Data Engineer Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Data Engineer
East London > Tower Hamlets

The median Data Engineer salary in Tower Hamlets is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tower Hamlets 4.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
East London median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Tower Hamlets

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tower Hamlets. 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 Tower Hamlets with a recognized job title 12 30 57
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 54.55% 100.00% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 55
10th Percentile £66,000 £46,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £53,125 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £98,125 £100,000 £150,000
90th Percentile £99,250 - -
East London median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -31.25% +39.13% +4.55%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Tower Hamlets

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Tower Hamlets.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Tower Hamlets

Data Engineer
Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 9 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
Canary Wharf - 1 £60,000 - 1
Data Engineer
East London

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 Tower Hamlets region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA