Data Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 74,556

✏️ This salary info is based on 237 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 57,417 and USD 99,367 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
237
Top 10%
$ 126,582
Top 25%
$ 99,367
Median
$ 74,556
Bottom 25%
$ 57,417
Bottom 10%
$ 50,000

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 | 14192 jobs Python | 13783 jobs SQL | 13659 jobs Pipelines | 12959 jobs ETL | 9949 jobs Data pipelines | 9863 jobs AWS | 8985 jobs Architecture | 8762 jobs Azure | 7449 jobs Computer Science | 7427 jobs Spark | 7192 jobs Security | 6853 jobs Data quality | 6196 jobs Agile | 5823 jobs Big Data | 5726 jobs Machine Learning | 5433 jobs Databricks | 5154 jobs GCP | 5089 jobs Snowflake | 4977 jobs CI/CD | 4881 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 | 10711 jobs Health care | 5762 jobs Flex hours | 4251 jobs Competitive pay | 3542 jobs Startup environment | 3322 jobs Team events | 2945 jobs Equity / stock options | 2668 jobs Salary bonus | 2622 jobs Insurance | 2467 jobs Flex vacation | 2293 jobs Parental leave | 1951 jobs Medical leave | 1731 jobs Wellness | 1449 jobs 401(k) matching | 1226 jobs Transparency | 577 jobs Fitness / gym | 566 jobs Relocation support | 509 jobs Gear | 417 jobs Conferences | 396 jobs Home office stipend | 387 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 190,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 160,310 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 31,578 (Slovakia) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 51,263 (Portugal) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 63,807 (Poland) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 130,000 (New Zealand) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 68,500 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 68,448 (Netherlands) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 59,829 (Lithuania) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 36,631 (India) Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 154,843 (United Kingdom) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 55,789 (France) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 52,631 (France) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 54,736 (France) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 52,631 (France) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Engineer @ $ 39,999 (Spain) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 91,800 (Germany) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 98,468 (Germany) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 88,947 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 58,725 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Engineer @ $ 120,950 (Canada) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 125,800 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 109,293 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 208,083 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Engineer @ $ 125,551 (Australia) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 136,854 (Australia) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Engineer @ $ 119,687 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 48,543 (Austria) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 94,320 (Argentina) Details

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