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 88,607
✏️ This salary info is based on 66 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 69,620 and USD 113,924 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
- 66
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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 | 4268 jobs Python | 4084 jobs SQL | 3978 jobs Pipelines | 3925 jobs Data pipelines | 3103 jobs ETL | 2947 jobs AWS | 2830 jobs Architecture | 2827 jobs Spark | 2402 jobs Azure | 2256 jobs Security | 2153 jobs Computer Science | 2124 jobs Agile | 1881 jobs Big Data | 1869 jobs Data quality | 1868 jobs Machine Learning | 1681 jobs GCP | 1661 jobs Databricks | 1642 jobs Snowflake | 1593 jobs Airflow | 1531 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 | 3305 jobs Health care | 1780 jobs Flex hours | 1367 jobs Competitive pay | 1090 jobs Startup environment | 1002 jobs Equity / stock options | 921 jobs Team events | 882 jobs Salary bonus | 874 jobs Insurance | 779 jobs Flex vacation | 761 jobs Parental leave | 617 jobs Medical leave | 568 jobs Wellness | 438 jobs 401(k) matching | 359 jobs Transparency | 195 jobs Fitness / gym | 161 jobs Relocation support | 150 jobs Conferences | 136 jobs Gear | 130 jobs Home office stipend | 122 jobsRelated salaries
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