Big Data Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Big Data
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Big Data skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 50 63
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -16
Contract jobs citing Big Data 1 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.25% 0.94% 1.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.54% 5.13% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £580
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -39.66% +16.00%
75th Percentile - - £664
90th Percentile - - £708
South East median daily rate £425 £694 £590
% change year-on-year -38.74% +17.58% +12.38%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Surrey

Big Data falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 65 78 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 16.01% 18.40% 19.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 53 95
10th Percentile £163 - £243
25th Percentile £204 £203 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £365 £545
Median % change year-on-year -43.15% -33.03% +9.00%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £612
90th Percentile £568 £574 £675
South East median daily rate £462 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.70% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £42.71
25th Percentile £77.55 - £45.84
Median hourly rate £83.82 - £52.25
75th Percentile £90.09 - £76.53
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £58.30 £50.53
% change year-on-year -31.39% +15.38% +119.52%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Big Data relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Big Data job vacancy trend in Surrey

Big Data
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Big Data.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Big Data

Big Data
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Big Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Big Data

Big Data
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Esher - 1 £500 -
Big Data
South East

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft