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 131 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 60,493 and USD 99,418 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
131
Top 10%
$ 126,582
Top 25%
$ 99,418
Median
$ 75,949
Bottom 25%
$ 60,493
Bottom 10%
$ 50,632

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 | 7445 jobs Python | 7301 jobs SQL | 7157 jobs Pipelines | 6795 jobs ETL | 5244 jobs Data pipelines | 5228 jobs AWS | 4788 jobs Architecture | 4543 jobs Azure | 3951 jobs Computer Science | 3892 jobs Spark | 3872 jobs Security | 3587 jobs Data quality | 3203 jobs Agile | 3130 jobs Big Data | 3124 jobs Machine Learning | 2876 jobs GCP | 2790 jobs Databricks | 2715 jobs Snowflake | 2592 jobs Airflow | 2485 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 | 5738 jobs Health care | 3081 jobs Flex hours | 2282 jobs Competitive pay | 1811 jobs Startup environment | 1773 jobs Team events | 1589 jobs Equity / stock options | 1474 jobs Salary bonus | 1365 jobs Insurance | 1357 jobs Flex vacation | 1244 jobs Parental leave | 1021 jobs Medical leave | 943 jobs Wellness | 769 jobs 401(k) matching | 635 jobs Fitness / gym | 315 jobs Transparency | 302 jobs Relocation support | 301 jobs Gear | 223 jobs Conferences | 217 jobs Home office stipend | 217 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 59,829 (Lithuania) Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 47,368 (France) Details
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