.14% -20.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 8,222 3,167 7,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 91.22% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,589 2,139 5,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 the South West.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in the South West

Data Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Gloucestershire +19 68 £85,000 +49.12% 14
Bristol +3 52 £60,000 -25.00% 10
Devon - 22 £50,000 - 2
Wiltshire -5 16 £51,375 +10.48% 4
Somerset -32 10 £48,240 -8.12% 5
Dorset -5 3 £75,000 -3.23% 3
Cornwall - 2 - -
Data Engineer
England

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 South West region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 63 (36.42%) Analytics
2 59 (34.10%) Data Pipeline
3 57 (32.95%) Security Cleared
4 56 (32.37%) Python
5 51 (29.48%) SQL
6 49 (28.32%) ETL
7 46 (26.59%) AI
8 39 (22.54%) Data Engineering
9 37 (21.39%) AWS
10 32 (18.50%) Agile
11 31 (17.92%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (17.92%) DV Cleared
12 30 (17.34%) Azure
13 29 (16.76%) Data Science
14 28 (16.18%) Data Modelling
15 24 (13.87%) Data Quality
16 23 (13.29%) CI/CD
16 23 (13.29%) Decision-Making
17 21 (12.14%) Data Integration
17 21 (12.14%) Data Warehouse
17 21 (12.14%) DevOps
17 21 (12.14%) SC Cleared
18 19 (10.98%) Apache
18 19 (10.98%) Databricks
18 19 (10.98%) Machine Learning
19 18 (10.40%) Kafka
19 18 (10.40%) NoSQL
19 18 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (8.67%) GCP
20 15 (8.67%) Software Engineering

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (10.98%) Apache
2 12 (6.94%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 37 (21.39%) AWS
2 30 (17.34%) Azure
3 15 (8.67%) GCP
4 13 (7.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (6.36%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (3.47%) Serverless
7 5 (2.89%) Azure Machine Learning
8 4 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.31%) dbt
8 4 (2.31%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.58%) Cloud Composer
10 1 (0.58%) Dagster
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.89%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.14%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (10.40%) NoSQL
3 14 (8.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (7.51%) Big Data
5 10 (5.78%) BigQuery
5 10 (5.78%) Data Lake
6 9 (5.20%) Power BI
6 9 (5.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (4.62%) MongoDB
7 8 (4.62%) SQL Server
8 7 (4.05%) Hadoop
9 5 (2.89%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (2.31%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (2.31%) OLAP
10 4 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (2.31%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.73%) ClickHouse
11 3 (1.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Git
2 4 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
General
1 19 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (6.94%) Finance
3 11 (6.36%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.20%) Military
5 8 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.58%) Law
8 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.40%) Kafka
2 11 (6.36%) Apache NiFi
3 10 (5.78%) PySpark
4 5 (2.89%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.73%) JSON
5 3 (1.73%) XML
6 2 (1.16%) gRPC
6 2 (1.16%) Node.js
6 2 (1.16%) REST
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Beam
7 1 (0.58%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.20%) Cloud Native
1 9 (5.20%) Driving Licence
2 6 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.31%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.31%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.73%) IoT
5 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.16%) Over-the-Top Content
5 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.16%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.58%) Blog
6 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.58%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.58%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.89%) Linux
2 4 (2.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (36.42%) Analytics
2 59 (34.10%) Data Pipeline
3 49 (28.32%) ETL
4 46 (26.59%) AI
5 39 (22.54%) Data Engineering
6 32 (18.50%) Agile
7 31 (17.92%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (16.76%) Data Science
9 28 (16.18%) Data Modelling
10 23 (13.29%) CI/CD
10 23 (13.29%) Decision-Making
11 21 (12.14%) Data Integration
11 21 (12.14%) DevOps
12 19 (10.98%) Machine Learning
13 18 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (8.67%) Software Engineering
15 13 (7.51%) Data Strategy
16 12 (6.94%) Cost Reduction
16 12 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
16 12 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 56 (32.37%) Python
2 51 (29.48%) SQL
3 12 (6.94%) Java
4 8 (4.62%) Groovy
5 7 (4.05%) Go
6 5 (2.89%) Scala
6 5 (2.89%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.31%) C#
7 4 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.73%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.73%) VBA
9 2 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.92%) DV Cleared
3 21 (12.14%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.62%) Degree
5 6 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.89%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.87%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.31%) SLA
4 2 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (6.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (8.09%) Terraform
2 10 (5.78%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.89%) Ansible
4 4 (2.31%) Packer
Vendors
1 19 (10.98%) Databricks
2 9 (5.20%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.89%) Google
4 2 (1.16%) SAP
4 2 (1.16%) Splunk
4 2 (1.16%) Typelevel
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle
5 1 (0.58%) Zoho