Data Engineer Job Trends in the North West
Data Engineer
England > North West
The median Data Engineer salary in the North West is £66,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 173 | 111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +104 | -62 | -10 |
| Permanent Data Engineer jobs | 266 | 59 | 124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 2.05% | 1.23% | 1.76% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.22% | 1.39% | 1.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 197 | 54 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £45,250 | £41,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £51,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,750 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.25% | -4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £69,688 | £80,938 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £85,625 | £95,000 |
| England median annual salary | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -0.82% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the North West matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the North West matching a recognised job title | 11,993 | 4,254 | 6,713 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.57% | 88.85% | 95.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,758 | 2,351 | 3,784 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £33,750 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £49,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -1.00% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,000 | £77,850 |
| England median annual salary | £59,999 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -6.09% | -4.17% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Data Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Data Engineer Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in the North West.
Data Engineer Salary Histogram in the North West
Salary distribution for Data Engineer jobs in the North West over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
Data Engineer Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Data Engineer jobs within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | +34 | 162 | £61,500 | +2.50% | 87 |
| Lancashire | +35 | 42 | £66,805 | +11.34% | 10 |
| Cheshire | +39 | 34 | £65,000 | +52.94% | 14 |
| Merseyside | +1 | 27 | £75,000 | +25.00% | 11 |
| Cumbria | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Data Engineer England |
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Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West
For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Data Engineer job ads cited 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 Data Engineer job ads across the North West region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 38.7% | 103 |
| 2 | Analytics | 37.2% | 99 |
| 3 | Data Engineering | 32.3% | 86 |
| 4 | Python | 31.6% | 84 |
| 5 | Data Pipeline | 28.6% | 76 |
| 6 | AWS | 27.4% | 73 |
| 7 | Azure | 23.7% | 63 |
| 8 | Data Quality | 22.6% | 60 |
| 9 | ETL | 21.1% | 56 |
| 10 | Decision-Making | 20.3% | 54 |
| 11 | AI | 18.0% | 48 |
| 12 | Agile | 16.5% | 44 |
| 12 | Data Modelling | 16.5% | 44 |
| 14 | Data Warehouse | 16.2% | 43 |
| 15 | CI/CD | 15.4% | 41 |
| 16 | Business Intelligence | 14.3% | 38 |
| 17 | Security Cleared | 13.5% | 36 |
| 18 | Databricks | 12.8% | 34 |
| 19 | GCP | 11.7% | 31 |
| 19 | Problem-Solving | 11.7% | 31 |
| 21 | Data Transformation | 10.9% | 29 |
| 21 | Mentoring | 10.9% | 29 |
| 23 | Machine Learning | 10.5% | 28 |
| 24 | Microsoft | 10.2% | 27 |
| 25 | Terraform | 9.8% | 26 |
| 26 | Lakehouse | 9.4% | 25 |
| 27 | PySpark | 9.0% | 24 |
| 28 | Platform Engineering | 8.6% | 23 |
| 28 | Power BI | 8.6% | 23 |
| 28 | Power Platform | 8.6% | 23 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Data Engineer | 41.7% | 111 |
| 2 | AWS Data Engineer | 7.1% | 19 |
| 3 | GCP Data Engineer | 5.3% | 14 |
| 4 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 4.1% | 11 |
| 5 | Machine Learning Engineer | 3.4% | 9 |
| 5 | Senior Platform Engineer | 3.4% | 9 |
| 7 | Principal Data Engineer | 3.0% | 8 |
| 7 | Snowflake Engineer | 3.0% | 8 |
| 9 | Lead Data Engineer | 2.6% | 7 |
| 9 | Senior Data Architect | 2.6% | 7 |
| 11 | Data Manager | 2.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Databricks Data Engineer | 2.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Senior Manager | 2.3% | 6 |
| 14 | Azure Data Engineer | 1.9% | 5 |
| 15 | Test Engineer | 1.5% | 4 |
| 16 | Microsoft Engineer | 1.1% | 3 |
| 16 | Power BI Engineer | 1.1% | 3 |
| 18 | Business Intelligence Developer | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Junior Data Engineer | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Kafka Engineer | 0.4% | 1 |