Big Data Jobs in the UK excluding London

Big Data
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Big Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Big Data over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 244 159
Rank change year-on-year -63 -85 +42
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 317 827 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.10% 2.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.99% 6.67% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 144 221 443
10th Percentile £25,000 £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £25,313 £49,575 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -10.71% +2.19%
75th Percentile £74,563 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,250 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -25.94% +14.29% -9.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 4,537 12,396 11,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.43% 16.55% 19.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,827 8,109 6,561
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,062 £40,855 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £79,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.22% -11.54% +8.33%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data in the UK excluding London

Big Data
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Big Data in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Big Data in the UK excluding London

Big Data
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Big Data in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Big Data in the UK excluding London

Big Data
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South East +116 84 £65,000 +18.72% 58
South West +68 64 £25,625 -67.97% 24
North of England +33 58 £47,500 -13.64% 54
East of England +54 39 £85,000 +41.67% 18
Scotland -85 36 £25,625 -63.69% 24
North West -14 30 £55,000 - 29
Yorkshire +77 27 £25,625 -71.57% 22
Midlands +64 27 £61,500 +4.68% 26
West Midlands +58 20 £60,500 +5.22% 16
East Midlands +40 7 £70,000 +16.67% 10
Northern Ireland +44 5 - - 5
Wales +34 4 £61,250 +32.77% 6
North East +40 1 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Big Data
UK

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 65 (20.50%) Apache Spark
2 26 (8.20%) SharePoint
3 23 (7.26%) Apache
3 23 (7.26%) Jupyter
4 9 (2.84%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.63%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 76 (23.97%) Azure
2 73 (23.03%) AWS
3 63 (19.87%) Power Platform
4 29 (9.15%) GCP
5 28 (8.83%) SaaS
6 27 (8.52%) PowerApps
7 26 (8.20%) Power Automate
8 21 (6.62%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (6.62%) Serverless
9 15 (4.73%) AWS CodePipeline
9 15 (4.73%) Boomi
10 14 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (4.42%) Amazon EventBridge
10 14 (4.42%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (4.42%) AWS CodeBuild
10 14 (4.42%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 14 (4.42%) AWS Step Functions
11 13 (4.10%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.10%) Snowflake
12 9 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.26%) Internet
2 2 (0.63%) Firewall
2 2 (0.63%) NAS
2 2 (0.63%) SAN
2 2 (0.63%) VLAN
2 2 (0.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.32%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (19.87%) Power BI
2 59 (18.61%) Data Lake
3 50 (15.77%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (14.83%) Tableau
5 36 (11.36%) Hadoop
6 32 (10.09%) NoSQL
7 18 (5.68%) SQL Server
8 16 (5.05%) Apache Hive
9 12 (3.79%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.47%) MySQL
11 9 (2.84%) Looker
12 8 (2.52%) Apache Iceberg
12 8 (2.52%) BigQuery
13 7 (2.21%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.21%) Impala
13 7 (2.21%) Parquet
13 7 (2.21%) Relational Database
13 7 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.21%) Git
2 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.95%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.95%) ERwin
3 3 (0.95%) JIRA
3 3 (0.95%) JUnit
3 3 (0.95%) RStudio
4 2 (0.63%) Babel
4 2 (0.63%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.63%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.63%) Gradle
4 2 (0.63%) Maven
4 2 (0.63%) Mocha
4 2 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.63%) rollup.js
4 2 (0.63%) Selenium
4 2 (0.63%) webpack
5 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 139 (43.85%) Finance
2 76 (23.97%) Banking
3 73 (23.03%) Law
3 73 (23.03%) Social Skills
4 65 (20.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (13.56%) Marketing
7 36 (11.36%) Advertising
8 24 (7.57%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.15%) Retail
10 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.26%) Automotive
11 4 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.95%) Electronics
12 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.63%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.63%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (26.18%) Senior
2 61 (19.24%) Data Scientist
3 59 (18.61%) Analyst
4 57 (17.98%) Lead
5 49 (15.46%) Data Analyst
6 34 (10.73%) Data Engineer
7 30 (9.46%) Account Manager
7 30 (9.46%) Senior Account Manager
7 30 (9.46%) Senior Manager
8 29 (9.15%) Software Engineer
9 27 (8.52%) Senior Data Scientist
10 14 (4.42%) Architect
10 14 (4.42%) Senior Data Engineer
11 13 (4.10%) Developer
12 10 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.84%) Data Analytics Director
13 9 (2.84%) Java Engineer
14 8 (2.52%) Python Engineer
15 7 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 7 (2.21%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.20%) Kafka
2 21 (6.62%) RESTful
3 14 (4.42%) JWT
3 14 (4.42%) OAuth
3 14 (4.42%) Spring
4 13 (4.10%) Pandas
4 13 (4.10%) PySpark
5 10 (3.15%) gRPC
5 10 (3.15%) Spring Boot
6 8 (2.52%) React
7 6 (1.89%) CSS
7 6 (1.89%) HTML
7 6 (1.89%) REST
8 4 (1.26%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.26%) Dask
8 4 (1.26%) Hibernate
8 4 (1.26%) J2EE
8 4 (1.26%) Java EE
8 4 (1.26%) Polars
8 4 (1.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 63 (19.87%) Algorithms
2 46 (14.51%) Cyberattack
3 30 (9.46%) Digital Media
3 30 (9.46%) Marketing Technology
4 17 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 16 (5.05%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.05%) Data Structures
6 14 (4.42%) Public Cloud
7 13 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (4.10%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.47%) Reference Data
9 10 (3.15%) Replication
10 4 (1.26%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.95%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.95%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.63%) Cybercrime
12 2 (0.63%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.42%) Linux
2 6 (1.89%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) CentOS
3 2 (0.63%) Debian
3 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.32%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (56.15%) Analytics
2 123 (38.80%) Visualisation
3 118 (37.22%) Data Science
4 112 (35.33%) Data Analytics
5 109 (34.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 101 (31.86%) Computer Science
7 98 (30.91%) Machine Learning
8 97 (30.60%) Mathematics
9 94 (29.65%) Statistics
10 84 (26.50%) Business Intelligence
11 83 (26.18%) Data Analysis
12 75 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (23.66%) Project Management
13 70 (22.08%) Storytelling
14 68 (21.45%) Data Engineering
15 64 (20.19%) Software Engineering
16 62 (19.56%) Data Governance
16 62 (19.56%) Predictive Modelling
17 61 (19.24%) DevOps
17 61 (19.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 123 (38.80%) SQL
2 95 (29.97%) Python
3 90 (28.39%) Java
4 30 (9.46%) JavaScript
5 29 (9.15%) C#
6 10 (3.15%) Bash
7 8 (2.52%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.21%) Scala
9 6 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.89%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.95%) C++
10 3 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.63%) R
11 2 (0.63%) Ruby
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) Go
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 146 (46.06%) Degree
2 63 (19.87%) Security Cleared
3 46 (14.51%) DV Cleared
4 38 (11.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (7.26%) Numerate Degree
6 21 (6.62%) Master's Degree
7 14 (4.42%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.79%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.58%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.63%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.32%) PhD
12 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (18.30%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.79%) GDPR
3 9 (2.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 8 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 36 (11.36%) Docker
2 9 (2.84%) HDFS
3 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 53 (16.72%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.26%) Terraform
3 2 (0.63%) Ansible
3 2 (0.63%) Grafana
3 2 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
3 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.63%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.32%) Kibana
4 1 (0.32%) logstash
4 1 (0.32%) Oozie
Vendors
1 45 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 40 (12.62%) ServiceNow
3 25 (7.89%) Databricks
4 18 (5.68%) Google
5 17 (5.36%) Informatica
5 17 (5.36%) Oracle
6 15 (4.73%) MuleSoft
7 14 (4.42%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.89%) Cloudera
9 5 (1.58%) SAP
10 4 (1.26%) Sybase
11 3 (0.95%) Talend
12 2 (0.63%) Dataiku
12 2 (0.63%) MapR
12 2 (0.63%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.32%) Alteryx
13 1 (0.32%) Atlassian
13 1 (0.32%) IBM
13 1 (0.32%) MicroStrategy
13 1 (0.32%) Tagetik