Big Data Contracts in England

Big Data
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 247 204
Rank change year-on-year +27 -43 -49
Contract jobs citing Big Data 297 352 663
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.22% 0.95% 1.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.42% 5.65% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 266 459
10th Percentile £406 £381 £463
25th Percentile £465 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £586 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -2.29% -
75th Percentile £675 £763 £713
90th Percentile £750 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £570 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 17
10th Percentile £52.25 £18.20 £35.00
25th Percentile £53.75 £23.30 £43.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.25 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.12% -51.71% +11.88%
75th Percentile £79.38 £44.69 £78.00
90th Percentile £91.75 £52.00 £85.50
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £35.25 £73.00
% change year-on-year +63.12% -51.71% +11.88%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 4,625 6,230 9,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.99% 16.75% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,253 4,477 6,506
10th Percentile £360 £352 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £659 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 130 166
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.50 £20.98 £33.05
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% -30.87% +35.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.61 £70.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -15 163 £575 -11.54% 401
South East +69 48 £545 +21.65% 114
Midlands +9 21 £500 -23.08% 49
North of England +8 21 £600 +9.09% 78
East of England +40 16 £650 +62.50% 30
North West +14 13 £600 +17.65% 43
East Midlands +10 12 £393 -23.41% 16
West Midlands +1 9 £512 -24.09% 29
South West +49 8 £644 +43.06% 33
Yorkshire -2 5 £600 +6.67% 25
North East +2 3 £463 +1.87% 10
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
1 137 (46.13%) Apache Spark
2 62 (20.88%) Apache
3 17 (5.72%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (5.05%) Confluence
5 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.68%) nginx
7 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.67%) SAS
10 1 (0.34%) Luigi
10 1 (0.34%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) CATIA
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Avolution ABACUS
1 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.67%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 112 (37.71%) AWS
2 102 (34.34%) Azure
3 45 (15.15%) GCP
4 26 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (8.08%) Serverless
6 23 (7.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 23 (7.74%) Power Platform
7 22 (7.41%) Amazon S3
8 20 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (5.05%) PaaS
10 14 (4.71%) OpenShift
11 12 (4.04%) GitHub
12 9 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (3.03%) IaaS
13 8 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.69%) Snowflake
14 7 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.36%) Azure AKS
14 7 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (2.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.04%) DNS
2 9 (3.03%) DHCP
2 9 (3.03%) Firewall
2 9 (3.03%) SMTP
2 9 (3.03%) VPN
3 1 (0.34%) HTTP
3 1 (0.34%) Internet
3 1 (0.34%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.34%) NAS
3 1 (0.34%) SAN
3 1 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (35.69%) Hadoop
2 57 (19.19%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (15.49%) Data Lake
4 34 (11.45%) Tableau
5 30 (10.10%) Relational Database
6 27 (9.09%) Apache Hive
7 25 (8.42%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (8.08%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (8.08%) NoSQL
9 22 (7.41%) SQL Server
10 21 (7.07%) Power BI
11 16 (5.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (5.39%) Impala
11 16 (5.39%) Metadata
11 16 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (4.71%) MongoDB
13 10 (3.37%) Data Mining
14 8 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (2.36%) Flink
15 7 (2.36%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (9.76%) Git
2 28 (9.43%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.06%) JIRA
4 17 (5.72%) ERwin
5 7 (2.36%) GitLab
6 6 (2.02%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.02%) PowerDesigner
6 6 (2.02%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.01%) ER Studio
7 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.67%) JUnit
8 2 (0.67%) MLflow
9 1 (0.34%) JMeter
9 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.34%) Selenium
9 1 (0.34%) Subversion
9 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 82 (27.61%) Finance
2 70 (23.57%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (23.23%) Social Skills
4 32 (10.77%) Banking
5 24 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.37%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.36%) Legal
8 7 (2.36%) Marketing
9 5 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.35%) Military
10 4 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.35%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Front Office
11 3 (1.01%) Law
11 3 (1.01%) Retail
12 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (19.87%) Data Engineer
2 56 (18.86%) Developer
3 49 (16.50%) Architect
4 40 (13.47%) Senior
5 23 (7.74%) Data Architect
5 23 (7.74%) Lead
6 19 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (6.06%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.72%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.39%) Data Scientist
10 15 (5.05%) Big Data Engineer
11 14 (4.71%) AWS Engineer
12 13 (4.38%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Data Science Developer
14 10 (3.37%) Apache Spark Developer
14 10 (3.37%) AWS Data Engineer
14 10 (3.37%) Data Modeller
14 10 (3.37%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 10 (3.37%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.48%) Kafka
2 29 (9.76%) PySpark
3 23 (7.74%) scikit-learn
4 22 (7.41%) TensorFlow
5 20 (6.73%) PyTorch
6 17 (5.72%) NumPy
6 17 (5.72%) Pandas
7 15 (5.05%) Matplotlib
8 14 (4.71%) Seaborn
9 11 (3.70%) Spark Streaming
10 10 (3.37%) Apache NiFi
11 8 (2.69%) .NET
11 8 (2.69%) REST
11 8 (2.69%) Web Services
12 7 (2.36%) OpenTelemetry
12 7 (2.36%) Ray
12 7 (2.36%) Spring
13 6 (2.02%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.02%) React
14 5 (1.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.76%) Distributed Computing
2 28 (9.43%) Algorithms
3 15 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.38%) Market Risk
5 11 (3.70%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.03%) Clustering
7 9 (3.03%) PKI
7 9 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.69%) IoT
9 7 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.02%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.68%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.68%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.68%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.35%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (1.35%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 48 (16.16%) Linux
2 22 (7.41%) Windows
3 18 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (3.37%) Unix
6 6 (2.02%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.01%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (34.01%) Analytics
2 82 (27.61%) ETL
3 81 (27.27%) Machine Learning
4 75 (25.25%) DevOps
5 74 (24.92%) Data Pipeline
6 68 (22.90%) Artificial Intelligence
6 68 (22.90%) Data Science
7 66 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (21.55%) CI/CD
8 64 (21.55%) Data Engineering
8 64 (21.55%) Data Modelling
9 59 (19.87%) Agile
10 44 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
11 42 (14.14%) Visualisation
12 40 (13.47%) Data Analysis
13 36 (12.12%) Data Governance
14 35 (11.78%) Computer Science
14 35 (11.78%) Data Architecture
15 32 (10.77%) Migration
16 30 (10.10%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 154 (51.85%) Python
2 112 (37.71%) SQL
3 67 (22.56%) Java
4 33 (11.11%) R
4 33 (11.11%) Scala
5 22 (7.41%) PowerShell
6 14 (4.71%) C#
6 14 (4.71%) JavaScript
7 13 (4.38%) Shell Script
8 10 (3.37%) C++
9 7 (2.36%) C
10 6 (2.02%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.68%) Perl
11 5 (1.68%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.01%) Bash
13 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.34%) Groovy
13 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.34%) Rust
13 1 (0.34%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 52 (17.51%) Degree
1 52 (17.51%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.78%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.74%) Master's Degree
4 21 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.40%) PhD
6 15 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.34%) ACCA
9 1 (0.34%) CIMA
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (17.85%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.70%) GDPR
3 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.01%) QA
4 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 30 (10.10%) Docker
2 12 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.03%) BitLocker
3 9 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.03%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (3.03%) Terminal Services
3 9 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.68%) HDFS
5 3 (1.01%) vCloud
5 3 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.01%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.34%) KVM
6 1 (0.34%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (16.16%) Kubernetes
2 41 (13.80%) Terraform
3 29 (9.76%) Ansible
4 14 (4.71%) Grafana
5 9 (3.03%) Nagios
5 9 (3.03%) Puppet
5 9 (3.03%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.03%) vMotion
6 8 (2.69%) Argo
7 7 (2.36%) Kibana
8 5 (1.68%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.01%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.67%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.34%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.82%) Databricks
3 30 (10.10%) Google
4 20 (6.73%) Cloudera
4 20 (6.73%) Oracle
5 13 (4.38%) VMware
6 9 (3.03%) Citrix
6 9 (3.03%) HP
6 9 (3.03%) SAP
6 9 (3.03%) Symantec
7 7 (2.36%) Splunk
8 6 (2.02%) Informatica
8 6 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.35%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.35%) Sybase
9 4 (1.35%) Talend
10 3 (1.01%) IBM
10 3 (1.01%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.01%) Pega
10 3 (1.01%) StreamSets