Data Engineer
UK
The median Data Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 252 | 151 | 163 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -101 | +12 | -5 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer | 684 | 1,926 | 2,265 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.25% | 1.92% | 2.30% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.39% | 2.03% | 2.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 545 | 1,224 | 1,597 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,600 | £35,000 | £46,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,176 | £48,000 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £83,750 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £97,500 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -4.17% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,357 | 94,770 | 90,282 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.42% | 94.70% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,605 | 67,694 | 56,964 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,622 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,438 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -6.43% | +6.88% |
Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer.
Data Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.
Data Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 23 May 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 |
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| England | -78 | 646 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 3,330 |
| London | +6 | 352 | £91,250 | +21.67% | 709 |
| UK excluding London | -151 | 296 | £62,500 | +8.70% | 3,047 |
| Work from Home | -43 | 291 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 1,680 |
| North of England | -117 | 106 | £60,000 | +6.67% | 725 |
| South East | +7 | 68 | £70,000 | +42.86% | 850 |
| North West | -141 | 54 | £63,876 | +6.46% | 358 |
| Yorkshire | +32 | 50 | £60,000 | +17.65% | 267 |
| Midlands | -30 | 47 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 511 |
| South West | +1 | 32 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 373 |
| East of England | -3 | 27 | £66,253 | +17.78% | 400 |
| East Midlands | +20 | 26 | £61,250 | +28.95% | 198 |
| West Midlands | -22 | 21 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 281 |
| Scotland | -64 | 14 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 160 |
| North East | +2 | 6 | £62,500 | -13.19% | 102 |
| Northern Ireland | +27 | 1 | - | - | 39 |
| Wales | +23 | 1 | £36,000 | -21.96% | 79 |
Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 May 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 featuring Data Engineer in the job title.
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Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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