Data Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2024

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2024 is USD 62,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 56 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 50,000 and USD 81,250 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2024
Sample size
56
Top 10%
$ 112,500
Top 25%
$ 81,250
Median
$ 62,500
Bottom 25%
$ 50,000
Bottom 10%
$ 43,750

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 19, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 4054 jobs Python | 4026 jobs SQL | 3952 jobs Pipelines | 3447 jobs ETL | 2644 jobs AWS | 2625 jobs Data pipelines | 2557 jobs Spark | 2383 jobs Architecture | 2324 jobs Computer Science | 2241 jobs Azure | 1986 jobs Big Data | 1937 jobs Agile | 1918 jobs Java | 1641 jobs Machine Learning | 1600 jobs Security | 1482 jobs GCP | 1470 jobs Testing | 1410 jobs Airflow | 1358 jobs Data quality | 1329 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 3254 jobs Health care | 1598 jobs Flex hours | 1462 jobs Startup environment | 1219 jobs Team events | 1018 jobs Flex vacation | 975 jobs Competitive pay | 957 jobs Salary bonus | 778 jobs Equity | 734 jobs Parental leave | 694 jobs Insurance | 623 jobs Medical leave | 514 jobs Wellness | 401 jobs 401(k) matching | 356 jobs Fitness / gym | 214 jobs Home office stipend | 192 jobs Gear | 176 jobs Transparency | 136 jobs Relocation support | 134 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 123 jobs

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