Big Data Contract Job Trends in Essex

Big Data
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Big Data skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Big Data 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.43% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £508 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £540 £650 £400
% change year-on-year -16.92% +62.50% -31.91%

All Database & BI Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 22 14 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 9.40% 15.91% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 11
10th Percentile £349 £314 -
25th Percentile £363 £315 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £318 £410
Median % change year-on-year +17.76% -22.33% -7.03%
75th Percentile £506 £329 £451
90th Percentile £563 £393 £550
East of England median daily rate £516 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +3.25% +11.11% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £20.20 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £55.30 - -
East of England median hourly rate £32.00 £49.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -34.69% +100.00% -61.87%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Big Data relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Big Data job vacancy trend in Essex

Big Data
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Big Data.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Big Data

Big Data
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Big Data.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Big Data

Big Data
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 19 May 2026. 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
Witham - 1 £505 -
Big Data
East of England

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft