Data Engineer Jobs in Wiltshire

Data Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Data Engineer salary in Wiltshire is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

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

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 88 78
Rank change year-on-year +39 -10 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 6 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.67% 1.03% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 1.08% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 9
10th Percentile - - £39,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £34,905 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.59% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £33,500 £68,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £34,100 - £88,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £64,228
% change year-on-year -15.38% +1.20% +35.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 336 1,208 894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 95.42% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 269 882 560
10th Percentile £29,700 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,010 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Wiltshire

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Wiltshire.

Salary trend for Data Engineer in Wiltshire

Data Engineer
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Melksham - 3 £32,000 -
Swindon +27 2 £31,000 -11.19% 1
Salisbury - 1 - - 1
Data Engineer
South West

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, 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 Wiltshire region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) CCTV
2 2 (33.33%) CAD
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (16.67%) Databricks
3 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) Apache
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Fivetran
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (33.33%) CCTV
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) CAD
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft