Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United Kingdom during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in United Kingdom during 2024 is USD 71,875

✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 62,500 and USD 81,250 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
2024
Sample size
26
Top 10%
$ 125,000
Top 25%
$ 81,250
Median
$ 71,875
Bottom 25%
$ 62,500
Bottom 10%
$ 50,000

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.

Last updated: May 26, 2024

Salary trend

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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 2640 jobs Python | 2553 jobs SQL | 2465 jobs Pipelines | 2275 jobs AWS | 1759 jobs Data pipelines | 1723 jobs Spark | 1703 jobs Architecture | 1645 jobs ETL | 1638 jobs Computer Science | 1423 jobs Big Data | 1324 jobs Agile | 1298 jobs Azure | 1251 jobs Java | 1128 jobs Machine Learning | 1065 jobs Security | 1021 jobs GCP | 994 jobs Airflow | 988 jobs Testing | 951 jobs Scala | 921 jobs

Top 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2115 jobs Health care | 1088 jobs Flex hours | 964 jobs Startup environment | 785 jobs Team events | 696 jobs Flex vacation | 655 jobs Competitive pay | 639 jobs Equity / stock options | 571 jobs Salary bonus | 534 jobs Parental leave | 457 jobs Insurance | 409 jobs Medical leave | 344 jobs Wellness | 272 jobs 401(k) matching | 238 jobs Fitness / gym | 152 jobs Home office stipend | 134 jobs Gear | 123 jobs Transparency | 92 jobs Relocation support | 82 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 77 jobs

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