Data Lakes
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Data Lake skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Lake over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 26 | 28 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +2 | - |
Contract jobs citing Data Lake | 0 | 2 | 2 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | 0.99% | 1.04% |
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 8.33% | 6.45% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | - | £550 | £385 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £575 | £390 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +47.44% | - |
75th Percentile | - | £600 | £395 |
90th Percentile | - | - | - |
South West median daily rate | £563 | £488 | £525 |
% change year-on-year | +15.38% | -7.14% | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Somerset
Data Lake 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 Somerset.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 20 | 24 | 31 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 13.61% | 11.88% | 16.06% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 16 | 21 |
10th Percentile | £396 | £200 | £424 |
25th Percentile | £410 | £384 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £525 |
Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -14.29% | +22.38% |
75th Percentile | £620 | £543 | £738 |
90th Percentile | £660 | £600 | £745 |
South West median daily rate | £513 | £500 | £513 |
% change year-on-year | +2.50% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 2 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £34.16 |
25th Percentile | - | - | £36.80 |
Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | £42.40 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.65% | - |
75th Percentile | - | - | £46.80 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £48.72 |
South West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £40.00 | £65.00 |
% change year-on-year | +75.00% | -38.46% | -5.87% |
Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Data Lake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Data Lake
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Lake in Somerset.