Big Data Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Big Data
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -74 - -
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 1 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.077% 1.64% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.44% 13.51% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -18.75% +14.29%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 41 37 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.17% 12.17% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 29
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,200 £30,700
25th Percentile £39,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,758 £69,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.82%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Big Data job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Big Data
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Big Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Big Data

Big Data
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
County Antrim -46 1 - - 2
Big Data
UK

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality