Big Data Contracts in England

Big Data
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Big Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Big Data over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 216 175
Rank change year-on-year -14 -41 -65
Contract jobs citing Big Data 372 592 1,183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.24% 1.68%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.97% 6.95% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 401 722
10th Percentile £388 £463 £450
25th Percentile £466 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.19%
75th Percentile £763 £725 £700
90th Percentile £850 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.08% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 3
10th Percentile £18.20 £40.00 £59.40
25th Percentile £23.30 £70.50 £59.63
Median hourly rate £35.25 £78.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.81% +28.93% +47.56%
75th Percentile £44.69 £90.00 £76.33
90th Percentile £48.63 - £85.07
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £78.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year -54.81% +28.93% +61.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Big Data is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,235 8,519 13,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.16% 17.78% 19.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,511 6,135 10,087
10th Percentile £350 £375 £368
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £548
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.52% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 158 167
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.70
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.30 £22.07
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.05 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.09% +28.99% +83.67%
75th Percentile £56.88 £73.75 £64.88
90th Percentile £74.25 £83.60 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% +30.20% +68.35%

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 22 May 2024.

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 22 May 2024.

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 22 May 2024. 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 -31 249 £650 +8.33% 107
North of England +58 41 £525 -4.55% 27
Midlands +37 31 £634 +25.50% 22
South East +7 29 £425 -20.93% 18
Yorkshire +33 24 £550 - 6
West Midlands +30 21 £700 +33.33% 18
North West +26 17 £510 +7.37% 15
East Midlands +13 10 £463 -8.42% 4
South West -11 7 £533 -9.36% 17
East of England +1 2 £400 -31.91% 7
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
1 109 (29.30%) Apache Spark
2 43 (11.56%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (9.95%) Apache
4 6 (1.61%) Confluence
5 4 (1.08%) IIS
5 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 137 (36.83%) AWS
2 135 (36.29%) Azure
3 64 (17.20%) GCP
4 51 (13.71%) Power Platform
5 46 (12.37%) Serverless
6 40 (10.75%) Snowflake
7 29 (7.80%) Amazon S3
7 29 (7.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (6.72%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (6.72%) dbt
9 23 (6.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 16 (4.30%) Amazon EMR
10 16 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (3.23%) Entra ID
12 12 (3.23%) GitHub
13 9 (2.42%) Azure Functions
13 9 (2.42%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 14 (3.76%) Network Security
2 5 (1.34%) FTP
3 4 (1.08%) SAN
4 2 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) 5G
5 1 (0.27%) Broadband
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (28.76%) Data Lake
2 89 (23.92%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (18.55%) Hadoop
4 45 (12.10%) Power BI
5 40 (10.75%) Amazon Athena
6 34 (9.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 32 (8.60%) Tableau
8 30 (8.06%) BigQuery
9 27 (7.26%) Apache Hive
10 23 (6.18%) SQL Server
11 22 (5.91%) NoSQL
12 20 (5.38%) Apache Arrow
12 20 (5.38%) Dremio
13 18 (4.84%) Delta Lake
14 17 (4.57%) Relational Database
15 15 (4.03%) Impala
16 14 (3.76%) Metadata
16 14 (3.76%) Spark SQL
17 12 (3.23%) OLTP
18 11 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 41 (11.02%) Git
2 21 (5.65%) JIRA
3 11 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.61%) Maven
4 6 (1.61%) Subversion
4 6 (1.61%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (1.34%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.34%) ERwin
5 5 (1.34%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.81%) RStudio
7 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.54%) kappa
8 2 (0.54%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.27%) Ant
9 1 (0.27%) Poetry
9 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 87 (23.39%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (22.85%) Finance
3 83 (22.31%) Social Skills
4 30 (8.06%) Banking
5 25 (6.72%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.49%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.42%) Marketing
7 9 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.88%) Health Technology
9 7 (1.88%) Retail
10 6 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.34%) Legal
11 5 (1.34%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.08%) Publishing
13 3 (0.81%) Back Office
13 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.81%) Police
14 2 (0.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 88 (23.66%) Architect
2 82 (22.04%) Data Engineer
3 43 (11.56%) Data Architect
4 38 (10.22%) Solutions Architect
5 37 (9.95%) Developer
6 35 (9.41%) Senior
7 32 (8.60%) Analyst
8 27 (7.26%) Big Data Engineer
9 25 (6.72%) AWS Engineer
10 20 (5.38%) Consultant
10 20 (5.38%) Data Analyst
11 19 (5.11%) Lead
12 18 (4.84%) Cloud Architect
12 18 (4.84%) Site Engineer
12 18 (4.84%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 17 (4.57%) Data Scientist
14 16 (4.30%) Azure Architect
15 15 (4.03%) Cloud Solutions Architect
15 15 (4.03%) Senior Data Engineer
16 13 (3.49%) Azure Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (14.52%) PySpark
2 42 (11.29%) Kafka
3 21 (5.65%) Apache NiFi
4 18 (4.84%) gRPC
4 18 (4.84%) Protocol Buffers
5 13 (3.49%) .NET
5 13 (3.49%) JSON
6 12 (3.23%) XML
7 11 (2.96%) Pandas
8 10 (2.69%) Web Services
9 8 (2.15%) SAML
10 6 (1.61%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.61%) ARM Templates
10 6 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (1.61%) scikit-learn
10 6 (1.61%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.34%) NumPy
12 4 (1.08%) Apache Avro
12 4 (1.08%) REST
12 4 (1.08%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.80%) Hedge funds
2 28 (7.53%) Algorithms
3 22 (5.91%) Clustering
3 22 (5.91%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.03%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.76%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (3.76%) Distributed Applications
6 12 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.23%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.42%) Freedom of Information
7 9 (2.42%) Freedom of Information Act
7 9 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.15%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.88%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.95%) Linux
2 20 (5.38%) Unix
3 16 (4.30%) Windows
4 12 (3.23%) Android
4 12 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.15%) VMS
6 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (33.06%) Analytics
2 120 (32.26%) Data Modelling
3 105 (28.23%) Data Pipeline
3 105 (28.23%) ETL
4 96 (25.81%) Agile
5 82 (22.04%) Business Intelligence
6 73 (19.62%) Data Engineering
7 69 (18.55%) DevOps
8 64 (17.20%) Data Science
9 60 (16.13%) Data Analysis
9 60 (16.13%) Machine Learning
10 58 (15.59%) CI/CD
11 55 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (12.90%) Data Governance
12 48 (12.90%) Data Management
13 46 (12.37%) Migration
14 44 (11.83%) Computer Science
15 39 (10.48%) Visualisation
16 38 (10.22%) Data Integration
17 35 (9.41%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 209 (56.18%) Python
2 170 (45.70%) SQL
3 83 (22.31%) Java
4 50 (13.44%) Scala
5 28 (7.53%) JavaScript
6 22 (5.91%) Go
7 19 (5.11%) R
8 18 (4.84%) C#
9 16 (4.30%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.88%) Bash
10 7 (1.88%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.61%) Perl
12 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.54%) Rust
13 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.54%) U-SQL
13 2 (0.54%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.27%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 50 (13.44%) Degree
2 43 (11.56%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.87%) DV Cleared
4 23 (6.18%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.57%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.08%) CISSP
11 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.25%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (2.15%) QA
4 5 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.08%) NIST
6 3 (0.81%) GDPR
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.54%) MiFID
7 2 (0.54%) NCSC
7 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.54%) PMO
7 2 (0.54%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) FATCA
System Software
1 17 (4.57%) Docker
2 12 (3.23%) HDFS
3 4 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 57 (15.32%) Terraform
2 40 (10.75%) Kubernetes
3 19 (5.11%) Prometheus
4 18 (4.84%) Ansible
5 12 (3.23%) Puppet
6 6 (1.61%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (1.08%) Argo
8 2 (0.54%) Ambari
8 2 (0.54%) Consul
8 2 (0.54%) Oozie
8 2 (0.54%) Packer
8 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.27%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 73 (19.62%) Databricks
2 50 (13.44%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.26%) Google
4 19 (5.11%) Informatica
5 18 (4.84%) Oracle
5 18 (4.84%) Talend
6 10 (2.69%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.15%) Teradata
8 7 (1.88%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.34%) Cloudera
9 5 (1.34%) SAP
10 4 (1.08%) Brio
10 4 (1.08%) Foundry
10 4 (1.08%) IBM
10 4 (1.08%) Okta
10 4 (1.08%) Palantir
10 4 (1.08%) Sage
10 4 (1.08%) Symantec
10 4 (1.08%) Varonis
11 3 (0.81%) Phenom