Data Engineer Job Trends in Worcester

Data Engineer
Worcestershire > Worcester

The median Data Engineer salary in Worcester is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 15 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 5.40% 2.44% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.88% 2.56% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £37,500
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median annual salary £85,000 - £37,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Worcester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Worcester. 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 Worcester with a recognized job title 218 39 126
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.42% 95.12% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 196 33 74
10th Percentile £31,875 £24,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,810 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.90% -10.38% +1.68%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £63,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £65,000
Worcestershire median annual salary £60,000 £34,011 £50,000
% change year-on-year +76.41% -31.98% +17.65%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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 Worcester.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Worcester

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Worcester.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Worcester

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Worcester region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 15 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (73.33%) Analytics
2 11 (73.33%) Azure
2 11 (73.33%) Azure Certification
2 11 (73.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 11 (73.33%) Data Pipeline
2 11 (73.33%) Data Security
2 11 (73.33%) Decision-Making
2 11 (73.33%) DevOps
2 11 (73.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 11 (73.33%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (73.33%) ETL
2 11 (73.33%) ETL Development
2 11 (73.33%) Go
2 11 (73.33%) Kafka
2 11 (73.33%) Keycloak
2 11 (73.33%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (73.33%) Python
2 11 (73.33%) Workflow
3 4 (26.67%) AI
3 4 (26.67%) Big Data

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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 11 (73.33%) Azure
1 11 (73.33%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (73.33%) Elasticsearch
1 11 (73.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (26.67%) Big Data
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (73.33%) Kafka
1 11 (73.33%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Analytics
1 11 (73.33%) Data Pipeline
1 11 (73.33%) Data Security
1 11 (73.33%) Decision-Making
1 11 (73.33%) DevOps
1 11 (73.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 11 (73.33%) ETL
1 11 (73.33%) ETL Development
1 11 (73.33%) Workflow
2 4 (26.67%) AI
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Go
1 11 (73.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 15 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (73.33%) Azure Certification