Big Data Job Trends in Berkshire

Big Data
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Big Data skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 124 124
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -25
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 2 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.10% 0.59% 0.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.67% 2.62% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £53,600 - £45,000
25th Percentile £54,500 £72,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -29.41%
75th Percentile £68,000 £77,500 £89,375
90th Percentile £68,600 - £95,000
South East median annual salary £61,500 £57,250 £71,688
% change year-on-year +7.42% -20.14% -10.39%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Berkshire

Big Data falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 297 458 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.10% 22.61% 22.12%
Number of salaries quoted 93 231 238
10th Percentile £36,100 £47,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,688 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £70,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +27.16% -15.31%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £112,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Big Data job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Big Data
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Big Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Big Data

Big Data
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +33 2 £61,500 - 7
Big Data
South East

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Governance Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks