Data Engineer Salaries in London: Junior to Senior (2026)
Compare Data Engineer salary ranges in London across all seniority levels. Choose your band below for the full breakdown including percentiles, premium skills, and net take-home.
Data Engineer salary by seniority in London
Data Engineer hiring market in London
Junior data engineer hiring in London spans investment banks (JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays), Big Tech (Google, Amazon, Meta), FinTechs (Revolut, Monzo, Wise), and a large cluster of data consultancies. Investment bank junior programmes offer the highest starting pay; FinTechs offer equity and faster career progression. Processes at Big Tech include algorithm challenges; data-focused companies use take-home SQL and pipeline design tasks.
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