Data Engineer Job Trends in West End of London

Data Engineer
Central London > West End of London

The median Data Engineer salary in West End of London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in West End of London 6.45% - 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.45% - 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43,875
25th Percentile £80,000 - £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £54,063
90th Percentile - - £54,625
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West End of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West End of London. 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 West End of London with a recognized job title 31 87 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 91.58% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24 40 76
10th Percentile £43,125 £32,750 £39,543
25th Percentile £49,200 £39,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -15.69% +2.00%
75th Percentile £84,688 £73,750 £85,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £95,625
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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 West End of London.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in West End of London

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in West End of London

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in West End of London.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in West End of London

Data Engineer
Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Holborn - 2 £85,000 -
Data Engineer
Central London

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, 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 West End of London region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Sports Betting
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) SnowPro

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Snowflake
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SnowPro
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform