Data Engineer Job Trends in York

Data Engineer
North Yorkshire > York

The median Data Engineer salary in York is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 44 35
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 2 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in York 0.43% 0.24% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.24% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - £49,000
25th Percentile - £57,750 £57,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,500 £67,003
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -9.70% -41.74%
75th Percentile - £63,250 £69,649
90th Percentile - - £75,789
North Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £60,500 £67,003
% change year-on-year +15.70% -9.70% -41.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
York

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in York. 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 York with a recognized job title 266 413 191
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 56.72% 98.57% 92.27%
Number of salaries quoted 63 187 144
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £76,750
North Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +5.00%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in York

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in York

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in York.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in York

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in York

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 York region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence

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

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence