Senior Data Engineer
UK
The median Senior Data Engineer salary in the UK is £71,991 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 555 | 498 | 511 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -57 | +13 | +110 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer | 367 | 578 | 1,040 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.37% | 0.57% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.39% | 0.62% | 0.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 307 | 458 | 405 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,750 | £56,250 | £57,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £65,313 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,991 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.01% | - | +10.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £95,000 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £115,000 | £100,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | +8.33% |
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 | 93,776 | 92,678 | 150,788 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.45% | 96.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,209 | 58,362 | 84,200 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +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 9 May 2024.
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 9 May 2024. 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 | -38 | 332 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 113 |
| London | -23 | 190 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 67 |
| Work from Home | -8 | 164 | £72,950 | -2.73% | 59 |
| UK excluding London | -9 | 145 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 50 |
| North of England | +97 | 70 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 11 |
| North West | +58 | 57 | £62,500 | +29.68% | 7 |
| Midlands | -9 | 25 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 18 | £70,000 | +19.15% | 7 |
| South West | -41 | 17 | £55,000 | -21.43% | 3 |
| South East | -45 | 17 | £61,750 | -5.73% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +86 | 8 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 2 |
| Scotland | -63 | 8 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -13 | 6 | - | - | |
| East of England | - | 6 | £75,000 | - | 9 |
| North East | -1 | 5 | £80,000 | +18.52% | 2 |
| Wales | +6 | 3 | £46,131 | +6.05% | 2 |
Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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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