Big Data Job Trends in Sheffield

Big Data
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Big Data skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.100% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.05% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,376 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 - -
75th Percentile £71,235 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £66,805 - -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 95 52 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.46% 13.16% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 78 47 103
10th Percentile £38,772 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +17.39% -3.16%
75th Percentile £74,985 £63,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,000 £73,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £46,249 £54,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -14.35% +17.39% -3.16%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Big Data job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Big Data
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Big Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Big Data

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica