Digital Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Digital Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Engineering over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 780 235 718
Rank change year-on-year -545 +483 +54
Permanent jobs citing Digital Engineering 104 1,584 599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 1.59% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 1.67% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 29 65 162
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £47,750
25th Percentile £45,848 £65,000 £63,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £90,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year -36.11% +1.41% +18.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £123,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £44,345 £60,000
% change year-on-year +26.85% -26.09% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Engineering in the UK

Digital Engineering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Engineering.

Salary trend for Digital Engineering in the UK

Digital Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Engineering over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Engineering in the UK

Digital Engineering
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -523 98 £57,500 -28.13% 74
UK excluding London -253 48 £56,250 +26.85% 50
Work from Home -246 43 £65,000 -27.78% 24
London -227 35 £60,000 -36.17% 24
South West -19 18 £91,500 +14.38% 9
North of England -152 15 £40,000 -9.80% 13
North West -160 9 £40,000 -55.56% 9
East of England +9 6 £60,000 +118.18% 3
Yorkshire +73 5 - - 2
Scotland -93 5 - - 1
West Midlands -14 3 £50,945 +52.07% 3
Midlands -41 3 £50,945 +52.07% 9
South East +12 1 - - 13
North East - 1 £57,500 - 1

Digital Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.65%) Apache Spark
2 8 (7.69%) Apache
2 8 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (6.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.85%) SAP SCM
3 3 (2.88%) SAP CRM
3 3 (2.88%) SAP CX
3 3 (2.88%) SAP GTS
3 3 (2.88%) SAP SD
3 3 (2.88%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.96%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 30 (28.85%) Azure
2 27 (25.96%) AWS
3 17 (16.35%) GCP
4 9 (8.65%) Serverless
5 8 (7.69%) GitHub
5 8 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (7.69%) IaaS
5 8 (7.69%) PaaS
6 6 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.81%) Amazon SageMaker
8 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.85%) Azure Machine Learning
8 4 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.85%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.85%) SaaS
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.96%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.62%) Network Security
2 3 (2.88%) Wireless
3 2 (1.92%) DNS
3 2 (1.92%) Firewall
3 2 (1.92%) SAN
4 1 (0.96%) Broadband
4 1 (0.96%) Converged Networks
4 1 (0.96%) LAN
4 1 (0.96%) VPN
4 1 (0.96%) WAN
4 1 (0.96%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.50%) NoSQL
2 11 (10.58%) Data Lake
3 9 (8.65%) Big Data
4 8 (7.69%) Apache Hive
4 8 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (7.69%) Flink
4 8 (7.69%) Hadoop
4 8 (7.69%) Parquet
5 2 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.92%) QGIS
5 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Jenkins
2 9 (8.65%) Git
3 8 (7.69%) CircleCI
4 6 (5.77%) Rational Rhapsody
5 4 (3.85%) GitLab
5 4 (3.85%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (3.85%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.92%) Grunt
6 2 (1.92%) Jasmine
6 2 (1.92%) Mocha
6 2 (1.92%) webpack
7 1 (0.96%) Spinnaker
General
1 41 (39.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 23 (22.12%) Aerospace
3 20 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 16 (15.38%) Finance
5 14 (13.46%) Manufacturing
6 12 (11.54%) Banking
6 12 (11.54%) Public Sector
7 10 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (9.62%) Retail Banking
8 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (7.69%) Aviation
9 8 (7.69%) Marketing
9 8 (7.69%) Retail
10 7 (6.73%) Military
11 6 (5.77%) Law
12 4 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (2.88%) Legal
14 2 (1.92%) Automotive
14 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (20.19%) Consultant
2 20 (19.23%) Senior
3 19 (18.27%) Architect
4 13 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 13 (12.50%) Lead
5 8 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
5 8 (7.69%) Technical Architect
6 7 (6.73%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (5.77%) Azure Architect
8 5 (4.81%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Azure Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Data Scientist
9 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Presales Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Presales Consultant
9 4 (3.85%) Principal Data Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Security Specialist
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.62%) Kafka
2 9 (8.65%) Spark Streaming
3 8 (7.69%) Apache Avro
3 8 (7.69%) Apache Beam
3 8 (7.69%) PySpark
4 5 (4.81%) PyTorch
4 5 (4.81%) scikit-learn
4 5 (4.81%) TensorFlow
5 4 (3.85%) .NET
5 4 (3.85%) ARM Templates
5 4 (3.85%) CSS
5 4 (3.85%) MXNet
5 4 (3.85%) React
6 3 (2.88%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.92%) Chai
7 2 (1.92%) Redux
7 2 (1.92%) SAPUI5
7 2 (1.92%) Semantic UI
7 2 (1.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.50%) IoT
2 10 (9.62%) Distributed Applications
2 10 (9.62%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (6.73%) Virtual Team
5 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
5 6 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.85%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.85%) Animation
6 4 (3.85%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.88%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.88%) iPhone
7 3 (2.88%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.92%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.92%) Social Media
9 1 (0.96%) Media Streaming
9 1 (0.96%) STB
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Apple iOS
1 6 (5.77%) Windows
2 4 (3.85%) VMS
3 3 (2.88%) Android
4 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.96%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.96%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (43.27%) Agile
2 27 (25.96%) Analytics
3 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (22.12%) Artificial Intelligence
4 23 (22.12%) Project Management
5 21 (20.19%) DevOps
6 20 (19.23%) Software Engineering
7 19 (18.27%) CI/CD
8 17 (16.35%) Computer Science
8 17 (16.35%) People Management
8 17 (16.35%) PLM
9 16 (15.38%) Data Analytics
9 16 (15.38%) Machine Learning
10 15 (14.42%) Thought Leadership
11 14 (13.46%) Coaching
11 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (12.50%) Data Transformation
12 13 (12.50%) Mentoring
12 13 (12.50%) Roadmaps
13 12 (11.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.54%) SQL
2 10 (9.62%) Java
2 10 (9.62%) Python
3 9 (8.65%) Scala
4 5 (4.81%) Bash
4 5 (4.81%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.85%) Bicep
5 4 (3.85%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.88%) Go
6 3 (2.88%) Ruby
7 2 (1.92%) C#
8 1 (0.96%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 21 (20.19%) SC Cleared
3 20 (19.23%) Degree
4 8 (7.69%) PhD
5 7 (6.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (6.73%) CISSP
6 5 (4.81%) AWS Certification
6 5 (4.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.85%) CEH
7 4 (3.85%) GSEC
7 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.85%) OSCP
8 2 (1.92%) CCNA
8 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.92%) CISM
8 2 (1.92%) CRISC
9 1 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) QA
2 7 (6.73%) DO-254
3 6 (5.77%) NIST
4 4 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.92%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.96%) GDPR
6 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (7.69%) HDFS
2 7 (6.73%) Docker
3 4 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.92%) SRDF
5 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (9.62%) Kubernetes
2 9 (8.65%) Terraform
3 2 (1.92%) SCCM
4 1 (0.96%) Ansible
4 1 (0.96%) MOM
4 1 (0.96%) WMI
Vendors
1 14 (13.46%) Databricks
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.65%) Cloudera
4 8 (7.69%) ANSYS
5 7 (6.73%) SAP
6 6 (5.77%) Google
6 6 (5.77%) IBM
7 4 (3.85%) Dataiku
7 4 (3.85%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.92%) Brocade
8 2 (1.92%) EMC
8 2 (1.92%) Hitachi
9 1 (0.96%) Adobe
9 1 (0.96%) Cisco
9 1 (0.96%) Hortonworks
9 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.96%) New Relic
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle
9 1 (0.96%) Remedy
9 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow