Data Engineer
UK
The median Data Engineer salary in the UK is £72,246 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 223 | 146 | 162 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -77 | +16 | -4 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer | 699 | 1,942 | 2,386 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.34% | 1.97% | 2.29% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.49% | 2.09% | 2.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 558 | 1,221 | 1,680 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,000 | £35,000 | £45,976 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,176 | £48,000 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,246 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.15% | -7.14% | +1.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £98,750 | £82,500 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £95,000 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -4.17% | +4.35% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 30 April 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 30 April 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 | -48 | 662 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 545 |
| London | +3 | 367 | £92,500 | +23.33% | 300 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 316 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 325 |
| UK excluding London | -133 | 294 | £62,500 | +8.70% | 262 |
| North of England | -102 | 98 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 82 |
| South East | +27 | 75 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 65 |
| Midlands | -26 | 51 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 25 |
| North West | -121 | 49 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 44 |
| Yorkshire | +35 | 47 | £60,000 | +17.65% | 25 |
| South West | +8 | 31 | £55,000 | -16.98% | 51 |
| West Midlands | -24 | 28 | £58,750 | -2.08% | 20 |
| East of England | +6 | 24 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 12 |
| East Midlands | +32 | 23 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 5 |
| Scotland | -53 | 13 | £51,250 | -21.15% | 21 |
| North East | +4 | 6 | £72,500 | +1.40% | 14 |
| Northern Ireland | +25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Wales | +24 | 1 | £36,000 | -21.90% | 5 |
Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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