Data Engineer Job Trends in Guildford

Data Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Data Engineer salary in Guildford is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 1.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +40.00% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Guildford with a recognized job title 443 106 390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 92.17% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 333 82 326
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,857 £54,813 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% +15.39% -17.39%
75th Percentile £95,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,750 £70,625
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -14.53%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Guildford

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Guildford region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Structured Cabling
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) Validation

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Structured Cabling
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
1 5 (83.33%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality