Hybrid/Remote Big Data Job Trends

Big Data
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Big Data skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 271 177
Rank change year-on-year -93 -94 -13
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 44 210 419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 1.04% 1.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.74% 4.50% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 31 164 304
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,975 £51,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £71,875 £63,567
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £87,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £118,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £140,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,531 4,667 5,741
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.53% 23.04% 25.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 2,855 4,637
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,650
90th Percentile £111,250 £124,144 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.89% +0.42%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Big Data and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Big Data job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Big Data
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Big Data.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Big Data

Big Data
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Big Data over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Big Data salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Big Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (11.36%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.27%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (38.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.82%) Cloud Computing
2 11 (25.00%) Azure
3 10 (22.73%) AWS
4 7 (15.91%) GCP
4 7 (15.91%) Power Platform
5 6 (13.64%) Snowflake
6 3 (6.82%) Google Workspace
7 2 (4.55%) dbt
7 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.55%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.27%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.27%) Datadog
8 1 (2.27%) Matillion
8 1 (2.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Broadband
2 2 (4.55%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.00%) Hadoop
2 8 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (15.91%) Power BI
4 5 (11.36%) NoSQL
5 4 (9.09%) Tableau
6 3 (6.82%) Apache Hive
6 3 (6.82%) MongoDB
6 3 (6.82%) Neo4j
6 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
7 2 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.27%) BigQuery
8 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
8 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.27%) Metadata
8 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
8 1 (2.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) RStudio
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.55%) JMeter
2 2 (4.55%) JUnit
2 2 (4.55%) Selenium
2 2 (4.55%) WebDriver
3 1 (2.27%) Cucumber
General
1 20 (45.45%) Finance
2 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Electronics
4 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Avionics
5 3 (6.82%) Law
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.27%) Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Marketing
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Accountant
1 14 (31.82%) Financial Accountant
2 11 (25.00%) Data Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Lead
3 5 (11.36%) Senior
4 4 (9.09%) Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Data Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Data Technician
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Trainer
6 2 (4.55%) Analytics Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Data Analytics Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Data Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) IoT Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (4.55%) Apache Thrift
2 2 (4.55%) JSON
2 2 (4.55%) LDAP
2 2 (4.55%) OAuth
2 2 (4.55%) OAuth2
2 2 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (2.27%) .NET
3 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.27%) JDBC
3 1 (2.27%) ODBC
3 1 (2.27%) React
3 1 (2.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) Social Network
2 5 (11.36%) Algorithms
3 4 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.55%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (4.55%) IoT
5 2 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.55%) Smart Home
6 1 (2.27%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Linux
2 2 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (59.09%) AI
2 16 (36.36%) Analytics
3 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (27.27%) Data Pipeline
5 10 (22.73%) Data Science
6 9 (20.45%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (20.45%) Data Engineering
6 9 (20.45%) Machine Learning
7 8 (18.18%) Data Modelling
7 8 (18.18%) ETL
8 7 (15.91%) Data Governance
8 7 (15.91%) Statistics
9 6 (13.64%) Agile
9 6 (13.64%) Computer Science
9 6 (13.64%) Data Analytics
9 6 (13.64%) Data Architecture
9 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
10 5 (11.36%) CI/CD
10 5 (11.36%) Natural Language Processing
10 5 (11.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (45.45%) Python
2 16 (36.36%) SQL
3 9 (20.45%) Java
4 3 (6.82%) C
4 3 (6.82%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (6.82%) MATLAB
4 3 (6.82%) Scala
4 3 (6.82%) Tcl
5 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.27%) C#
6 1 (2.27%) LookML
6 1 (2.27%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.27%) R
6 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) ACCA
2 7 (15.91%) Degree
3 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.82%) GAAP
2 11 (25.00%) IFRS
3 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
4 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Docker
2 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Firmware
2 2 (4.55%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.09%) Terraform
3 2 (4.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Google
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) Databricks
4 2 (4.55%) Dell
5 1 (2.27%) Informatica
5 1 (2.27%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Talend
5 1 (2.27%) Teradata