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 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 142 98
Rank change year-on-year +86 -44 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 37 14 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 3.34% 0.55% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.20% 0.60% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 31 7 39
10th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £40,321
25th Percentile £67,500 £47,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% -15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,050 £63,750
90th Percentile - £73,330 £65,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £47,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +46.60% -23.60% -

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 880 2,324 2,277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.49% 91.35% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 568 1,497 1,420
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +8.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
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
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram 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 May 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 - 21 £70,000 - 1
Dorking - 5 £70,000 -
Woking +16 1 £70,000 -4.18% 1
Banstead - 1 £72,500 -
Leatherhead - 1 - -
Data Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 34 (91.89%) Python
2 33 (89.19%) SQL
3 29 (78.38%) Azure
4 22 (59.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 22 (59.46%) Databricks
5 21 (56.76%) Azure Certification
5 21 (56.76%) C#
6 18 (48.65%) CI/CD
7 17 (45.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (45.95%) Agile
8 15 (40.54%) .NET
8 15 (40.54%) Degree
8 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
8 15 (40.54%) Data Engineering
9 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
10 13 (35.14%) Analytics
10 13 (35.14%) DevOps
11 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (29.73%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (29.73%) Data Modelling
13 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (21.62%) Data Extraction
15 7 (18.92%) Data Architecture
15 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
15 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
15 7 (18.92%) ETL
15 7 (18.92%) Migration
15 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
15 7 (18.92%) Power Platform
15 7 (18.92%) Mentoring

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 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.11%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 29 (78.38%) Azure
2 22 (59.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 17 (45.95%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (18.92%) Power Platform
5 6 (16.22%) GitHub
5 6 (16.22%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (16.22%) PowerApps
6 3 (8.11%) Snowflake
7 2 (5.41%) Alation
7 2 (5.41%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (5.41%) Amazon S3
7 2 (5.41%) AWS
7 2 (5.41%) dbt
8 1 (2.70%) Azure API Management
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (18.92%) Power BI
3 6 (16.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 3 (8.11%) Big Data
4 3 (8.11%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (5.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (5.41%) Data Lake
5 2 (5.41%) Metadata
5 2 (5.41%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (5.41%) MySQL
5 2 (5.41%) Pentaho
5 2 (5.41%) Triplestore
6 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Automotive
2 6 (16.22%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (40.54%) .NET
2 3 (8.11%) REST
3 2 (5.41%) Apache Jena
3 2 (5.41%) PySpark
3 2 (5.41%) XML
4 1 (2.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) CI/CD
2 17 (45.95%) Agile
3 15 (40.54%) Data Engineering
3 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
4 13 (35.14%) Analytics
4 13 (35.14%) DevOps
5 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (29.73%) Data Modelling
7 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (21.62%) Data Extraction
9 7 (18.92%) Data Architecture
9 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
9 7 (18.92%) ETL
9 7 (18.92%) Mentoring
9 7 (18.92%) Migration
9 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
10 6 (16.22%) Co-Creation
10 6 (16.22%) Data Analytics
10 6 (16.22%) Logical Data Model
10 6 (16.22%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 34 (91.89%) Python
2 33 (89.19%) SQL
3 21 (56.76%) C#
4 6 (16.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (16.22%) Java
4 6 (16.22%) PowerShell
4 6 (16.22%) Scala
5 3 (8.11%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.41%) Shell Script
6 2 (5.41%) SPARQL
7 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (56.76%) Azure Certification
2 15 (40.54%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) Dublin Core
2 2 (5.41%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (59.46%) Databricks
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.51%) Informatica
3 5 (13.51%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) Talend
5 1 (2.70%) Foundry
5 1 (2.70%) Palantir
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud