Data Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 168 204
Rank change year-on-year -116 +36 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 404 804 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.88% 1.88% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.97% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 266 515 632
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 42,565 40,776 56,824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.50% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 18,331 29,565 33,546
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,300 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% -

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in the UK excluding London

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Engineer in the UK excluding London

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in the UK excluding London

Data Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 January 2025. 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
South East -12 108 £65,000 +23.81% 29
North of England -106 107 £62,500 +13.64% 96
Midlands -56 69 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North West -122 58 £60,000 +9.09% 57
South West -41 51 £55,000 -22.07% 23
West Midlands -38 48 £55,000 +3.29% 19
Scotland -32 39 £60,000 -7.69% 16
Yorkshire +17 37 £62,500 +13.64% 18
East of England -41 28 £55,000 -8.33% 11
East Midlands -21 21 £59,750 +19.50% 10
North East -27 16 £68,750 +25.00% 21
Wales +12 2 £42,750 -11.06% 4
Data Engineer
UK

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 January 2025, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 248 (61.39%) SQL
2 235 (58.17%) Python
3 202 (50.00%) Azure
4 189 (46.78%) Data Engineering
5 179 (44.31%) ETL
6 139 (34.41%) Data Pipeline
7 134 (33.17%) Data Warehouse
8 124 (30.69%) Data Modelling
9 123 (30.45%) Analytics
10 118 (29.21%) Business Intelligence
11 116 (28.71%) Agile
12 107 (26.49%) Databricks
13 106 (26.24%) Social Skills
13 106 (26.24%) AWS
14 103 (25.50%) Data Quality
15 93 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
16 91 (22.52%) Microsoft
17 89 (22.03%) Azure Data Factory
18 84 (20.79%) CI/CD
19 81 (20.05%) DevOps
19 81 (20.05%) Degree
20 70 (17.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 70 (17.33%) Power Platform
21 69 (17.08%) Power BI
22 65 (16.09%) GCP
23 63 (15.59%) Data Architecture
24 62 (15.35%) Finance
25 58 (14.36%) SQL Server
25 58 (14.36%) Software Engineering
26 54 (13.37%) Machine Learning

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (11.39%) Apache Spark
2 43 (10.64%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (9.90%) Apache
4 9 (2.23%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.24%) Luigi
6 4 (0.99%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.99%) nginx
7 3 (0.74%) Confluence
7 3 (0.74%) SAS
8 2 (0.50%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 15 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 202 (50.00%) Azure
2 106 (26.24%) AWS
3 89 (22.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 70 (17.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 70 (17.33%) Power Platform
5 65 (16.09%) GCP
6 42 (10.40%) Snowflake
7 36 (8.91%) Amazon S3
8 31 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (6.19%) dbt
10 18 (4.46%) Serverless
11 13 (3.22%) GitHub
11 13 (3.22%) OpenShift
12 12 (2.97%) Amazon Kinesis
12 12 (2.97%) Azure API Management
13 11 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (2.48%) Google Compute Engine
14 10 (2.48%) PowerApps
15 9 (2.23%) Azure Stack
15 9 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.97%) 2G
1 12 (2.97%) 3G
1 12 (2.97%) 4G
1 12 (2.97%) 5G
1 12 (2.97%) Radio Access Network
2 10 (2.48%) Broadband
3 9 (2.23%) Structured Cabling
4 7 (1.73%) Network Security
5 4 (0.99%) Internet
5 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.99%) Wireless
6 1 (0.25%) LAN
6 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (33.17%) Data Warehouse
2 69 (17.08%) Power BI
3 58 (14.36%) SQL Server
4 51 (12.62%) Data Lake
5 49 (12.13%) BigQuery
6 34 (8.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (8.17%) Big Data
8 28 (6.93%) Hadoop
9 26 (6.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (6.19%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (4.46%) Relational Database
12 17 (4.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (3.96%) Metadata
13 16 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (3.71%) Looker
14 15 (3.71%) NoSQL
15 12 (2.97%) Delta Lake
16 11 (2.72%) Tableau
17 10 (2.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 10 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (5.20%) Git
2 12 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.23%) Bitbucket
3 9 (2.23%) JIRA
4 5 (1.24%) GitLab
5 4 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.74%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.25%) ERwin
8 1 (0.25%) kappa
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 106 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.35%) Finance
3 51 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.71%) Law
5 10 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (2.48%) Retail
6 9 (2.23%) Automotive
6 9 (2.23%) Banking
6 9 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.98%) Tech for Good
8 7 (1.73%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.73%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.49%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.74%) Aviation
11 3 (0.74%) Marketing
12 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.50%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.91%) Kafka
2 32 (7.92%) PySpark
3 28 (6.93%) .NET
4 16 (3.96%) Pandas
5 14 (3.47%) NumPy
6 9 (2.23%) PyArrow
6 9 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (1.98%) REST
8 6 (1.49%) Polars
9 5 (1.24%) SQLAlchemy
10 4 (0.99%) ActiveMQ
10 4 (0.99%) Apache NiFi
10 4 (0.99%) Dask
10 4 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.99%) JSON
10 4 (0.99%) SciPy
10 4 (0.99%) YAML
11 3 (0.74%) CSS
11 3 (0.74%) HTML
11 3 (0.74%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.96%) Data Structures
2 14 (3.47%) Fibre Optics
3 12 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.97%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.72%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.72%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.49%) NHS
8 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.99%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.50%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.50%) IoT
9 2 (0.50%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.50%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.50%) PropTech
9 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.68%) Unix
2 24 (5.94%) Linux
3 6 (1.49%) OS/2
4 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (46.78%) Data Engineering
2 179 (44.31%) ETL
3 139 (34.41%) Data Pipeline
4 124 (30.69%) Data Modelling
5 123 (30.45%) Analytics
6 118 (29.21%) Business Intelligence
7 116 (28.71%) Agile
8 93 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (20.79%) CI/CD
10 81 (20.05%) DevOps
11 63 (15.59%) Data Architecture
12 58 (14.36%) Software Engineering
13 54 (13.37%) Machine Learning
14 52 (12.87%) Visualisation
15 49 (12.13%) Data Science
16 48 (11.88%) Mentoring
17 43 (10.64%) Data Governance
18 41 (10.15%) Data Management
19 40 (9.90%) Decision-Making
20 39 (9.65%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 248 (61.39%) SQL
2 235 (58.17%) Python
3 37 (9.16%) C#
4 29 (7.18%) T-SQL
5 24 (5.94%) Java
6 19 (4.70%) Scala
7 18 (4.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.71%) R
9 11 (2.72%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.49%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.99%) Bash
11 4 (0.99%) C++
11 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.25%) Groovy
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 81 (20.05%) Degree
2 31 (7.67%) Azure Certification
3 22 (5.45%) DBS Check
4 9 (2.23%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.23%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.99%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.99%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.74%) HND
7 3 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.50%) HNC
8 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.50%) PhD
8 2 (0.50%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (25.50%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.48%) GDPR
4 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 21 (5.20%) Docker
2 10 (2.48%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 33 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.67%) Terraform
3 8 (1.98%) Grafana
3 8 (1.98%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.49%) Ansible
5 4 (0.99%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.50%) Argo
Vendors
1 107 (26.49%) Databricks
2 91 (22.52%) Microsoft
3 41 (10.15%) Google
4 31 (7.67%) Oracle
5 19 (4.70%) Informatica
6 14 (3.47%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.97%) Nokia
8 8 (1.98%) SAP
9 4 (0.99%) Infor
9 4 (0.99%) Splunk
10 3 (0.74%) Confluent
11 2 (0.50%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.50%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.50%) ESRI
11 2 (0.50%) SnapLogic
12 1 (0.25%) CyberArk
12 1 (0.25%) GoldenSource
12 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.25%) Talend
12 1 (0.25%) Teradata