Principal Data Engineer Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Principal Data Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Principal Data Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £79,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.066% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% - 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £74,500 - £87,049
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 - £92,169
75th Percentile £83,500 - £97,290
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £79,000 - £92,169
% change year-on-year - - +8.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,385 2,175 2,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 95.94% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 775 1,355 1,678
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £31,149
25th Percentile £37,925 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,200 £80,000 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Principal Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Principal Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Data Engineer in West Yorkshire

Principal Data Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Principal Data Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Data Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Principal Data Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Data Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Leeds - 1 £79,000 - 2
Principal Data Engineer
Yorkshire

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Principal 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Principal Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft