Data Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Data Engineer
England > South West

The median Data Engineer salary in the South West is £67,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 134 134
Rank change year-on-year +48 0 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 162 34 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.91% 1.00% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.10% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 104 28 88
10th Percentile £45,900 £47,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,188 £34,905
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +31.82% -19.71%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - +2.19% -5.52%

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 8,007 3,099 8,454
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.58% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,464 2,094 6,248
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,013 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +21 56 £85,000 +49.12% 19
Bristol +4 50 £60,000 -25.00% 9
Devon - 22 £50,000 - 1
Wiltshire -3 16 £50,000 +25.79% 5
Somerset -31 10 £48,240 -8.12% 3
Dorset -1 6 £75,000 -3.23% 4
Cornwall - 2 - -
Data Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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 58 (35.80%) Analytics
2 55 (33.95%) Data Pipeline
3 52 (32.10%) Python
4 48 (29.63%) Security Cleared
4 48 (29.63%) SQL
5 46 (28.40%) ETL
6 39 (24.07%) AI
7 35 (21.60%) Data Engineering
8 32 (19.75%) AWS
8 32 (19.75%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (19.14%) Azure
10 27 (16.67%) Agile
10 27 (16.67%) DV Cleared
11 26 (16.05%) Data Modelling
11 26 (16.05%) Data Science
12 22 (13.58%) Data Integration
12 22 (13.58%) Data Quality
13 21 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
14 20 (12.35%) Decision-Making
15 19 (11.73%) Databricks
16 18 (11.11%) DevOps
16 18 (11.11%) SC Cleared
17 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
17 17 (10.49%) Machine Learning
17 17 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
18 16 (9.88%) NoSQL
19 15 (9.26%) Kafka
20 14 (8.64%) Azure Data Factory
20 14 (8.64%) GCP
20 14 (8.64%) SQL Server Integration Services

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 12 (7.41%) Apache
2 10 (6.17%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.75%) AWS
2 31 (19.14%) Azure
3 14 (8.64%) Azure Data Factory
3 14 (8.64%) GCP
4 11 (6.79%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (3.70%) Serverless
7 4 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.47%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.47%) dbt
8 3 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.85%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.62%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.62%) Dagster
9 1 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.09%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.23%) Broadband
3 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (9.88%) NoSQL
3 14 (8.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (6.79%) Big Data
5 9 (5.56%) BigQuery
5 9 (5.56%) Power BI
5 9 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (4.94%) SQL Server
7 7 (4.32%) Data Lake
7 7 (4.32%) MongoDB
8 5 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (2.47%) OLAP
9 4 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (2.47%) Star Schema
10 3 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.85%) Hadoop
11 2 (1.23%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Git
2 4 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
General
1 18 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (7.41%) Finance
2 12 (7.41%) Social Skills
3 9 (5.56%) Military
4 7 (4.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.23%) Banking
6 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.62%) Law
7 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.62%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.26%) Kafka
2 9 (5.56%) Apache NiFi
2 9 (5.56%) PySpark
3 5 (3.09%) Keycloak
4 3 (1.85%) JSON
4 3 (1.85%) XML
5 2 (1.23%) gRPC
5 2 (1.23%) Node.js
5 2 (1.23%) REST
6 1 (0.62%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.94%) Driving Licence
2 7 (4.32%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.47%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.23%) IoT
7 2 (1.23%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.62%) Blog
8 1 (0.62%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.09%) Linux
2 4 (2.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (35.80%) Analytics
2 55 (33.95%) Data Pipeline
3 46 (28.40%) ETL
4 39 (24.07%) AI
5 35 (21.60%) Data Engineering
6 32 (19.75%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (16.67%) Agile
8 26 (16.05%) Data Modelling
8 26 (16.05%) Data Science
9 22 (13.58%) Data Integration
10 20 (12.35%) Decision-Making
11 18 (11.11%) DevOps
12 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
12 17 (10.49%) Machine Learning
12 17 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (6.79%) Cost Reduction
13 11 (6.79%) Data Governance
13 11 (6.79%) Data Strategy
13 11 (6.79%) Platform Engineering
14 10 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (32.10%) Python
2 48 (29.63%) SQL
3 8 (4.94%) Java
4 7 (4.32%) Go
4 7 (4.32%) Groovy
5 5 (3.09%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.47%) C#
6 4 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.85%) Scala
7 3 (1.85%) VBA
8 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 18 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.32%) Degree
5 6 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.09%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.58%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.47%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.47%) SLA
3 2 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (8.02%) Terraform
2 7 (4.32%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.09%) Ansible
4 4 (2.47%) Packer
Vendors
1 19 (11.73%) Databricks
2 10 (6.17%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.47%) Google
4 2 (1.23%) SAP
4 2 (1.23%) Splunk
4 2 (1.23%) Typelevel
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle
5 1 (0.62%) Zoho