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 12 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
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 141 70
Rank change year-on-year +57 -71 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 24 12 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 1.86% 0.46% 3.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 0.50% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 42
10th Percentile £62,500 £35,105 £41,250
25th Percentile £63,125 £35,391 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £40,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +71.78% -34.80% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £46,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £49,250 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.00% -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 1,119 2,387 1,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.81% 91.84% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 667 1,534 1,037
10th Percentile £29,900 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,813 £41,750
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 £73,250
90th Percentile £81,550 £83,750 £87,500
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 12 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 - 15 £70,000 -
Banstead - 2 £72,500 -
Dorking - 1 £70,000 -
Horley - 1 - -
Leatherhead - 1 - -
Woking - 1 £70,000 - 1
Data Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 21 (87.50%) SQL
1 21 (87.50%) Azure
2 20 (83.33%) Python
3 18 (75.00%) Databricks
3 18 (75.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 16 (66.67%) C#
5 15 (62.50%) .NET
6 14 (58.33%) Software Engineering
7 13 (54.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (54.17%) Data Engineering
8 12 (50.00%) CI/CD
8 12 (50.00%) Agile
9 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
10 9 (37.50%) Azure Certification
11 8 (33.33%) API Management
12 7 (29.17%) Java
13 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
13 6 (25.00%) DevOps
14 5 (20.83%) Analytics
14 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
14 5 (20.83%) Azure API Management
14 5 (20.83%) TDD
14 5 (20.83%) Pair Programming
14 5 (20.83%) B2B
14 5 (20.83%) Middleware
14 5 (20.83%) Use Case
15 4 (16.67%) Data Extraction
15 4 (16.67%) QA
15 4 (16.67%) Informatica

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 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (87.50%) Azure
2 18 (75.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 13 (54.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (20.83%) Azure API Management
5 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (12.50%) GitHub
6 3 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
8 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (8.33%) Metadata
2 2 (8.33%) Metadata Repository
2 2 (8.33%) MySQL
2 2 (8.33%) Pentaho
2 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) Triplestore
3 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Automotive
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (62.50%) .NET
2 5 (20.83%) Middleware
3 2 (8.33%) Apache Jena
3 2 (8.33%) XML
4 1 (4.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.33%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 13 (54.17%) Data Engineering
3 12 (50.00%) Agile
3 12 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (33.33%) API Management
5 6 (25.00%) DevOps
6 5 (20.83%) Analytics
6 5 (20.83%) B2B
6 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (20.83%) Pair Programming
6 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) TDD
6 5 (20.83%) Use Case
7 4 (16.67%) Data Extraction
7 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 4 (16.67%) ETL
8 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (12.50%) Data Management
8 3 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
8 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 21 (87.50%) SQL
2 20 (83.33%) Python
3 16 (66.67%) C#
4 7 (29.17%) Java
5 2 (8.33%) Scala
5 2 (8.33%) Shell Script
5 2 (8.33%) SPARQL
6 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) QA
2 2 (8.33%) Dublin Core
3 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Databricks
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) Informatica
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle
4 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Talend
5 1 (4.17%) Foundry
5 1 (4.17%) Palantir