Senior Data Engineer
UK
The median Senior Data Engineer salary in the UK is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 December 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
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| Rank | 469 | 541 | 664 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +72 | +123 | -54 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer | 274 | 666 | 473 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.51% | 0.54% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.54% | 0.56% | 0.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 186 | 481 | 337 |
| 10th Percentile | £57,184 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £62,250 | £63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £80,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.13% | +6.67% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £89,750 | £90,000 | £88,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,625 | £95,000 | £105,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -7.14% | +21.74% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 51,159 | 118,464 | 121,698 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.44% | 95.41% | 95.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,465 | 74,592 | 83,940 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
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 6 December 2023.
Senior Data Engineer
Top 16 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 6 December 2023. 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 | +65 | 256 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 105 |
| London | +78 | 145 | £85,000 | +3.03% | 66 |
| Work from Home | +104 | 128 | £75,000 | - | 55 |
| UK excluding London | +115 | 107 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 52 |
| South East | +128 | 28 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 17 |
| South West | +75 | 23 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 5 |
| North of England | +116 | 18 | £62,500 | -10.71% | 12 |
| Midlands | +72 | 15 | £61,750 | -1.98% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +103 | 12 | £61,750 | -4.26% | 2 |
| East of England | +113 | 9 | £77,500 | +3.33% | 2 |
| Wales | +26 | 9 | £46,060 | -45.81% | 6 |
| North West | +95 | 8 | £60,000 | -25.00% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +91 | 8 | £68,750 | +14.58% | 1 |
| Scotland | +42 | 5 | £73,750 | +22.92% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +43 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| North East | +32 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 December 2023, 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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