Data Engineer salary in Oxford.
Live salary data from Adzuna, calibrated against Hustle Report member submissions. Updated daily.
The 25 / 50 / 75 percentile band.
25th percentile
£65,000
Median (50th)
£85,000
Calibrated estimate
75th percentile
£110,000
Percentiles describe a snapshot of advertised salaries. Real take-home depends on tax band, pension contributions and bonuses. Hustle Report members can plug their actual numbers into the in-app calculator for a precise picture.
Data Engineer market in Oxford.
Data engineering pay has held up better than any other data specialism through the 2024-25 correction. Companies still need contractors to stabilise modern-data-stack setups; senior dbt + warehouse contractors bill £700-£1,000/day.
Oxford specifically: Oxford's tech market is smaller than Cambridge but pays similarly for technical roles, with a heavier tilt toward biotech, AI research spinouts, and academic-adjacent hiring. Cost of living rivals London for housing.
Members in this role typically add £9,400/year.
Modeled on a conservative 4 hours/week of contract work at the role's implied hourly equivalent (£47/hr). The Hustle Report Monday editorial finds the briefs and ranks them by fit so the time stays small.
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