Big Data Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Big Data
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 325 135
Rank change year-on-year +112 -190 +1
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 230 295 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.52% 0.87% 2.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.86% 3.82% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 111 234 613
10th Percentile £25,000 £43,000 £55,050
25th Percentile £25,313 £59,063 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £110,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £118,750 £102,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -12.50%

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 3,354 7,715 10,470
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.11% 22.81% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 6,210 7,193
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,038 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

Big Data
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Big Data trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Big Data
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Big Data.

Big Data salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Big Data
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Big Data over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Big Data salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (17.83%) Apache Spark
2 23 (10.00%) Jupyter
3 9 (3.91%) Apache
4 8 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Simulink
3 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.43%) SPSS
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 41 (17.83%) Azure
2 34 (14.78%) AWS
3 29 (12.61%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.57%) GCP
5 14 (6.09%) Snowflake
6 12 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (4.78%) Serverless
8 8 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.61%) dbt
11 5 (2.17%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.74%) Azure Machine Learning
13 3 (1.30%) Amazon EMR
14 2 (0.87%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.87%) GitHub
14 2 (0.87%) npm
14 2 (0.87%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (19.13%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (12.61%) Power BI
3 21 (9.13%) Hadoop
3 21 (9.13%) NoSQL
4 19 (8.26%) Data Lake
5 18 (7.83%) Tableau
6 10 (4.35%) Apache Hive
6 10 (4.35%) BigQuery
7 8 (3.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (3.04%) Looker
9 6 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.61%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (2.61%) MySQL
9 6 (2.61%) SQL Server
10 5 (2.17%) Data Hub
10 5 (2.17%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.74%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.74%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.78%) Git
2 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.87%) ESLint
2 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.87%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) JMeter
2 2 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.87%) Selenium
2 2 (0.87%) Sinon.JS
2 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
2 2 (0.87%) webpack
3 1 (0.43%) JUnit
3 1 (0.43%) Locust
3 1 (0.43%) Postman
3 1 (0.43%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 119 (51.74%) Finance
2 69 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 64 (27.83%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (25.22%) Banking
5 51 (22.17%) Advertising
5 51 (22.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (22.17%) Marketing
6 8 (3.48%) Law
7 5 (2.17%) Retail
8 3 (1.30%) Legal
8 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.87%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.43%) Billing
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Local Government
10 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 95 (41.30%) Senior
2 54 (23.48%) Analyst
3 51 (22.17%) Senior Manager
4 49 (21.30%) Account Manager
4 49 (21.30%) Senior Account Manager
5 47 (20.43%) Data Scientist
6 44 (19.13%) Data Analyst
7 31 (13.48%) Data Engineer
8 24 (10.43%) Architect
9 23 (10.00%) Senior Data Scientist
10 16 (6.96%) Lead
11 14 (6.09%) Senior Data Engineer
12 12 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (4.78%) Data Architect
14 10 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 9 (3.91%) Lead Data Engineer
16 7 (3.04%) Developer
17 6 (2.61%) Software Engineer
18 5 (2.17%) Cloud Architect
18 5 (2.17%) Provisioning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.65%) Kafka
2 10 (4.35%) Pandas
3 8 (3.48%) React
4 7 (3.04%) RESTful
5 6 (2.61%) PySpark
6 5 (2.17%) Dask
7 4 (1.74%) CSS
7 4 (1.74%) HTML
7 4 (1.74%) Next.js
7 4 (1.74%) Polars
7 4 (1.74%) Vue
8 3 (1.30%) .NET
8 3 (1.30%) JSON
8 3 (1.30%) Laravel
8 3 (1.30%) PyTorch
8 3 (1.30%) REST
8 3 (1.30%) scikit-learn
8 3 (1.30%) Symfony
8 3 (1.30%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.87%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.30%) Algorithms
1 49 (21.30%) Digital Media
1 49 (21.30%) Marketing Technology
2 46 (20.00%) Cyberattack
3 9 (3.91%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.61%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.74%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.87%) Data Fabric
6 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.87%) IoT
6 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.43%) NHS
7 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.43%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.48%) Linux
2 5 (2.17%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (49.13%) Artificial Intelligence
2 110 (47.83%) Visualisation
3 86 (37.39%) Mathematics
3 86 (37.39%) Statistics
4 84 (36.52%) Analytics
5 69 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (27.39%) Machine Learning
7 62 (26.96%) Predictive Modelling
8 61 (26.52%) Data Science
9 55 (23.91%) Computer Science
10 53 (23.04%) Analytical Thinking
10 53 (23.04%) Collaborative Working
10 53 (23.04%) Process Improvement
11 52 (22.61%) Data Analysis
11 52 (22.61%) Project Management
12 50 (21.74%) Digital Marketing
12 50 (21.74%) Epics
13 49 (21.30%) Customer Retention
13 49 (21.30%) Strategic Thinking
13 49 (21.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (41.74%) SQL
2 74 (32.17%) Python
3 54 (23.48%) Java
4 30 (13.04%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.22%) Scala
6 10 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.91%) Bash
8 8 (3.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.61%) C#
10 4 (1.74%) PHP
10 4 (1.74%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.30%) Go
11 3 (1.30%) R
12 2 (0.87%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.87%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.43%) C++
13 1 (0.43%) Perl
13 1 (0.43%) Rust
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 94 (40.87%) Degree
2 50 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 46 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 32 (13.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (2.17%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.30%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.43%) IIBA
10 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.96%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.61%) GDPR
3 4 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 37 (16.09%) Docker
2 7 (3.04%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 36 (15.65%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.65%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) Argo
Vendors
1 23 (10.00%) Databricks
2 18 (7.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.65%) Google
4 9 (3.91%) Oracle
5 6 (2.61%) SAP
5 6 (2.61%) Teradata
6 2 (0.87%) Cloudera
6 2 (0.87%) Informatica
6 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.87%) Talend
6 2 (0.87%) Workday
7 1 (0.43%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.43%) Dell
7 1 (0.43%) IBM
7 1 (0.43%) Palantir
7 1 (0.43%) Tagetik
7 1 (0.43%) Vertica