Big Data Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Big Data Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Big Data Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 343 472
Rank change year-on-year +41 +129 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Big Data Developer 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.013% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.014% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £473 £515
25th Percentile - £480 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £506 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -11.96% -4.17%
75th Percentile - £530 £613
90th Percentile - £534 £635
UK median daily rate £588 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +11.90% -8.70% -11.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Big Data Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Big Data Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Big Data Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Big Data Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Big Data Developer.

Big Data Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Big Data Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Big Data Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Big Data Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Hive
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
2 1 (50.00%) Cloudera
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Hadoop YARN
2 1 (50.00%) Spark SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) HBase
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL

Big Data Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Hive
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (50.00%) HBase
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Spark SQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Scala
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cloudera