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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 207 233
Rank change year-on-year -25 +26 -55
Contract jobs citing Big Data 298 440 530
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.16% 1.19% 1.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.30% 6.77% 6.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 328 337
10th Percentile £408 £362 £450
25th Percentile £474 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -3.50% -
75th Percentile £675 £750 £743
90th Percentile £750 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £569 £600
% change year-on-year -3.30% -5.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 23
10th Percentile £42.42 - £44.40
25th Percentile £47.61 £18.20 £70.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £42.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -45.51% +3.38%
75th Percentile £79.38 £47.50 £90.00
90th Percentile £91.75 £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £42.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year +35.29% -45.51% +3.38%

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 4,727 6,499 8,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.43% 17.50% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,276 4,681 5,810
10th Percentile £358 £350 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 139 152
10th Percentile £19.10 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.63 £20.76 £32.30
Median hourly rate £33.94 £40.00 £56.95
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -29.76% +41.84%
75th Percentile £62.44 £51.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.70 £82.95
UK median hourly rate £34.99 £40.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year -12.53% -29.08% +40.47%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -26 172 £586 -6.24% 1,103
South East +56 39 £550 +29.41% 148
Midlands +2 25 £500 -21.10% 93
North of England -15 22 £593 +15.05% 137
East of England +39 18 £650 +8.33% 55
East Midlands +8 14 £410 -8.89% 34
North West +7 12 £593 +16.18% 87
West Midlands -9 11 £512 -21.17% 59
Yorkshire -25 7 £600 +12.15% 34
South West +26 6 £644 +3.00% 62
North East - 3 £463 - 16
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
1 119 (39.93%) Apache Spark
2 56 (18.79%) Apache
3 19 (6.38%) Confluence
4 17 (5.70%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.01%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.01%) nginx
7 3 (1.01%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.67%) Luigi
8 2 (0.67%) MS Project Server
8 2 (0.67%) SAS
9 1 (0.34%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Avolution ABACUS
2 2 (0.67%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 120 (40.27%) AWS
2 99 (33.22%) Azure
3 62 (20.81%) GCP
4 25 (8.39%) Serverless
5 23 (7.72%) Amazon S3
6 21 (7.05%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.70%) GitHub
8 16 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (4.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (4.36%) OpenShift
10 13 (4.36%) PaaS
10 13 (4.36%) Snowflake
11 10 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (3.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 9 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (3.02%) IaaS
13 6 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.03%) DNS
2 9 (3.02%) DHCP
2 9 (3.02%) Firewall
2 9 (3.02%) SMTP
2 9 (3.02%) VPN
3 3 (1.01%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) HTTP
4 1 (0.34%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.34%) NAS
4 1 (0.34%) SAN
4 1 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (32.55%) Hadoop
2 51 (17.11%) Data Lake
3 48 (16.11%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (10.74%) Tableau
5 29 (9.73%) Relational Database
6 28 (9.40%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (9.40%) NoSQL
7 21 (7.05%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (7.05%) Metadata
8 19 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (6.38%) Power BI
9 18 (6.04%) Apache Hive
9 18 (6.04%) SQL Server
10 16 (5.37%) MongoDB
11 13 (4.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (4.03%) BigQuery
13 9 (3.02%) Delta Lake
13 9 (3.02%) Impala
14 8 (2.68%) MySQL
15 7 (2.35%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 37 (12.42%) Git
2 26 (8.72%) JIRA
3 24 (8.05%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.36%) ERwin
5 9 (3.02%) GitLab
6 6 (2.01%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.34%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (1.34%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.67%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.67%) Gradle
9 2 (0.67%) JUnit
9 2 (0.67%) Maven
10 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.34%) Mockito
10 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 93 (31.21%) Finance
2 62 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 60 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.41%) Banking
5 19 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.03%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.68%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.68%) Legal
9 7 (2.35%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.01%) Retail
11 5 (1.68%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.34%) Marketing
12 4 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.01%) Law
14 2 (0.67%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 60 (20.13%) Architect
2 57 (19.13%) Data Engineer
3 54 (18.12%) Developer
4 34 (11.41%) Senior
5 28 (9.40%) Data Architect
6 27 (9.06%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (6.71%) Lead
8 17 (5.70%) Java Developer
9 15 (5.03%) Data Scientist
10 14 (4.70%) Big Data Engineer
11 13 (4.36%) Analyst
11 13 (4.36%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.69%) Java Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Apache Spark Developer
13 10 (3.36%) Data Science Developer
13 10 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.02%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 9 (3.02%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.11%) Kafka
2 21 (7.05%) PySpark
3 19 (6.38%) TensorFlow
4 17 (5.70%) PyTorch
4 17 (5.70%) scikit-learn
5 16 (5.37%) Apache NiFi
6 14 (4.70%) NumPy
6 14 (4.70%) Pandas
7 13 (4.36%) Matplotlib
8 12 (4.03%) Seaborn
9 11 (3.69%) Spark Streaming
9 11 (3.69%) Spring
10 10 (3.36%) RabbitMQ
11 9 (3.02%) React
12 8 (2.68%) .NET
12 8 (2.68%) HTML
12 8 (2.68%) REST
12 8 (2.68%) Web Services
13 7 (2.35%) JSON
13 7 (2.35%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.72%) Distributed Computing
2 24 (8.05%) Algorithms
3 16 (5.37%) Market Risk
4 14 (4.70%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.03%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.02%) Clustering
7 9 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.02%) PKI
7 9 (3.02%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.35%) Credit Risk
9 7 (2.35%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.68%) Data Fabric
10 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.68%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.34%) IoT
12 3 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.76%) Linux
2 22 (7.38%) Windows
3 18 (6.04%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.36%) Unix
5 12 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.01%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.34%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.01%) CentOS
9 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (32.89%) Analytics
2 81 (27.18%) Machine Learning
3 73 (24.50%) ETL
4 69 (23.15%) Artificial Intelligence
4 69 (23.15%) Data Science
5 68 (22.82%) Agile
6 67 (22.48%) Data Modelling
6 67 (22.48%) Data Pipeline
7 62 (20.81%) CI/CD
7 62 (20.81%) Data Engineering
7 62 (20.81%) DevOps
8 55 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (15.10%) Data Governance
10 41 (13.76%) Visualisation
11 35 (11.74%) Data Analysis
12 34 (11.41%) Data Architecture
13 32 (10.74%) Computer Science
13 32 (10.74%) Data Integration
14 31 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
14 31 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (50.34%) Python
2 104 (34.90%) SQL
3 72 (24.16%) Java
4 33 (11.07%) Scala
5 32 (10.74%) R
6 21 (7.05%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.37%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.70%) C#
9 13 (4.36%) C++
10 10 (3.36%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.68%) C
12 7 (2.35%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.34%) Perl
14 3 (1.01%) Bash
14 3 (1.01%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.34%) Go
15 1 (0.34%) Groovy
15 1 (0.34%) HiveQL
15 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (17.45%) Degree
2 49 (16.44%) Security Cleared
3 34 (11.41%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.72%) DV Cleared
4 23 (7.72%) Master's Degree
5 18 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (5.37%) PhD
7 4 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (16.44%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.37%) GDPR
3 4 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.34%) QA
4 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 23 (7.72%) Docker
2 12 (4.03%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.02%) BitLocker
3 9 (3.02%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.02%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (3.02%) Terminal Services
3 9 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.01%) HDFS
4 3 (1.01%) vCloud
4 3 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (1.01%) vSphere
5 1 (0.34%) KVM
5 1 (0.34%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (15.44%) Kubernetes
2 41 (13.76%) Terraform
3 27 (9.06%) Ansible
4 12 (4.03%) Grafana
5 9 (3.02%) Nagios
5 9 (3.02%) Puppet
5 9 (3.02%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.02%) vMotion
6 8 (2.68%) Argo
7 7 (2.35%) Kibana
8 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.34%) Apache Ranger
9 1 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.34%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.34%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 46 (15.44%) Databricks
3 35 (11.74%) Google
4 21 (7.05%) Oracle
5 20 (6.71%) Cloudera
6 13 (4.36%) VMware
7 9 (3.02%) Citrix
7 9 (3.02%) HP
7 9 (3.02%) Symantec
8 8 (2.68%) SAP
9 7 (2.35%) Foundry
9 7 (2.35%) Palantir
10 6 (2.01%) OpenAI
10 6 (2.01%) Splunk
11 5 (1.68%) Informatica
11 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.34%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.34%) Sybase
13 3 (1.01%) Pega
13 3 (1.01%) Talend