Lead Data Engineer Job Trends in West Wales

Lead Data Engineer
Wales > West Wales

The median Lead Data Engineer salary in West Wales is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Engineer 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 0.46% - 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59,098
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £66,199
75th Percentile - - £76,650
90th Percentile - - £78,660
Wales median annual salary £80,000 - £66,199
% change year-on-year - - +5.01%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 411 44 231
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 86.27% 99.57%
Number of salaries quoted 279 29 204
10th Percentile £35,000 £21,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,733 £43,536
Median % change year-on-year +32.51% -13.33% +5.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,762 £53,810
90th Percentile £80,000 £59,857 £62,500
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

Lead Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Lead Data Engineer job vacancy trend in West Wales

Lead Data Engineer
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for Lead Data Engineer job vacancies in West Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Data Engineer job vacancies in West Wales

Lead Data Engineer
Job Locations in West Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Data Engineer within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 13 July 2026. 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
Swansea - 2 £80,000 - 2
Lead Data Engineer
Wales

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, Lead 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 Wales region featuring Lead Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL

Lead Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales 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
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks