Data Engineer Job Trends in Warrington

Data Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Data Engineer salary in Warrington is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 8 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 1.43% - 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% - 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £73,750 - -
25th Percentile £93,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £80,000 - £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -28.21%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 508 90 401
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 76.92% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 347 52 272
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,729 £24,810
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,306 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +11.05% +2.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,900 £76,250
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -9.57% -1.05%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Warrington

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Warrington.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Warrington

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in Warrington

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Warrington over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in Warrington

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Warrington region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Commercialisation
2 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (25.00%) Databricks
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Metadata
2 2 (25.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) SAP

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Analytics
1 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
1 2 (25.00%) Commercialisation
1 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (25.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Databricks
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) SAP