The first table below looks at the demand for Big Data skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Big Data over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Big Data
Rank 195 410 643
Rank change year-on-year
+215 +233
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 651 245 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.471% 0.461% 0.010%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.191% 1.651% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 537 212 2
Average salary £60,000 £60,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +26.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £95,000 £85,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
All Database & Business Intelligence
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
12542 14837 15711
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 28.34% 27.89% 26.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10908 13162 13556
Average salary £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Big Data
England

Big Data
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Big Data across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

London Big Data Jobs Demand Trend

Big Data
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Big Data across the London region.

London Big Data Salary Trend

Big Data
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Big Data across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Big Data Salary Histogram

Big Data
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +88 126 £62,500 +13.63% 14
Osterley - 9 - - 1
Bromley - 3 £50,000 -
Isleworth - 2 - - 1
Uxbridge - 2 £67,500 - 1
Ealing - 2 £62,500 -
Paddington - 2 £50,000 -
Big Data
England

Big Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Big Data also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Big Data.

1 581 (45.36%) Java
2 529 (41.30%) Hadoop
3 429 (33.49%) NoSQL
4 341 (26.62%) SQL
5 307 (23.97%) Analytics
6 272 (21.23%) Finance
7 267 (20.84%) Business Intelligence
8 263 (20.53%) Oracle
9 259 (20.22%) Python
10 248 (19.36%) Data Warehouse
10 248 (19.36%) TDD
11 243 (18.97%) Degree
12 225 (17.56%) Agile Software Development
13 219 (17.10%) Linux
14 205 (16.00%) Computer Science
15 204 (15.93%) Ruby
15 204 (15.93%) PHP
16 196 (15.30%) Open Source
17 190 (14.83%) JavaScript
18 186 (14.52%) ETL
19 182 (14.21%) MongoDB
20 180 (14.05%) SQL Server
21 179 (13.97%) C#
22 165 (12.88%) MySQL
23 162 (12.65%) E-Commerce
24 155 (12.10%) Apache Cassandra
25 153 (11.94%) Spring
26 151 (11.79%) XML
27 142 (11.09%) OO
28 139 (10.85%) Data Mining

Big Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Big Data also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Big Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 153 (11.94%) Spring
2 151 (11.79%) XML
3 136 (10.62%) CSS
4 123 (9.602%) Web Services
5 115 (8.977%) .NET
6 104 (8.119%) MapReduce
7 99 (7.728%) HTML
8 95 (7.416%) REST
9 90 (7.026%) HTML5
10 80 (6.245%) J2EE
11 68 (5.308%) JMS
12 65 (5.074%) Hibernate
13 64 (4.996%) Lucene
14 62 (4.840%) jQuery
15 57 (4.450%) Middleware
16 52 (4.059%) LAMP
17 51 (3.981%) RabbitMQ
18 47 (3.669%) CSS3
19 45 (3.513%) Java EE
19 45 (3.513%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 110 (8.587%) Apache
2 92 (7.182%) SAS
3 82 (6.401%) Apache Pig
4 71 (5.543%) CMS
5 53 (4.137%) Amazon AWS
6 50 (3.903%) Apache Solr
7 43 (3.357%) ESB
8 41 (3.201%) Windows Azure
9 34 (2.654%) MQSeries
10 31 (2.420%) Oracle Coherence
11 30 (2.342%) Drupal
12 29 (2.264%) Documentum
12 29 (2.264%) Tomcat
13 23 (1.795%) SharePoint
14 22 (1.717%) Alfresco
14 22 (1.717%) ElasticSearch
15 20 (1.561%) GemFire
16 19 (1.483%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.171%) TIBCO EMS
18 11 (0.859%) IIS
Applications
1 80 (6.245%) MS Excel
2 40 (3.123%) SPSS
3 6 (0.468%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.156%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.156%) Stata
4 2 (0.156%) Weka
4 2 (0.156%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.078%) FastStats
5 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.078%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 30 (2.342%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.546%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (0.546%) HFM
3 4 (0.312%) Oracle CRM
4 3 (0.234%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.078%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.078%) Eikon
5 1 (0.078%) Agresso
5 1 (0.078%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 81 (6.323%) Internet
2 49 (3.825%) HTTP
3 22 (1.717%) TCP/IP
4 12 (0.937%) SSL
5 9 (0.703%) Broadband
6 7 (0.546%) SNMP
7 6 (0.468%) DNS
8 4 (0.312%) SAN
8 4 (0.312%) FTP
8 4 (0.312%) WAN
9 3 (0.234%) Firewall
10 2 (0.156%) BGP
10 2 (0.156%) LAN
10 2 (0.156%) SMS
11 1 (0.078%) Network Security
11 1 (0.078%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.078%) SMTP
11 1 (0.078%) DHCP
11 1 (0.078%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.078%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 529 (41.30%) Hadoop
2 429 (33.49%) NoSQL
3 248 (19.36%) Data Warehouse
4 182 (14.21%) MongoDB
5 180 (14.05%) SQL Server
6 165 (12.88%) MySQL
7 155 (12.10%) Apache Cassandra
8 139 (10.85%) Data Mining
9 100 (7.806%) HBase
9 100 (7.806%) Apache Hive
10 85 (6.635%) OLAP
11 66 (5.152%) Redis
12 62 (4.840%) MarkLogic
13 56 (4.372%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 54 (4.215%) DB2
15 53 (4.137%) PostgreSQL
16 44 (3.435%) Oracle OLAP
17 43 (3.357%) SQL Server 2008
18 42 (3.279%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 42 (3.279%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 59 (4.606%) Git (software)
2 42 (3.279%) Maven
3 36 (2.810%) Jenkins
4 33 (2.576%) Subversion
5 31 (2.420%) Cucumber
6 25 (1.952%) JUnit
7 23 (1.795%) Selenium
8 20 (1.561%) Hudson
9 19 (1.483%) JIRA
10 17 (1.327%) QuickTest Pro
11 16 (1.249%) Team Foundation Server
11 16 (1.249%) GitHub
12 14 (1.093%) NUnit
12 14 (1.093%) LoadRunner
13 13 (1.015%) Visual Studio
14 11 (0.859%) Talend Open Studio
15 10 (0.781%) Mockito
16 9 (0.703%) RSpec
16 9 (0.703%) Eclipse
17 8 (0.625%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 272 (21.23%) Finance
2 94 (7.338%) Banking
3 79 (6.167%) Marketing
4 65 (5.074%) Publishing
5 56 (4.372%) Retail
6 49 (3.825%) Games
7 47 (3.669%) Front Office
8 36 (2.810%) Investment Banking
9 33 (2.576%) Telecoms
9 33 (2.576%) Advertising
10 13 (1.015%) German Language
11 11 (0.859%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.781%) French Language
12 10 (0.781%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.468%) Legal
14 3 (0.234%) Law
15 2 (0.156%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.156%) Back Office
16 1 (0.078%) Online Betting
16 1 (0.078%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 481 (37.55%) Developer
2 213 (16.63%) Architect
3 173 (13.51%) Java Developer
4 95 (7.416%) Consultant
5 71 (5.543%) Senior Developer
6 68 (5.308%) Software Engineer
7 63 (4.918%) Data Architect
8 62 (4.840%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (3.981%) Analyst
10 47 (3.669%) Technical Architect
11 38 (2.966%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 38 (2.966%) Big Data Developer
12 37 (2.888%) Lead Developer
13 34 (2.654%) Data Manager
13 34 (2.654%) Business Consultant
13 34 (2.654%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.498%) Data Scientist
15 31 (2.420%) C# Developer
16 30 (2.342%) Quantitative Developer
17 29 (2.264%) Hadoop Developer
Miscellaneous
1 205 (16.00%) Computer Science
2 196 (15.30%) Open Source
3 100 (7.806%) Mathematics
4 84 (6.557%) Machine Learning
5 67 (5.230%) Management Information System
6 61 (4.762%) SaaS
7 59 (4.606%) Statistics
8 51 (3.981%) Physics
9 46 (3.591%) Equities
10 43 (3.357%) Social Media
11 40 (3.123%) Cloud Computing
12 37 (2.888%) Visualisation
13 33 (2.576%) Data Integration
14 31 (2.420%) Hedge funds
15 26 (2.030%) Digital Media
16 25 (1.952%) Mobile App
16 25 (1.952%) Social Network
16 25 (1.952%) Replication
17 24 (1.874%) Reference Data
17 24 (1.874%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 219 (17.10%) Linux
2 94 (7.338%) UNIX
3 45 (3.513%) Windows
4 37 (2.888%) Android
5 32 (2.498%) Apple iOS
6 30 (2.342%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.952%) CentOS
8 21 (1.639%) Debian
9 3 (0.234%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.234%) VMS
10 1 (0.078%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (23.97%) Analytics
2 267 (20.84%) Business Intelligence
3 248 (19.36%) TDD
4 225 (17.56%) Agile Software Development
5 186 (14.52%) ETL
6 162 (12.65%) E-Commerce
7 142 (11.09%) OO
8 139 (10.85%) Continuous Integration
9 136 (10.62%) Scrum
10 124 (9.680%) Data Modelling
11 102 (7.963%) Data Management
12 91 (7.104%) Multithreading
13 83 (6.479%) SOA
14 80 (6.245%) Content Management
15 71 (5.543%) MVC
16 69 (5.386%) Unit Testing
17 68 (5.308%) Data Analysis
18 65 (5.074%) BDD
19 63 (4.918%) Information Management
19 63 (4.918%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 581 (45.36%) Java
2 341 (26.62%) SQL
3 259 (20.22%) Python
4 204 (15.93%) Ruby
4 204 (15.93%) PHP
5 190 (14.83%) JavaScript
6 179 (13.97%) C#
7 135 (10.54%) Scala
8 130 (10.15%) Perl
9 117 (9.133%) C++
10 74 (5.777%) Bash shell
11 50 (3.903%) C
12 49 (3.825%) Clojure
13 48 (3.747%) T-SQL
14 46 (3.591%) R
15 45 (3.513%) Shell Script
15 45 (3.513%) Groovy
16 37 (2.888%) MATLAB
17 25 (1.952%) SPARQL
18 24 (1.874%) AWK
Qualifications
1 243 (18.97%) Degree
2 50 (3.903%) PhD
3 14 (1.093%) SAP Certification
3 14 (1.093%) ISEB
4 10 (0.781%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 9 (0.703%) Postgraduate
6 7 (0.546%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.468%) MCITP
8 4 (0.312%) MBA
8 4 (0.312%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.156%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.156%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.156%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.078%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.078%) CCNA
10 1 (0.078%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (4.840%) QA
2 19 (1.483%) Data Quality
3 11 (0.859%) MiFID
4 6 (0.468%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.156%) Basel III
System Software
1 17 (1.327%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 5 (0.390%) Varnish
2 5 (0.390%) Apache Flume
3 4 (0.312%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.234%) OpenSSO
5 2 (0.156%) Xen
5 2 (0.156%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.078%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.078%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 70 (5.464%) Puppet
2 17 (1.327%) CFEngine
2 17 (1.327%) Nagios
3 13 (1.015%) MOM
4 10 (0.781%) HP Quality Center
5 9 (0.703%) HP SIM
5 9 (0.703%) SCOM
5 9 (0.703%) Business Desktop Deployment
6 8 (0.625%) Splunk
7 7 (0.546%) Munin
7 7 (0.546%) Cacti
8 6 (0.468%) Ganglia
9 3 (0.234%) Oozie
10 2 (0.156%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 2 (0.156%) OSSEC
11 1 (0.078%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 263 (20.53%) Oracle
2 82 (6.401%) Informatica
3 81 (6.323%) Microsoft
4 67 (5.230%) Teradata
5 48 (3.747%) SAP
6 47 (3.669%) Business Objects
7 42 (3.279%) Cognos
7 42 (3.279%) Rackspace
8 39 (3.044%) Netezza
9 32 (2.498%) IBM
10 31 (2.420%) Tableau
10 31 (2.420%) Ab Initio
11 29 (2.264%) Vertica
11 29 (2.264%) hybris
11 29 (2.264%) ATG
11 29 (2.264%) Vignette
12 26 (2.030%) Sybase
13 22 (1.717%) TIBCO
13 22 (1.717%) Red Hat
13 22 (1.717%) MicroStrategy
London
Java developer is required by this Tier 1 Investment Bank to join their Enterprise Data Team. This team work very closely with the business, developing Java based applications...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £55000 - £85000 per annum + Package
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Requirements: Excellent SQL skills across a range of databases. Experience with MySQL and Vertica are a bonus... Desirable Skills: Big data experience such as Hadoop, MapReduce etc... Java...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
They are currently expanding London operations and have placed a lot of emphasis on their Big Data function... You will be working in an environment where there are...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Expert experience across a combination of C, C++, C#, Java, etc... Experience with Cloud and Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, MapReduce, Amazon EC2, Azure... C, C++, C#,...
Clear Edge Consulting
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
They are currently expanding London operations and have placed a lot of emphasis on their Big Data function... You will be working in an environment where there are...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Clear Edge Consulting
Salary: From £90,000 to £110,000 per annum Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Marcus Donald People
Salary: £55000 to £65000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
London, Angel, EC1 4EX
Expedia
Salary: Market competitive which includes a Base, Bonus and an extensive benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Resource Partners Limited
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus, shares, benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Resource Partners Limited
Salary: £55000 - £65001 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Engage PSG
Salary: £40000 - £80000 per annum + 20% bonus, equity, benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £40,000 to £40,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension Equity
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
Resource Partners Limited
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + bupa, bonus,
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + car allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
City of London
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £60000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
E-synergy Solutions
Salary: £75000 - £100000 per annum + negotiable + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Computer Futures
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + OTE
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Opilio Recruitment
Posted: 18 June 2013