Big Data Jobs in England

Big Data
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Big Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Big Data over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 372 132
Rank change year-on-year +8 -240 -21
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 378 594 2,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.69% 2.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.44% 3.89% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 189 426 941
10th Percentile £25,313 £44,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £110,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,478 £123,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -12.50%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,950 15,279 19,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.02% 17.69% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,607 11,423 11,986
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Big Data in England.

Salary trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Big Data in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Big Data in England

Big Data
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
London -64 99 £68,750 -26.45% 432
South East +129 84 £65,000 +19.27% 107
South West +63 60 £25,625 -67.97% 23
North of England +38 57 £47,500 -13.64% 68
East of England +51 47 £85,000 +41.67% 32
North West -16 29 £55,000 - 34
Yorkshire +84 27 £25,625 -70.71% 27
Midlands +63 27 £62,500 +4.17% 31
West Midlands +51 21 £60,500 +0.83% 21
East Midlands +19 6 £75,000 +25.00% 8
North East +26 1 £47,500 +11.76% 9
Big Data
UK

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 78 (20.63%) Apache Spark
2 26 (6.88%) SharePoint
3 23 (6.08%) Jupyter
4 21 (5.56%) Apache
5 14 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.53%) Confluence
7 2 (0.53%) SAS
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.26%) Luigi
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Simulink
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 110 (29.10%) AWS
2 109 (28.84%) Azure
3 76 (20.11%) Power Platform
4 49 (12.96%) GCP
5 38 (10.05%) Serverless
6 36 (9.52%) SaaS
7 32 (8.47%) Snowflake
8 29 (7.67%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (7.14%) PowerApps
10 26 (6.88%) Power Automate
11 23 (6.08%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (5.56%) Amazon S3
13 19 (5.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (4.50%) AWS Step Functions
16 16 (4.23%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (4.23%) AWS CodePipeline
17 15 (3.97%) Amazon EventBridge
17 15 (3.97%) Boomi
18 14 (3.70%) AWS CodeDeploy
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.06%) Internet
2 3 (0.79%) Firewall
3 2 (0.53%) Network Security
3 2 (0.53%) VLAN
3 2 (0.53%) VPN
4 1 (0.26%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (20.11%) Power BI
2 70 (18.52%) Data Lake
2 70 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (12.96%) Tableau
4 46 (12.17%) Hadoop
5 42 (11.11%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.50%) BigQuery
7 16 (4.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (4.23%) GIS
8 14 (3.70%) MongoDB
8 14 (3.70%) SQL Server
9 13 (3.44%) Metadata
9 13 (3.44%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.38%) Delta Lake
10 9 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.12%) Apache Hive
11 8 (2.12%) MySQL
11 8 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (4.76%) Git
2 11 (2.91%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.32%) JMeter
3 5 (1.32%) Selenium
4 4 (1.06%) JIRA
4 4 (1.06%) Locust
4 4 (1.06%) Postman
4 4 (1.06%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.79%) ERwin
5 3 (0.79%) GitLab
5 3 (0.79%) webpack
6 2 (0.53%) Babel
6 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.53%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.53%) Mocha
6 2 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.53%) rollup.js
7 1 (0.26%) ESLint
7 1 (0.26%) kappa
General
1 116 (30.69%) Finance
2 115 (30.42%) Social Skills
3 101 (26.72%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (17.46%) Banking
5 60 (15.87%) Law
6 58 (15.34%) Advertising
7 55 (14.55%) Marketing
8 49 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (8.47%) Public Sector
10 13 (3.44%) Retail
11 6 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.32%) Automotive
12 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Electronics
13 2 (0.53%) Front Office
13 2 (0.53%) Local Government
14 1 (0.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 101 (26.72%) Senior
2 69 (18.25%) Lead
3 55 (14.55%) Data Scientist
4 54 (14.29%) Data Engineer
5 51 (13.49%) Senior Manager
6 49 (12.96%) Account Manager
6 49 (12.96%) Senior Account Manager
7 48 (12.70%) Analyst
8 35 (9.26%) Data Analyst
9 31 (8.20%) Architect
10 23 (6.08%) Senior Data Scientist
11 19 (5.03%) Consultant
12 18 (4.76%) Software Engineer
12 18 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (4.50%) Analytics Consultant
13 17 (4.50%) Senior Data Engineer
14 14 (3.70%) GIS Consultant
14 14 (3.70%) Spatial Consultant
15 12 (3.17%) Lead Data Engineer
16 10 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.11%) Kafka
2 22 (5.82%) RESTful
3 19 (5.03%) PySpark
4 15 (3.97%) JWT
4 15 (3.97%) OAuth
5 14 (3.70%) Pandas
6 10 (2.65%) gRPC
7 9 (2.38%) React
8 8 (2.12%) REST
9 7 (1.85%) pytest
9 7 (1.85%) Spring
9 7 (1.85%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.85%) YAML
10 5 (1.32%) .NET
10 5 (1.32%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.32%) CSS
10 5 (1.32%) HTML
10 5 (1.32%) Node.js
10 5 (1.32%) TensorFlow
10 5 (1.32%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.34%) Algorithms
2 49 (12.96%) Digital Media
2 49 (12.96%) Marketing Technology
3 46 (12.17%) Cyberattack
4 18 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 17 (4.50%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.23%) Management Information System
7 15 (3.97%) Product Ownership
8 13 (3.44%) Public Cloud
9 12 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.91%) Reference Data
11 10 (2.65%) Replication
12 7 (1.85%) Robotics
13 6 (1.59%) FMCG
13 6 (1.59%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
15 3 (0.79%) Credit Risk
15 3 (0.79%) Onboarding
16 2 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
16 2 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.65%) Linux
2 4 (1.06%) Unix
3 2 (0.53%) CentOS
3 2 (0.53%) Debian
3 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (52.12%) Analytics
2 141 (37.30%) Artificial Intelligence
3 134 (35.45%) Visualisation
4 119 (31.48%) Data Science
5 112 (29.63%) Computer Science
6 110 (29.10%) Data Analytics
7 104 (27.51%) Machine Learning
7 104 (27.51%) Project Management
8 102 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (25.66%) Business Intelligence
10 89 (23.54%) Data Analysis
11 88 (23.28%) ETL
12 86 (22.75%) DevOps
13 84 (22.22%) Data Engineering
13 84 (22.22%) Mathematics
14 81 (21.43%) Statistics
15 73 (19.31%) Data Governance
15 73 (19.31%) Data Modelling
15 73 (19.31%) Mentoring
16 70 (18.52%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 146 (38.62%) Python
1 146 (38.62%) SQL
2 98 (25.93%) Java
3 36 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 31 (8.20%) C#
5 19 (5.03%) Scala
6 13 (3.44%) Bash
7 11 (2.91%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.85%) R
10 5 (1.32%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.32%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.79%) C++
11 3 (0.79%) Go
11 3 (0.79%) PHP
12 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.53%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) C
13 1 (0.26%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (38.62%) Degree
2 74 (19.58%) Security Cleared
3 46 (12.17%) DV Cleared
4 44 (11.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (6.08%) Numerate Degree
6 21 (5.56%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.97%) AWS Certification
7 15 (3.97%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.44%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.32%) PhD
11 4 (1.06%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.53%) CCIE
13 2 (0.53%) CCNP
13 2 (0.53%) CCSE
13 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.53%) CISSP
13 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (17.20%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.97%) GDPR
3 8 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.32%) QA
6 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.53%) NIST
7 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 52 (13.76%) Docker
2 6 (1.59%) HDFS
3 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 65 (17.20%) Kubernetes
2 34 (8.99%) Terraform
3 3 (0.79%) Ansible
3 3 (0.79%) Grafana
3 3 (0.79%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.53%) Hadoop YARN
4 2 (0.53%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.26%) Argo
5 1 (0.26%) Bugsnag
5 1 (0.26%) Kibana
5 1 (0.26%) logstash
5 1 (0.26%) Oozie
Vendors
1 75 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.43%) Databricks
3 41 (10.85%) ServiceNow
4 31 (8.20%) Google
5 20 (5.29%) Informatica
6 15 (3.97%) Alteryx
6 15 (3.97%) MuleSoft
7 14 (3.70%) Salesforce
8 13 (3.44%) Oracle
9 5 (1.32%) Cloudera
9 5 (1.32%) Talend
10 4 (1.06%) SAP
11 3 (0.79%) Adobe
12 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.53%) Cisco
12 2 (0.53%) F5
12 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.53%) IBM
12 2 (0.53%) MapR
12 2 (0.53%) Red Hat