Data Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 75,949

✏️ This salary info is based on 44 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 63,291 and USD 96,202 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
2025
Sample size
44
Top 10%
$ 115,329
Top 25%
$ 96,202
Median
$ 75,949
Bottom 25%
$ 63,291
Bottom 10%
$ 56,962

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.

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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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 2627 jobs Python | 2557 jobs SQL | 2477 jobs Pipelines | 2368 jobs Data pipelines | 1824 jobs ETL | 1817 jobs AWS | 1669 jobs Architecture | 1588 jobs Computer Science | 1383 jobs Spark | 1364 jobs Azure | 1362 jobs Security | 1210 jobs Agile | 1137 jobs Big Data | 1107 jobs Data quality | 1090 jobs Machine Learning | 1059 jobs Databricks | 978 jobs GCP | 957 jobs Snowflake | 890 jobs Airflow | 846 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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2057 jobs Health care | 1145 jobs Flex hours | 815 jobs Competitive pay | 663 jobs Startup environment | 606 jobs Team events | 560 jobs Equity / stock options | 559 jobs Insurance | 497 jobs Salary bonus | 464 jobs Flex vacation | 414 jobs Parental leave | 367 jobs Medical leave | 320 jobs Wellness | 270 jobs 401(k) matching | 237 jobs Fitness / gym | 117 jobs Transparency | 109 jobs Relocation support | 106 jobs Gear | 83 jobs Home office stipend | 79 jobs Conferences | 75 jobs

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