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Discover how well your profile matches a role as Data Engineer. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.
Data Engineer in short
Data Engineer is a function within IT, part of the branch General construction. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.
- Domain
- IT
- Branch
- General construction
- Open job opportunities
- 1
- Measured skills
- 6 · Measured for this function
- Typical experience
- 2-4 years
- Salary source
- National benchmark, 13 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 13 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Vakantiedagen
- 27 days
- Pensioenregeling
- 70% of job opportunities
- Bonus-/prestatieregeling
- 35% of job opportunities
- Thuiswerken / hybride
- 85% of job opportunities
- Reiskosten
- 20% of job opportunities
- Laptop van de zaak
- 30% of job opportunities
Day-to-day work
Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.
in 1 of 1 job opportunity
in 1 of 1 job opportunity
in 1 of 1 job opportunity
Skills
Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.
Next functions
The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.
Frequently asked questions about Data Engineer
What does a Data Engineer earn?
A Data Engineer earns between € 5.081 and € 6.250 gross per month in our market data, with € 5.987 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.
Can you become a Data Engineer without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 5.081 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring SQL, Python, ETL/ELT pipelines & datamodellering at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Data Engineer?
Employers hiring a Data Engineer ask most often for SQL, Python, ETL/ELT pipelines & datamodellering. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.
What does a Data Engineer do day to day?
In the current Data Engineer job opportunities the work comes down to bouwen van betrouwbare data-pijplijnen, modelleren van ons datawarehouse. Those tasks come straight from the descriptions employers published themselves, instead of from a generic job profile written by us.
Which education fits a Data Engineer?
Employers mention HBO Informatica / Software Engineering, WO / Universitair Computer Science of Informatica most often in their Data Engineer job opportunities, and 60% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.
What is the next step after Data Engineer?
Professionals in our data move on from Data Engineer to Senior Data Engineer, Data Architect. That step usually takes 3-5 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 4%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Data Engineer?
There is 1 open job opportunity for this role right now, which we label as average. It sits in Amsterdam, and 100% of the openings allows hybrid or remote work. That number shifts per season, so set an alert to keep following it.
Data Engineer professionals speak
Stories from the teams behind the open job opportunities for this function.
“Ik werk nu al 3 jaar bij TechStart en het blijft elke dag inspirerend.”
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