Data Engineer Job Trends in Bournemouth

Data Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Data Engineer salary in Bournemouth is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 24 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 7 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 4.32% 3.47% 4.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.46% 3.68% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 11
10th Percentile £73,000 - -
25th Percentile £77,500 £52,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -18.52% +22.73%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - £59,500 -
Dorset median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +45.45% -18.52% +22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bournemouth with a recognized job title 157 136 230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.91% 94.44% 97.46%
Number of salaries quoted 110 89 202
10th Percentile £27,707 £37,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,650 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Dorset median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +5.26%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Data Science
1 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Anthropic Claude
3 3 (42.86%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (42.86%) Apache Spark
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) Big Data
3 3 (42.86%) Cash Management
3 3 (42.86%) Complexity Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
3 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) GCP
3 3 (42.86%) Generative AI
3 3 (42.86%) LLM
3 3 (42.86%) Predictive Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Predictive Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Databricks

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (42.86%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Anthropic Claude
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Big Data
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Science
1 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Cash Management
3 3 (42.86%) Complexity Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
3 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) Generative AI
3 3 (42.86%) LLM
3 3 (42.86%) Predictive Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Predictive Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks