Junior Data Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Junior Data Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior Data Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 580 670
Rank change year-on-year +189 +90 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Data Engineer 6 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.035% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.037% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 3
10th Percentile £38,125 £28,850 £34,000
25th Percentile - £29,188 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.53% -28.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £37,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - £45,250 £57,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £27,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +63.64% -35.29% -15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Junior Data Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Junior Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Junior Data Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Junior Data Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Junior Data Engineer.

Junior Data Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Data Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Junior Data Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Junior Data Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Junior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Data Transformation
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Power BI
2 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 5 (83.33%) Snowflake
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (83.33%) Tableau
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Data Quality
2 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cognos
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Big Data
3 1 (16.67%) Kafka
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
3 1 (16.67%) Spark Streaming

Junior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
1 5 (83.33%) Snowflake
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
1 5 (83.33%) Tableau
2 1 (16.67%) Big Data
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
1 1 (16.67%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Data Transformation
2 5 (83.33%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cognos
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks