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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 278 200
Rank change year-on-year -79 -78 -32
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 47 194 357
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.97% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.98% 4.26% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 36 148 231
10th Percentile £51,875 £58,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,188 £72,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £85,000 £75,554
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +12.50% -8.42%
75th Percentile £73,125 £119,063 £89,926
90th Percentile £100,625 £134,750 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.23% -3.13%

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 2,368 4,558 5,495
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.79% 22.84% 25.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,779 2,752 4,400
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,638 £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 £81,375 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.44%

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 7 November 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 (10.64%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.13%) Apache
3 1 (2.13%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (40.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (25.53%) Azure
3 10 (21.28%) AWS
4 7 (14.89%) GCP
5 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.51%) Snowflake
7 3 (6.38%) Google Workspace
7 3 (6.38%) OpenShift
8 2 (4.26%) dbt
8 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (4.26%) SaaS
9 1 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (2.13%) Datadog
9 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Broadband
1 3 (6.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) Hadoop
2 7 (14.89%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (12.77%) Power BI
4 4 (8.51%) Apache Hive
4 4 (8.51%) NoSQL
5 3 (6.38%) MongoDB
5 3 (6.38%) Neo4j
5 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.38%) Tableau
6 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (2.13%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (2.13%) Impala
7 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) RStudio
2 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.26%) JMeter
2 2 (4.26%) JUnit
2 2 (4.26%) Selenium
2 2 (4.26%) WebDriver
3 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
General
1 21 (44.68%) Finance
2 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Electronics
4 3 (6.38%) Avionics
4 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.26%) Law
5 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Accountant
1 16 (34.04%) Financial Accountant
2 14 (29.79%) Data Engineer
3 8 (17.02%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Data Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Lead
6 4 (8.51%) Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Data Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Architect
7 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Data Architect
7 3 (6.38%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Data Technician
7 3 (6.38%) Trainer
8 2 (4.26%) Analytics Consultant
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Gen AI Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) IoT Architect
8 2 (4.26%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) Kafka
2 3 (6.38%) LDAP
2 3 (6.38%) OAuth
2 3 (6.38%) OAuth2
3 2 (4.26%) Apache Thrift
3 2 (4.26%) JSON
3 2 (4.26%) REST
4 1 (2.13%) .NET
4 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.13%) JDBC
4 1 (2.13%) ODBC
4 1 (2.13%) React
4 1 (2.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Social Network
2 4 (8.51%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.51%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.51%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (6.38%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.38%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (4.26%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (4.26%) IoT
4 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.26%) Smart Home
5 1 (2.13%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
2 3 (6.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) AI
2 16 (34.04%) Analytics
3 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (25.53%) Data Pipeline
5 10 (21.28%) Data Science
6 9 (19.15%) Data Engineering
6 9 (19.15%) Machine Learning
7 8 (17.02%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (17.02%) ETL
8 6 (12.77%) Agile
8 6 (12.77%) Computer Science
8 6 (12.77%) Containerisation
8 6 (12.77%) Data Analytics
8 6 (12.77%) Data Modelling
8 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
8 6 (12.77%) Statistics
9 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
9 5 (10.64%) Data Architecture
9 5 (10.64%) Data Governance
9 5 (10.64%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) Python
2 17 (36.17%) SQL
3 8 (17.02%) Java
4 3 (6.38%) C
4 3 (6.38%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (6.38%) MATLAB
4 3 (6.38%) Scala
4 3 (6.38%) Tcl
5 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.13%) C#
6 1 (2.13%) LookML
6 1 (2.13%) R
6 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) ACCA
2 6 (12.77%) Degree
3 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) GAAP
2 13 (27.66%) IFRS
3 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.13%) GDPR
4 1 (2.13%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Docker
2 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.26%) Firmware
4 1 (2.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.51%) Terraform
3 3 (6.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) Google
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.38%) Databricks
3 3 (6.38%) Dell
4 2 (4.26%) Informatica
4 2 (4.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.13%) Cloudera
5 1 (2.13%) Talend