Data Lake Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Data Lakes
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Data Lake skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 38 56
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Lake 1 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.17% 1.40% 0.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.27% 10.00% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £282 £388
25th Percentile £438 £311 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £368 £438
Median % change year-on-year +29.25% -16.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £513 £476 £469
90th Percentile - £535 £488
South East median daily rate £463 £455 £513
% change year-on-year +1.65% -11.22% -6.82%

All Database & BI Skills
Surrey

Data Lake 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 79 40 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 13.39% 13.99% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 28 61
10th Percentile £204 £191 £203
25th Percentile £403 £276 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -17.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £569 £456 £538
90th Percentile £636 £549 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £493 £482
% change year-on-year +1.52% +2.18% -8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
South East median hourly rate £36.71 £24.00 £48.18
% change year-on-year +52.96% -50.19% -12.40%

Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Data Lake job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Lake
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Data Lake
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 Data Lake within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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
Reigate - 1 £475 - 1
Data Lake
South East

Data Lake
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Db2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Guidewire