Senior Data Engineer
UK
The median Senior Data Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 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 | 510 | 538 | 504 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | -34 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer | 176 | 384 | 592 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.34% | 0.39% | 0.57% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.37% | 0.41% | 0.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 130 | 306 | 470 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £38,125 | £56,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,250 | £60,000 | £67,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £72,900 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.98% | -8.88% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £95,938 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,750 | £100,000 | £112,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | +4.00% | -3.85% |
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% |
Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Data Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Data Engineer.
Senior Data Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Senior Data Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
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 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 | +31 | 169 | £70,000 | -6.67% | 112 |
| UK excluding London | +151 | 101 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 37 |
| London | -14 | 70 | £80,000 | - | 76 |
| Work from Home | +96 | 68 | £75,000 | +2.74% | 70 |
| South East | +127 | 35 | £70,000 | +13.36% | 9 |
| North of England | +45 | 35 | £62,500 | - | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +77 | 17 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 4 |
| Midlands | +53 | 17 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 3 |
| North West | -11 | 14 | £61,750 | -1.20% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +54 | 10 | £65,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | +39 | 7 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 3 |
| South West | +103 | 6 | £55,000 | - | 7 |
| Scotland | +125 | 5 | £57,500 | -11.54% | 4 |
| North East | +50 | 4 | £67,500 | -15.63% | 2 |
| East of England | +53 | 3 | £81,250 | +6.56% | 2 |
Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Senior 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 Senior Data Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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