Big Data Job Trends in the South West

Big Data
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Big Data skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 159 107
Rank change year-on-year -17 -52 +49
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 8 41 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.95% 2.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.72% 5.66% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 57
10th Percentile £56,500 £25,219 £43,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,313 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £76,250 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +24.59% +8.04% +4.56%
75th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile - £85,750 £96,539
England median annual salary £71,000 £80,000 £80,500
% change year-on-year -11.25% -0.62% +3.02%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 464 725 839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.25% 16.73% 19.09%
Number of salaries quoted 274 361 640
10th Percentile £32,875 £35,750 £36,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.27% +10.30%
75th Percentile £69,081 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,375 £81,250 £84,775
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Big Data job vacancy trend in the South West

Big Data
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Big Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Big Data

Big Data
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Big Data in the South West over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Big Data in the South West

Big Data
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Gloucestershire +6 4 - - 5
Bristol -16 2 £50,000 -34.43% 3
Dorset - 2 £95,000 - 3
Big Data
England

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (12.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Google Workspace
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (12.50%) Hadoop
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) Neo4j
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) SonarQube
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Avionics
2 3 (37.50%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Software Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Gen AI Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate
2 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (12.50%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (12.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) AI
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
3 3 (37.50%) Data Science
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Statistics
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) C
2 3 (37.50%) Google Apps Script
2 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
2 3 (37.50%) Tcl
3 2 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) C++
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Grafana
2 1 (12.50%) Kibana
2 1 (12.50%) logstash
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
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