Data Lake Contracts

Data Lakes
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 163 203
Rank change year-on-year -58 +40 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Lake 385 651 724
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 1.50% 1.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.65% 8.56% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 530 557
10th Percentile £404 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £775 £850 £675
90th Percentile £825 £888 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.57% -6.67% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £40.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.71% -
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £40.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +15.71% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,786 7,603 9,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.31% 17.50% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,920 5,424 6,797
10th Percentile £356 £350 £374
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £751 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 150 172
10th Percentile £19.71 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £25.20 £20.76 £32.30
Median hourly rate £34.99 £39.25 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% -29.53% +47.35%
75th Percentile £63.31 £51.87 £73.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £82.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 £31.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.44% -42.73% +57.14%

Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Lake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Lake.

Daily rate trend for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Lake over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Lake.

Hourly rate trend for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Lake within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England -54 365 £600 -10.78% 990
London -46 265 £675 -15.63% 589
Work from Home -45 190 £675 -15.63% 398
UK excluding London -33 84 £473 -3.57% 479
South East +30 28 £450 -10.00% 125
North of England -34 28 £475 -5.00% 111
North West -26 18 £488 +2.09% 60
East of England +32 12 £580 +78.46% 35
Midlands -2 12 £410 -7.87% 61
Yorkshire -6 9 £451 -9.90% 35
East Midlands -1 6 £405 -10.00% 24
West Midlands +5 5 £425 +3.66% 36
South West +23 4 £563 +15.38% 66
Scotland -3 4 £577 +28.22% 61
North East +2 1 - - 16

Data Lake
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 59 (15.32%) Apache Airflow
2 58 (15.06%) Apache
3 37 (9.61%) Apache Spark
4 17 (4.42%) Confluence
5 6 (1.56%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.78%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.78%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.52%) Trello
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.78%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) Actimize
4 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 198 (51.43%) Azure
2 135 (35.06%) AWS
3 84 (21.82%) Power Platform
4 70 (18.18%) Snowflake
5 68 (17.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 62 (16.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 62 (16.10%) GCP
7 53 (13.77%) dbt
8 30 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (7.53%) Serverless
10 23 (5.97%) Amazon S3
11 19 (4.94%) SaaS
12 18 (4.68%) Azure Machine Learning
12 18 (4.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (4.16%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (3.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (3.38%) GitHub
16 12 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (2.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 11 (2.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.60%) Firewall
1 10 (2.60%) VPN
2 3 (0.78%) Network Security
3 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.52%) WAN
3 2 (0.52%) Wireless
4 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (30.65%) Data Warehouse
2 83 (21.56%) Power BI
3 53 (13.77%) Big Data
4 46 (11.95%) Amazon Athena
5 42 (10.91%) Apache Iceberg
6 39 (10.13%) Dremio
7 38 (9.87%) Metadata
8 35 (9.09%) Apache Arrow
8 35 (9.09%) Apache Ignite
9 28 (7.27%) Delta Lake
9 28 (7.27%) NoSQL
10 24 (6.23%) Relational Database
11 23 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
12 21 (5.45%) Hadoop
13 15 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
14 14 (3.64%) BigQuery
14 14 (3.64%) SQL Server
15 12 (3.12%) RDBMS
16 11 (2.86%) Neo4j
17 10 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 21 (5.45%) ERwin
1 21 (5.45%) JIRA
2 15 (3.90%) Git
3 8 (2.08%) ER Studio
4 7 (1.82%) GitLab
5 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.52%) Gradle
6 2 (0.52%) Maven
6 2 (0.52%) MLflow
7 1 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.26%) Spinnaker
General
1 134 (34.81%) Finance
2 75 (19.48%) Front Office
3 62 (16.10%) Banking
4 61 (15.84%) Social Skills
5 40 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (9.35%) Investment Banking
7 10 (2.60%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.60%) Retail
8 9 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.56%) Marketing
10 6 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.30%) Legal
11 5 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Law
13 3 (0.78%) Publishing
13 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (21.82%) Data Engineer
2 72 (18.70%) Architect
3 61 (15.84%) Senior
4 46 (11.95%) AWS Engineer
4 46 (11.95%) Data Architect
5 38 (9.87%) Software Engineer
6 37 (9.61%) Java Engineer
6 37 (9.61%) Java Software Engineer
6 37 (9.61%) Lead
7 35 (9.09%) AWS Software Engineer
8 34 (8.83%) Python Engineer
9 33 (8.57%) Senior Java Engineer
9 33 (8.57%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 33 (8.57%) Senior Software Engineer
10 30 (7.79%) Analyst
10 30 (7.79%) Python Software Engineer
11 28 (7.27%) Azure Engineer
12 23 (5.97%) Azure Data Engineer
13 22 (5.71%) Project Manager
14 20 (5.19%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.99%) PySpark
2 40 (10.39%) Pandas
3 39 (10.13%) NumPy
3 39 (10.13%) SciPy
4 35 (9.09%) gRPC
4 35 (9.09%) Protocol Buffers
5 23 (5.97%) Kafka
6 12 (3.12%) React
7 11 (2.86%) Plotly
8 10 (2.60%) JSON
9 9 (2.34%) REST
10 7 (1.82%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (1.30%) ARM Templates
11 5 (1.30%) HTML
11 5 (1.30%) PyTorch
11 5 (1.30%) TensorFlow
12 4 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (1.04%) Hugging Face
12 4 (1.04%) Middleware
12 4 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (18.96%) Derivative
2 71 (18.44%) Equities
2 71 (18.44%) Fixed Income
2 71 (18.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 71 (18.44%) Hedge funds
3 30 (7.79%) Pricing Data
4 17 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.16%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.60%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.82%) Data Fabric
9 7 (1.82%) Life Science
10 6 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.56%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.30%) CSOC
11 5 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.04%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.82%) Linux
1 7 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.04%) Windows
3 3 (0.78%) Unix
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (38.70%) Agile
2 130 (33.77%) Data Modelling
3 129 (33.51%) Analytics
4 123 (31.95%) Data Governance
5 111 (28.83%) ETL
6 100 (25.97%) Data Pipeline
7 92 (23.90%) Migration
8 81 (21.04%) Business Intelligence
9 78 (20.26%) Data Engineering
10 73 (18.96%) Data Architecture
10 73 (18.96%) Investment Management
11 69 (17.92%) Data Management
12 68 (17.66%) CI/CD
13 65 (16.88%) DevOps
14 61 (15.84%) Data Integration
15 49 (12.73%) Software Engineering
16 48 (12.47%) Roadmaps
16 48 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (12.21%) Regulatory Compliance
18 45 (11.69%) Data Ingestion
Programming Languages
1 162 (42.08%) SQL
2 146 (37.92%) Python
3 53 (13.77%) Java
4 51 (13.25%) JavaScript
5 36 (9.35%) TypeScript
6 26 (6.75%) Scala
7 14 (3.64%) R
8 12 (3.12%) Bicep
9 8 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.30%) Bash
10 5 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.04%) C#
11 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.04%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.78%) Magik
13 2 (0.52%) C
13 2 (0.52%) C++
13 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.26%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 42 (10.91%) Security Cleared
2 32 (8.31%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.49%) Degree
4 19 (4.94%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.30%) GIAC
7 5 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.04%) PMP
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.26%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (21.04%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.45%) GDPR
3 12 (3.12%) MiFID
4 10 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.56%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.04%) PMO
7 3 (0.78%) QA
7 3 (0.78%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 24 (6.23%) Docker
2 5 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 49 (12.73%) Terraform
2 38 (9.87%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.08%) Ansible
4 7 (1.82%) Argo
4 7 (1.82%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.52%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.26%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 112 (29.09%) Databricks
2 62 (16.10%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.97%) Google
4 20 (5.19%) Informatica
5 15 (3.90%) Oracle
5 15 (3.90%) SAP
6 7 (1.82%) Talend
7 6 (1.56%) Foundry
7 6 (1.56%) Palantir
8 5 (1.30%) Ariba
8 5 (1.30%) Guidewire
8 5 (1.30%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.30%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.04%) Dataiku
9 4 (1.04%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.04%) Sparx
10 3 (0.78%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.78%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.78%) Duck Creek