Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 86,075
✏️ This salary info is based on 100 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 69,620 and USD 105,063 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
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 100
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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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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 7229 jobs Python | 6890 jobs SQL | 6776 jobs Pipelines | 6617 jobs Data pipelines | 5137 jobs ETL | 4949 jobs Architecture | 4825 jobs AWS | 4789 jobs Spark | 4011 jobs Azure | 3780 jobs Security | 3657 jobs Computer Science | 3647 jobs Data quality | 3192 jobs Agile | 3133 jobs Big Data | 3074 jobs Machine Learning | 2860 jobs GCP | 2776 jobs Snowflake | 2716 jobs Databricks | 2703 jobs CI/CD | 2680 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 5508 jobs Health care | 2966 jobs Flex hours | 2243 jobs Competitive pay | 1859 jobs Startup environment | 1666 jobs Equity / stock options | 1465 jobs Team events | 1449 jobs Salary bonus | 1433 jobs Insurance | 1282 jobs Flex vacation | 1240 jobs Parental leave | 1055 jobs Medical leave | 940 jobs Wellness | 752 jobs 401(k) matching | 622 jobs Transparency | 318 jobs Fitness / gym | 269 jobs Relocation support | 236 jobs Conferences | 217 jobs Gear | 215 jobs Home office stipend | 198 jobsRelated salaries
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