Data Lake Job Trends in England

Data Lakes
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Lake skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 198 300
Rank change year-on-year -154 +102 -35
Permanent jobs citing Data Lake 371 608 748
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.66% 0.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.45% 9.02% 5.20%
Number of salaries quoted 227 452 611
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £152,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -6.25%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

Data Lake 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 6,802 6,743 14,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.19% 18.45% 17.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,237 4,759 11,411
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -10.20%

Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Lake job vacancy trend in England

Data Lake
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Lake.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Lake

Data Lake
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Lake in England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Lake in England

Data Lake
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Lake within the England region over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. 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 -88 208 £90,750 -17.50% 67
North of England -83 45 £67,500 +1.89% 31
Midlands -65 36 £64,250 +32.47% 14
North West -23 28 £72,966 +8.10% 22
West Midlands -20 25 £65,000 +13.04% 7
East of England -24 25 £110,000 +57.14% 10
South East -102 22 £50,000 -28.32% 32
South West -42 18 £46,875 -14.77% 15
Yorkshire -63 15 £65,000 +3.54% 5
East Midlands -67 9 £50,000 +3.09% 7
North East -44 2 - - 4
Data Lake
UK

Data Lake
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 49 (13.21%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (12.94%) Apache Spark
3 24 (6.47%) Apache
4 8 (2.16%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.89%) SAS
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (0.81%) Maya
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.54%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.27%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 251 (67.65%) Azure
2 127 (34.23%) Power Platform
3 123 (33.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 119 (32.08%) AWS
5 109 (29.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 81 (21.83%) GCP
7 74 (19.95%) Snowflake
8 47 (12.67%) dbt
9 33 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (7.55%) SaaS
11 21 (5.66%) Serverless
12 18 (4.85%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (4.58%) Amazon S3
14 16 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (4.04%) Entra ID
16 14 (3.77%) GitHub
16 14 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (3.77%) PaaS
17 13 (3.50%) ChatGPT
18 12 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.54%) DNS
2 1 (0.27%) 4G
2 1 (0.27%) 5G
2 1 (0.27%) Modbus
2 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.27%) SAN
2 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (45.55%) Data Warehouse
2 118 (31.81%) Power BI
3 60 (16.17%) Metadata
4 48 (12.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 43 (11.59%) Amazon Redshift
6 39 (10.51%) BigQuery
7 34 (9.16%) Tableau
8 26 (7.01%) Snowflake Schema
9 25 (6.74%) Delta Lake
10 23 (6.20%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (6.20%) Looker
11 19 (5.12%) SQL Server
12 18 (4.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (3.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 12 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (2.96%) Data Vault
16 11 (2.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 10 (2.70%) Apache Iceberg
18 9 (2.43%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 27 (7.28%) MLflow
2 25 (6.74%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.54%) ERwin
3 2 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) LSMW
4 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 147 (39.62%) Finance
2 104 (28.03%) Social Skills
3 78 (21.02%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (8.89%) Banking
6 31 (8.36%) Financial Institution
7 17 (4.58%) Retail Banking
8 15 (4.04%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.50%) Law
10 12 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.23%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.43%) Retail
12 6 (1.62%) Front Office
12 6 (1.62%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.35%) Legal
13 5 (1.35%) Marketing
14 4 (1.08%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.81%) Games
15 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (31.54%) Data Engineer
2 96 (25.88%) Senior
3 89 (23.99%) Architect
4 58 (15.63%) Data Architect
5 37 (9.97%) Senior Data Engineer
6 27 (7.28%) Senior Architect
7 24 (6.47%) Data Management Specialist
7 24 (6.47%) Product Specialist
8 23 (6.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 23 (6.20%) Systems Engineer
9 22 (5.93%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (5.66%) Lead
11 16 (4.31%) Azure Architect
11 16 (4.31%) Consultant
12 15 (4.04%) Azure Data Engineer
12 15 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
13 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Engineer
13 11 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.70%) Senior Data Architect
15 9 (2.43%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.16%) Kafka
1 34 (9.16%) PySpark
2 31 (8.36%) PyTorch
2 31 (8.36%) TensorFlow
3 23 (6.20%) LangChain
3 23 (6.20%) LlamaIndex
3 23 (6.20%) pgvector
3 23 (6.20%) scikit-learn
4 8 (2.16%) Keras
5 7 (1.89%) EDI
5 7 (1.89%) Pandas
6 5 (1.35%) .NET
6 5 (1.35%) gRPC
6 5 (1.35%) NumPy
7 4 (1.08%) Protocol Buffers
7 4 (1.08%) SciPy
8 3 (0.81%) REST
9 2 (0.54%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.54%) Middleware
9 2 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.44%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.28%) Management Information System
3 23 (6.20%) Clustering
3 23 (6.20%) Public Cloud
4 21 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 12 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.43%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.16%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.16%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.89%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.89%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.89%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.62%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.62%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.35%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.08%) Derivative
11 4 (1.08%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.27%) Android
1 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (60.92%) Analytics
2 182 (49.06%) Data Engineering
3 178 (47.98%) Data Modelling
4 165 (44.47%) Business Intelligence
5 152 (40.97%) ETL
6 151 (40.70%) Data Governance
7 141 (38.01%) AI
8 134 (36.12%) Data Pipeline
9 109 (29.38%) Data Architecture
9 109 (29.38%) Data Management
10 103 (27.76%) Agile
11 96 (25.88%) Data Science
12 80 (21.56%) Machine Learning
13 77 (20.75%) Data Strategy
14 76 (20.49%) CI/CD
15 74 (19.95%) DevOps
16 73 (19.68%) Use Case
17 69 (18.60%) Decision-Making
18 61 (16.44%) Roadmaps
19 58 (15.63%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 193 (52.02%) SQL
2 141 (38.01%) Python
3 16 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 16 (4.31%) Scala
4 12 (3.23%) Java
5 11 (2.96%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.43%) Bicep
7 6 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.08%) R
10 3 (0.81%) C#
11 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.27%) Ruby
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (18.60%) Degree
2 37 (9.97%) Azure Certification
3 29 (7.82%) AWS Certification
4 23 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (5.12%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.77%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.96%) SC Cleared
8 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.16%) IIBA
9 8 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 8 (2.16%) PMP
10 7 (1.89%) CITP
11 5 (1.35%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.08%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.27%) CFA
14 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.27%) PhD
14 1 (0.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (26.95%) Data Quality
2 39 (10.51%) GDPR
3 26 (7.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.35%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.08%) QA
7 2 (0.54%) IFRS
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.27%) CDISC
8 1 (0.27%) GAAP
8 1 (0.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.27%) HL7
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (4.04%) Docker
2 4 (1.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (9.43%) Terraform
2 8 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.81%) Ansible
5 1 (0.27%) Argo
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 173 (46.63%) Databricks
2 116 (31.27%) Microsoft
3 57 (15.36%) Dell
4 28 (7.55%) Informatica
5 24 (6.47%) Cloudera
5 24 (6.47%) Denodo
5 24 (6.47%) Teradata
6 16 (4.31%) Google
7 10 (2.70%) SAP
8 9 (2.43%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.43%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.16%) Anaplan
9 8 (2.16%) NVIDIA
9 8 (2.16%) Oracle
10 7 (1.89%) Planon
11 6 (1.62%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.81%) Cognos
12 3 (0.81%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.81%) MicroStrategy
13 2 (0.54%) Palantir