Senior Data Engineer Job Trends in Suffolk

Senior Data Engineer
East of England > Suffolk

The median Senior Data Engineer salary in Suffolk is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £81,250 £81,250 £76,250
% change year-on-year - +6.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 494 441 464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 92.45% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 258 263 300
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £24,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £66,100 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.92% +65.25% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,253 £53,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £66,340 £61,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +7.30% -13.64%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Senior Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Senior Data Engineer
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Engineer within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Ipswich - 1 £65,000 - 1
Senior Data Engineer
East of England

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, Senior 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 Suffolk region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
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%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft