Senior Data Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Data Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Data Engineer salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 472 486
Rank change year-on-year -52 +14 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Engineer 328 533 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.60% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.66% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 271 425 390
10th Percentile £35,000 £56,738 £58,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £67,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £87,750 £96,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% - +10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Engineer in England

Senior Data Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Engineer in England

Senior Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Engineer in England

Senior Data Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
London -16 187 £80,000 -5.88% 105
North of England +98 71 £62,500 +4.17% 11
North West +51 59 £65,000 +34.86% 6
Midlands -6 26 £70,000 +16.67% 7
West Midlands +10 18 £70,000 +19.15% 7
South East -44 16 £60,000 -14.29% 29
South West -46 15 £55,000 -21.43% 4
Yorkshire +80 7 £53,318 -14.69% 2
East Midlands -4 7 - -
East of England - 6 £75,000 - 10
North East -3 5 £80,000 +18.52% 3
Senior Data Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Data Engineer in the job title.

1 209 (63.72%) Python
2 197 (60.06%) SQL
3 154 (46.95%) Azure
4 134 (40.85%) ETL
5 121 (36.89%) Data Engineering
6 119 (36.28%) AWS
7 118 (35.98%) Data Pipeline
8 101 (30.79%) Data Warehouse
9 98 (29.88%) Data Modelling
10 94 (28.66%) Databricks
11 89 (27.13%) Finance
12 81 (24.70%) Agile
13 80 (24.39%) Analytics
14 69 (21.04%) Data Lake
15 67 (20.43%) Social Skills
16 66 (20.12%) DevOps
17 59 (17.99%) PySpark
18 57 (17.38%) Data Science
18 57 (17.38%) Power BI
18 57 (17.38%) GCP
18 57 (17.38%) Power Platform
18 57 (17.38%) Business Intelligence
19 55 (16.77%) CI/CD
20 52 (15.85%) Azure Data Factory
21 50 (15.24%) Apache Spark
22 44 (13.41%) Data Quality
23 43 (13.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
24 42 (12.80%) Snowflake
24 42 (12.80%) Apache Airflow
24 42 (12.80%) Terraform

Senior Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 50 (15.24%) Apache Spark
2 42 (12.80%) Apache Airflow
3 35 (10.67%) Apache
4 2 (0.61%) Confluence
4 2 (0.61%) Luigi
4 2 (0.61%) SAS
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Pig
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 154 (46.95%) Azure
2 119 (36.28%) AWS
3 57 (17.38%) GCP
3 57 (17.38%) Power Platform
4 52 (15.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 43 (13.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 42 (12.80%) Snowflake
7 35 (10.67%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (9.76%) Amazon S3
9 29 (8.84%) dbt
10 23 (7.01%) GitHub
11 20 (6.10%) Serverless
12 17 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (3.96%) Amazon EMR
14 11 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (3.35%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
15 10 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.74%) Amazon Kinesis
16 9 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.54%) Structured Cabling
2 11 (3.35%) Network Security
3 10 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.22%) FTP
5 1 (0.30%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.30%) 5G
5 1 (0.30%) LAN
5 1 (0.30%) PPP
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
5 1 (0.30%) WAN
5 1 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (30.79%) Data Warehouse
2 69 (21.04%) Data Lake
3 57 (17.38%) Power BI
4 41 (12.50%) NoSQL
4 41 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 32 (9.76%) Big Data
6 31 (9.45%) Hadoop
7 25 (7.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (7.32%) Tableau
9 23 (7.01%) BigQuery
9 23 (7.01%) Data Vault
10 21 (6.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 19 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (5.49%) Delta Lake
12 18 (5.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (3.96%) DynamoDB
13 13 (3.96%) MongoDB
14 11 (3.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 11 (3.35%) Relational Database
15 10 (3.05%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 21 (6.40%) Git
2 14 (4.27%) JIRA
3 13 (3.96%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.35%) CircleCI
5 4 (1.22%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.22%) GitLab
5 4 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.61%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 89 (27.13%) Finance
2 67 (20.43%) Social Skills
3 32 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (7.93%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.57%) Retail
6 11 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.05%) Law
8 8 (2.44%) Banking
8 8 (2.44%) Games
8 8 (2.44%) Legal
8 8 (2.44%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.22%) Music Industry
10 3 (0.91%) Agriculture
10 3 (0.91%) Automotive
10 3 (0.91%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.61%) Publishing
12 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (17.99%) PySpark
2 20 (6.10%) Pandas
3 18 (5.49%) Kafka
4 11 (3.35%) Apache Beam
5 9 (2.74%) AWS CDK
6 8 (2.44%) .NET
6 8 (2.44%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.44%) Spark Streaming
7 6 (1.83%) JSON
7 6 (1.83%) XML
8 3 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.91%) pytest
9 2 (0.61%) Dropwizard
9 2 (0.61%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.61%) Lambda Expressions
9 2 (0.61%) RESTful
10 1 (0.30%) LAMP
10 1 (0.30%) Node.js
10 1 (0.30%) REST
10 1 (0.30%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.18%) Data Structures
2 16 (4.88%) Reinsurance
3 15 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.44%) Distributed Applications
6 8 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.52%) Blog
8 5 (1.52%) NHS
9 4 (1.22%) CCTV
9 4 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.22%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.40%) Linux
2 11 (3.35%) Unix
3 1 (0.30%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (40.85%) ETL
2 121 (36.89%) Data Engineering
3 118 (35.98%) Data Pipeline
4 98 (29.88%) Data Modelling
5 81 (24.70%) Agile
6 80 (24.39%) Analytics
7 66 (20.12%) DevOps
8 57 (17.38%) Business Intelligence
8 57 (17.38%) Data Science
9 55 (16.77%) CI/CD
10 41 (12.50%) Visualisation
11 38 (11.59%) Machine Learning
12 37 (11.28%) Data Analytics
13 36 (10.98%) Data Management
14 35 (10.67%) Data Integration
14 35 (10.67%) Mentoring
15 33 (10.06%) Data Governance
15 33 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (8.84%) Containerisation
16 29 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 209 (63.72%) Python
2 197 (60.06%) SQL
3 30 (9.15%) Java
4 16 (4.88%) Scala
5 14 (4.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (3.96%) C#
6 13 (3.96%) T-SQL
7 11 (3.35%) U-SQL
8 7 (2.13%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.83%) VB
10 3 (0.91%) C
11 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.61%) R
11 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.30%) Bash
12 1 (0.30%) Korn
12 1 (0.30%) PHP
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (7.01%) Degree
2 16 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (4.57%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.22%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.22%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.91%) CCSK
7 3 (0.91%) CCSP
7 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.91%) CISSP
7 3 (0.91%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.30%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.05%) QA
3 4 (1.22%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.30%) GDPR
4 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (7.62%) Docker
2 8 (2.44%) HDFS
3 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (12.80%) Terraform
2 33 (10.06%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.52%) Ansible
4 3 (0.91%) CASB
5 2 (0.61%) Marathon
5 2 (0.61%) Mesos
6 1 (0.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 94 (28.66%) Databricks
2 39 (11.89%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.84%) Oracle
4 23 (7.01%) Informatica
5 18 (5.49%) Google
6 10 (3.05%) Cloudera
7 6 (1.83%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.22%) Splunk
8 4 (1.22%) YouTube
9 3 (0.91%) Netskope
9 3 (0.91%) SnapLogic
9 3 (0.91%) Symantec
9 3 (0.91%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.61%) Teradata
10 2 (0.61%) TIBCO
11 1 (0.30%) Apple
11 1 (0.30%) Dataiku
11 1 (0.30%) Denodo
11 1 (0.30%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.30%) SAP