The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Lake skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
6 months to 22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
63
62
68
Rank change year-on-year
-1
+6
+20
Contract jobs citing Data Lake
2
4
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Data Lake falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills
131
139
140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
22.05%
19.61%
16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted
85
105
96
10th Percentile
£275
£329
£313
25th Percentile
£425
£425
£397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£525
£488
Median % change year-on-year
-4.76%
+7.69%
-2.50%
75th Percentile
£550
£638
£650
90th Percentile
£625
£720
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
0
1
Median hourly rate
£36.00
-
£31.04
West Midlands median hourly rate
£34.43
£34.47
£31.04
% change year-on-year
-0.10%
+11.03%
-
Data Lake Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Data Lake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Data Lake Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Lake.
Data Lake Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Lake also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Data Lake.
Data Lake Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
