Data Engineer Jobs in Surrey

Data Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Data Engineer salary in Surrey is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 143 72
Rank change year-on-year +64 -71 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 25 14 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 2.00% 0.52% 3.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 0.57% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 40
10th Percentile £62,500 £35,105 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £35,964 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £44,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -29.60% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,638 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,260 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £51,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +36.59% -18.00% -1.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,089 2,462 1,626
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.05% 91.83% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 647 1,599 1,068
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,200 £83,750 £87,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Surrey

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Surrey.

Salary trend for Data Engineer in Surrey

Data Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Epsom - 16 £70,000 -
Banstead - 2 £72,500 -
Woking +28 1 £70,000 -0.39%
Leatherhead - 1 - -
Dorking - 1 £70,000 -
Horley - 1 - -
Data Engineer
South East

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Surrey region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (88.00%) SQL
1 22 (88.00%) Azure
2 21 (84.00%) Python
3 19 (76.00%) Databricks
3 19 (76.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 17 (68.00%) C#
5 15 (60.00%) .NET
5 15 (60.00%) Software Engineering
6 14 (56.00%) Data Engineering
7 13 (52.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (52.00%) CI/CD
7 13 (52.00%) Agile
8 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
9 10 (40.00%) Azure Certification
10 8 (32.00%) API Management
11 7 (28.00%) DevOps
11 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
11 7 (28.00%) Java
12 6 (24.00%) Analytics
13 5 (20.00%) Use Case
13 5 (20.00%) TDD
13 5 (20.00%) Pair Programming
13 5 (20.00%) Middleware
13 5 (20.00%) B2B
13 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (20.00%) Azure API Management
13 5 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
14 4 (16.00%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (16.00%) Sprint Retrospective

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (88.00%) Azure
2 19 (76.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 13 (52.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (20.00%) Azure API Management
4 5 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (16.00%) GitHub
5 4 (16.00%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
8 1 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (4.00%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (12.00%) Power BI
3 2 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (8.00%) Metadata
3 2 (8.00%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (8.00%) MySQL
3 2 (8.00%) Pentaho
3 2 (8.00%) Triplestore
4 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Automotive
2 2 (8.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (60.00%) .NET
2 5 (20.00%) Middleware
3 2 (8.00%) Apache Jena
3 2 (8.00%) XML
4 1 (4.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.00%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (56.00%) Data Engineering
3 13 (52.00%) Agile
3 13 (52.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (32.00%) API Management
5 7 (28.00%) DevOps
6 6 (24.00%) Analytics
7 5 (20.00%) B2B
7 5 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (20.00%) Pair Programming
7 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.00%) TDD
7 5 (20.00%) Use Case
8 4 (16.00%) Data Extraction
8 4 (16.00%) Data Modelling
8 4 (16.00%) ETL
8 4 (16.00%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (16.00%) Sprint Retrospective
9 3 (12.00%) Data Pipeline
9 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 22 (88.00%) SQL
2 21 (84.00%) Python
3 17 (68.00%) C#
4 7 (28.00%) Java
5 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (8.00%) Scala
5 2 (8.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (8.00%) SPARQL
6 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.00%) Dublin Core
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Databricks
2 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.00%) Informatica
4 2 (8.00%) Oracle
4 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (8.00%) Talend
5 1 (4.00%) Foundry
5 1 (4.00%) Palantir