Big Data Contracts in England

Big Data
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Big Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Big Data over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 201 155
Rank change year-on-year -42 -46 -49
Contract jobs citing Big Data 354 682 1,310
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.95% 1.34% 1.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.71% 7.45% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 476 810
10th Percentile £375 £463 £450
25th Percentile £463 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £754 £723 £700
90th Percentile £850 £800 £789
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 4
10th Percentile £18.20 £35.00 £59.48
25th Percentile £25.62 £43.63 £59.81
Median hourly rate £42.50 £73.00 £65.25
Median % change year-on-year -41.78% +11.88% +38.10%
75th Percentile £46.84 £78.00 £75.23
90th Percentile £50.50 £85.50 £84.63
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £73.00 £65.25
% change year-on-year -41.78% +11.88% +38.10%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Big Data is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,204 9,150 14,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.66% 18.04% 20.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,452 6,561 10,390
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £540
% change year-on-year -3.67% +0.93% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 167 172
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £15.12
25th Percentile £20.98 £35.00 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% +41.18% +70.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £69.91
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% +57.64%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Big Data in England.

Daily rate trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Big Data in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Big Data in England

Big Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Big Data in England.

Hourly rate trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Big Data in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Big Data in England

Big Data
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
London -41 234 £650 +8.33% 123
Midlands +42 35 £650 +18.18% 26
North of England +40 34 £550 - 23
South East -15 26 £472 -21.74% 16
West Midlands +35 23 £650 +18.18% 21
North West +17 17 £510 +7.37% 15
Yorkshire +31 15 £563 +2.27% 8
East Midlands +27 12 £550 -4.35% 5
East of England +3 7 £300 -53.85% 17
South West -6 5 £450 -18.18% 16
North East - 3 £454 -
Big Data
UK

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 103 (29.10%) Apache Spark
2 46 (12.99%) Apache
3 43 (12.15%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.69%) Confluence
5 4 (1.13%) IIS
5 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.56%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.28%) Camunda
7 1 (0.28%) Luigi
7 1 (0.28%) Tornado
Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 128 (36.16%) AWS
2 121 (34.18%) Azure
3 54 (15.25%) GCP
4 44 (12.43%) Serverless
5 41 (11.58%) Power Platform
6 31 (8.76%) AWS Lambda
7 29 (8.19%) Snowflake
8 27 (7.63%) Amazon S3
8 27 (7.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (6.21%) Amazon EMR
10 21 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (4.80%) dbt
12 14 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (3.67%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (3.67%) GitHub
14 12 (3.39%) Amazon Kinesis
14 12 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (3.39%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
16 9 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.24%) Intrusion Detection
1 15 (4.24%) Network Security
2 5 (1.41%) FTP
3 4 (1.13%) SAN
4 2 (0.56%) Internet
5 1 (0.28%) Broadband
5 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (24.58%) Data Warehouse
2 84 (23.73%) Data Lake
3 72 (20.34%) Hadoop
4 35 (9.89%) Power BI
5 34 (9.60%) Tableau
6 31 (8.76%) Amazon Redshift
7 30 (8.47%) Apache Hive
8 28 (7.91%) Amazon Athena
8 28 (7.91%) NoSQL
9 21 (5.93%) BigQuery
9 21 (5.93%) SQL Server
10 17 (4.80%) Relational Database
11 14 (3.95%) Impala
11 14 (3.95%) Metadata
12 13 (3.67%) Delta Lake
13 12 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (3.11%) HBase
15 10 (2.82%) Apache Arrow
15 10 (2.82%) Dremio
15 10 (2.82%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 36 (10.17%) Git
2 25 (7.06%) JIRA
3 9 (2.54%) Maven
4 6 (1.69%) Subversion
4 6 (1.69%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (1.41%) ERwin
5 5 (1.41%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.13%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.85%) Poetry
7 3 (0.85%) RStudio
8 2 (0.56%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.56%) kappa
8 2 (0.56%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.28%) Mockito
General
1 89 (25.14%) Analytical Skills
2 81 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 69 (19.49%) Finance
4 30 (8.47%) Banking
5 24 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.67%) Investment Banking
7 10 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (1.98%) Health Technology
9 7 (1.98%) Retail
10 6 (1.69%) Marketing
11 5 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.41%) Publishing
11 5 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.13%) Legal
13 3 (0.85%) Back Office
13 3 (0.85%) Police
14 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (24.01%) Architect
2 78 (22.03%) Data Engineer
3 42 (11.86%) Data Architect
4 35 (9.89%) Developer
5 33 (9.32%) Solutions Architect
6 30 (8.47%) Senior
7 27 (7.63%) Analyst
8 22 (6.21%) Lead
9 21 (5.93%) Data Scientist
10 20 (5.65%) Big Data Engineer
10 20 (5.65%) Cloud Architect
11 18 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
11 18 (5.08%) Azure Architect
11 18 (5.08%) Cloud Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.95%) AWS Architect
12 14 (3.95%) Consultant
12 14 (3.95%) Data Analyst
13 12 (3.39%) Azure Data Architect
13 12 (3.39%) Python Engineer
14 11 (3.11%) Principal Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.56%) PySpark
2 43 (12.15%) Kafka
3 22 (6.21%) Apache NiFi
4 17 (4.80%) Pandas
5 13 (3.67%) JSON
6 12 (3.39%) XML
7 11 (3.11%) .NET
8 10 (2.82%) gRPC
8 10 (2.82%) Protocol Buffers
8 10 (2.82%) Web Services
9 8 (2.26%) NumPy
9 8 (2.26%) SAML
9 8 (2.26%) scikit-learn
10 7 (1.98%) REST
11 6 (1.69%) ARM Templates
11 6 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (1.69%) Lambda Expressions
11 6 (1.69%) TensorFlow
12 4 (1.13%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.32%) Algorithms
2 25 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.37%) Hedge funds
4 16 (4.52%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (4.24%) Cyber Defence
5 15 (4.24%) Distributed Applications
6 14 (3.95%) Clustering
6 14 (3.95%) Data Structures
7 13 (3.67%) Data Centre
8 11 (3.11%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.82%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.54%) Freedom of Information
10 9 (2.54%) Freedom of Information Act
11 8 (2.26%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.98%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.41%) Credit Risk
14 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.58%) Linux
2 24 (6.78%) Unix
3 17 (4.80%) Windows
4 13 (3.67%) Android
4 13 (3.67%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.26%) VMS
6 4 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (35.03%) Data Modelling
2 106 (29.94%) Data Pipeline
3 105 (29.66%) Analytics
4 100 (28.25%) ETL
5 96 (27.12%) Agile
6 74 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
7 70 (19.77%) Data Science
8 67 (18.93%) Data Engineering
9 65 (18.36%) Machine Learning
10 59 (16.67%) Data Analysis
11 58 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
12 54 (15.25%) CI/CD
13 51 (14.41%) Data Management
14 48 (13.56%) DevOps
15 45 (12.71%) Computer Science
15 45 (12.71%) Migration
16 41 (11.58%) Visualisation
17 39 (11.02%) Data Architecture
17 39 (11.02%) Data Governance
18 37 (10.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 188 (53.11%) Python
2 159 (44.92%) SQL
3 67 (18.93%) Java
4 53 (14.97%) Scala
5 24 (6.78%) R
6 18 (5.08%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.80%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.52%) C#
9 13 (3.67%) Go
10 11 (3.11%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.13%) Bash
11 4 (1.13%) Perl
12 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.56%) U-SQL
14 1 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
14 1 (0.28%) C++
14 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.28%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (14.69%) Degree
2 44 (12.43%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.47%) DV Cleared
4 27 (7.63%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (5.37%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.54%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.13%) CISSP
10 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.28%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (16.38%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.24%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (1.69%) QA
4 5 (1.41%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.13%) NIST
6 3 (0.85%) GDPR
6 3 (0.85%) SLA
7 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.56%) MiFID
7 2 (0.56%) NCSC
7 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) EMIR
8 1 (0.28%) FATCA
System Software
1 16 (4.52%) Docker
2 15 (4.24%) HDFS
3 4 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 50 (14.12%) Terraform
2 37 (10.45%) Kubernetes
3 20 (5.65%) Ansible
4 14 (3.95%) Puppet
5 11 (3.11%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.26%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (1.13%) Argo
8 3 (0.85%) Consul
8 3 (0.85%) Oozie
8 3 (0.85%) Packer
8 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.56%) Ambari
10 1 (0.28%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.28%) Kibana
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (18.08%) Databricks
2 38 (10.73%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.93%) Informatica
4 19 (5.37%) Talend
5 18 (5.08%) Google
6 14 (3.95%) Oracle
7 10 (2.82%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.54%) Teradata
9 6 (1.69%) SAP
10 5 (1.41%) Cloudera
11 4 (1.13%) Brio
11 4 (1.13%) Foundry
11 4 (1.13%) IBM
11 4 (1.13%) Okta
11 4 (1.13%) Palantir
11 4 (1.13%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.13%) Splunk
11 4 (1.13%) Symantec
11 4 (1.13%) Varonis
12 3 (0.85%) Sage