Big Data
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Big Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Big Data over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 25 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Big Data | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | - | 0.61% | 1.84% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 4.35% | 13.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £350 | £506 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -30.86% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £561 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £614 |
| South West median daily rate | £644 | £533 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.89% | -9.36% | -2.08% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Dorset
Big Data 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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 15 | 23 | 30 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 17.05% | 14.11% | 13.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 17 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £398 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £419 | £498 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £590 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.73% | +27.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £678 | £825 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £744 | - | £694 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.00 | - | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -61.02% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £35.28 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £44.14 |
| South West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £40.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -38.46% | -5.87% |
Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
Big Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Big Data in Dorset.