Data Lake Job Trends in the South East

Data Lakes
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East citing Data Lake skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 156 285
Rank change year-on-year -179 +129 -66
Permanent jobs citing Data Lake 21 148 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.10% 1.65% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.65% 14.18% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 27
10th Percentile £62,000 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £50,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £57,501
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +8.69% +6.98%
75th Percentile £78,125 £75,313 £73,375
90th Percentile £81,750 £89,375 £88,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +40.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 citing database or business intelligence skills in the South East.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills 1,271 1,044 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.26% 11.65% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 998 596 1,010
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,390 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.84%

Data Lake Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Lake job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Lake Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Lake.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Lake

Data Lake Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Lake in the South East over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Lake in the South East

Data Lake Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Lake within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -128 9 £76,250 +38.64% 1
Buckinghamshire -5 5 £70,000 +47.37% 1
Kent -14 4 - - 1
Surrey -42 4 £75,000 +20.00% 1
Berkshire -104 3 £82,500 -8.33%
East Sussex - 2 - - 1
Hampshire -45 1 £60,000 - 1
Oxfordshire -47 1 - -
Isle of Wight - 1 - -
Data Lake
England

Data Lake Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.