Data Engineer Job Trends in York

Data Engineer
North Yorkshire > York

The median Data Engineer salary in York is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 5 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in York 3.91% 0.43% 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.03% 0.44% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £48,250
25th Percentile - £57,750 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% +10.00% -40.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,250 £56,250
90th Percentile - - £58,500
North Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +7.44% +7.56% -39.19%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 124 229 174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 98.71% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 56 107 146
10th Percentile £25,375 £26,250 £30,625
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,625 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £68,125
North Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +2.04% -2.00%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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 York.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend 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 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York

For the 6 months to 2 January 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 York region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Observability
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (20.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft