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 94 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
- 94
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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 | 6258 jobs Python | 5961 jobs SQL | 5862 jobs Pipelines | 5761 jobs Data pipelines | 4491 jobs ETL | 4299 jobs Architecture | 4166 jobs AWS | 4159 jobs Spark | 3515 jobs Azure | 3267 jobs Security | 3154 jobs Computer Science | 3127 jobs Data quality | 2766 jobs Agile | 2737 jobs Big Data | 2690 jobs Machine Learning | 2471 jobs GCP | 2423 jobs Databricks | 2364 jobs Snowflake | 2352 jobs CI/CD | 2300 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 | 4761 jobs Health care | 2581 jobs Flex hours | 1950 jobs Competitive pay | 1600 jobs Startup environment | 1452 jobs Equity / stock options | 1289 jobs Team events | 1258 jobs Salary bonus | 1255 jobs Insurance | 1114 jobs Flex vacation | 1080 jobs Parental leave | 898 jobs Medical leave | 822 jobs Wellness | 640 jobs 401(k) matching | 527 jobs Transparency | 283 jobs Fitness / gym | 245 jobs Relocation support | 209 jobs Conferences | 187 jobs Gear | 184 jobs Home office stipend | 161 jobsRelated salaries
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