Big Data Contract Job Trends in London

Big Data
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Big Data skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 148 181
Rank change year-on-year -65 +33 -43
Contract jobs citing Big Data 154 284 300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.15% 1.74% 1.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.37% 7.61% 7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 195 191
10th Percentile £382 £378 £463
25th Percentile £494 £488 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% -7.69% +4.21%
75th Percentile £700 £788 £775
90th Percentile £775 £850 £863
England median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £39.25 £75.00
25th Percentile - £43.75 £86.25
Median hourly rate £100.00 £50.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -44.44% -
75th Percentile - £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £69.48 £47.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year +46.27% -39.10% +30.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,868 3,730 4,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.33% 22.90% 19.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,002 2,679 3,018
10th Percentile £375 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 25 38
10th Percentile £28.66 £25.70 £19.05
25th Percentile £34.09 £36.25 £35.06
Median hourly rate £53.75 £47.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £68.63 £55.00 £71.99
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.82% +22.22%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data in London

Big Data
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Big Data
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Big Data in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Big Data in London

Big Data
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Big Data
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Central London -6 24 £655 +5.73% 28
West London -7 4 £525 -7.57%
Big Data
England

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 55 (35.71%) Apache Spark
2 37 (24.03%) Apache
3 14 (9.09%) Confluence
4 12 (7.79%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.95%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.95%) Luigi
6 2 (1.30%) Apache Pig
6 2 (1.30%) nginx
6 2 (1.30%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (1.30%) SAS
6 2 (1.30%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.65%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.65%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 41 (26.62%) AWS
1 41 (26.62%) Azure
2 33 (21.43%) GCP
3 18 (11.69%) Serverless
4 9 (5.84%) GitHub
5 7 (4.55%) Amazon S3
5 7 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.90%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (3.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (2.60%) Cloud Functions
9 3 (1.95%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.95%) Azure Functions
9 3 (1.95%) Cloud Composer
9 3 (1.95%) Google Compute Engine
9 3 (1.95%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.25%) DNS
2 2 (1.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.65%) DHCP
3 1 (0.65%) Firewall
3 1 (0.65%) SMTP
3 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (32.47%) Hadoop
2 24 (15.58%) Data Lake
3 18 (11.69%) Elasticsearch
4 16 (10.39%) BigQuery
5 15 (9.74%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (9.74%) NoSQL
6 14 (9.09%) Tableau
7 12 (7.79%) Metadata
8 11 (7.14%) Relational Database
8 11 (7.14%) SQL Server
9 10 (6.49%) Apache Hive
10 7 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (4.55%) Power BI
11 6 (3.90%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (3.90%) Data Vault
11 6 (3.90%) MongoDB
11 6 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (3.25%) GIS
12 5 (3.25%) HPCC
12 5 (3.25%) Impala
Development Applications
1 25 (16.23%) Git
2 21 (13.64%) JIRA
3 9 (5.84%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.19%) GitLab
5 5 (3.25%) ERwin
6 3 (1.95%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.95%) ER Studio
6 3 (1.95%) Gradle
6 3 (1.95%) Maven
7 2 (1.30%) JUnit
7 2 (1.30%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.30%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.65%) JMeter
8 1 (0.65%) Selenium
8 1 (0.65%) Subversion
8 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (29.87%) Finance
2 33 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 29 (18.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.14%) Banking
5 9 (5.84%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.25%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.25%) Legal
7 5 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.95%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.30%) Law
10 2 (1.30%) Marketing
10 2 (1.30%) Publishing
10 2 (1.30%) Retail
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (22.73%) Data Engineer
2 25 (16.23%) Architect
2 25 (16.23%) Developer
3 21 (13.64%) Senior
4 14 (9.09%) Data Scientist
5 12 (7.79%) Analyst
5 12 (7.79%) Java Developer
6 11 (7.14%) Software Engineer
6 11 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (6.49%) Data Architect
7 10 (6.49%) Lead
8 9 (5.84%) Apache Spark Developer
8 9 (5.84%) Java Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.19%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (4.55%) Python Engineer
11 6 (3.90%) Big Data Engineer
12 5 (3.25%) Azure Software Engineer
12 5 (3.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (22.08%) Kafka
2 21 (13.64%) Apache NiFi
3 14 (9.09%) PySpark
4 12 (7.79%) RabbitMQ
5 11 (7.14%) .NET
6 10 (6.49%) Spark Streaming
7 9 (5.84%) HTML
7 9 (5.84%) Spring
8 8 (5.19%) React
8 8 (5.19%) TensorFlow
9 7 (4.55%) JSON
9 7 (4.55%) scikit-learn
10 6 (3.90%) Pandas
10 6 (3.90%) REST
10 6 (3.90%) XML
11 5 (3.25%) PyTorch
12 3 (1.95%) Hugging Face
12 3 (1.95%) Keras
12 3 (1.95%) pytest
12 3 (1.95%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.79%) Distributed Computing
2 11 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.49%) Market Risk
4 9 (5.84%) Algorithms
4 9 (5.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.25%) Credit Risk
6 5 (3.25%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.60%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.60%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.60%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.79%) Linux
2 8 (5.19%) Unix
2 8 (5.19%) Windows
3 3 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.30%) CentOS
4 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (36.36%) Agile
2 42 (27.27%) Analytics
2 42 (27.27%) Data Pipeline
3 41 (26.62%) Data Modelling
3 41 (26.62%) ETL
4 39 (25.32%) Machine Learning
5 33 (21.43%) CI/CD
5 33 (21.43%) Data Science
6 32 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (18.83%) Artificial Intelligence
7 29 (18.83%) Data Governance
8 26 (16.88%) Data Engineering
8 26 (16.88%) Software Engineering
9 25 (16.23%) DevOps
9 25 (16.23%) Microservices
10 23 (14.94%) Scrum
11 21 (13.64%) Data Integration
12 20 (12.99%) Decision-Making
13 18 (11.69%) Data Architecture
14 16 (10.39%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 103 (66.88%) Python
2 69 (44.81%) SQL
3 45 (29.22%) Java
4 16 (10.39%) C#
5 14 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 13 (8.44%) Scala
7 12 (7.79%) C++
8 11 (7.14%) R
9 6 (3.90%) C
10 3 (1.95%) Bash
10 3 (1.95%) Perl
11 2 (1.30%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.30%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.65%) CodeQL
12 1 (0.65%) Go
12 1 (0.65%) Korn
12 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 31 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 30 (19.48%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.04%) DV Cleared
4 15 (9.74%) Degree
5 8 (5.19%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.60%) PhD
8 2 (1.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.84%) GDPR
3 8 (5.19%) QA
4 2 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 11 (7.14%) Docker
2 3 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.95%) HDFS
2 3 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.30%) vCloud
3 2 (1.30%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (1.30%) vSphere
4 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 13 (8.44%) Terraform
3 4 (2.60%) Kibana
4 2 (1.30%) Ansible
4 2 (1.30%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.30%) Puppet
5 1 (0.65%) Grafana
5 1 (0.65%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.65%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.65%) Nagios
5 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.65%) vMotion
Vendors
1 24 (15.58%) Google
1 24 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.29%) Databricks
3 15 (9.74%) Cloudera
4 13 (8.44%) Foundry
4 13 (8.44%) Palantir
5 9 (5.84%) Oracle
6 4 (2.60%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.60%) VMware
7 2 (1.30%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.30%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.30%) Informatica
7 2 (1.30%) Refinitiv
7 2 (1.30%) Talend
8 1 (0.65%) PayPal
8 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.65%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.65%) Splunk
8 1 (0.65%) Vertica
8 1 (0.65%) Zoomdata