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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 362 295
Rank change year-on-year -6 -67 -135
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 87 54 212
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.33% 0.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.79% 1.97% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 63 40 178
10th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £54,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,188 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,938 £118,750
90th Percentile £97,000 £103,169 £142,875
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -17.65% +21.43%

All Database & 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 3,120 2,736 4,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.05% 16.81% 20.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 1,912 3,331
10th Percentile £36,878 £35,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -5.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £113,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -

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 14 September 2026.

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 27 (31.03%) Apache Spark
2 6 (6.90%) Apache
3 5 (5.75%) Jupyter
4 3 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.15%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.45%) Trello
3 1 (1.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.18%) Azure
2 26 (29.89%) AWS
3 15 (17.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 15 (17.24%) Power Platform
4 9 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (8.05%) GitHub
5 7 (8.05%) SaaS
6 5 (5.75%) Vertex AI
7 4 (4.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (4.60%) Amazon S3
7 4 (4.60%) GCP
8 3 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (3.45%) Amazon ECR
8 3 (3.45%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (3.45%) n8n
8 3 (3.45%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.45%) Zapier
9 2 (2.30%) dbt
9 2 (2.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) 5G
1 1 (1.15%) HTTP
1 1 (1.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (21.84%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (17.24%) Power BI
3 14 (16.09%) Data Lake
4 7 (8.05%) Hadoop
4 7 (8.05%) NoSQL
5 5 (5.75%) Metadata
5 5 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (4.60%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (4.60%) DynamoDB
6 4 (4.60%) Tableau
7 3 (3.45%) Delta Lake
8 2 (2.30%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (2.30%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (2.30%) MariaDB
8 2 (2.30%) MySQL
8 2 (2.30%) Spark SQL
9 1 (1.15%) Apache Hive
9 1 (1.15%) Apache Hudi
9 1 (1.15%) QlikView
9 1 (1.15%) Trino
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Git
2 6 (6.90%) GitLab
3 2 (2.30%) Claude Code
3 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.30%) JIRA
3 2 (2.30%) MLflow
3 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (32.18%) Finance
2 24 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 22 (25.29%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.09%) Public Sector
5 12 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (9.20%) Financial Institution
7 6 (6.90%) Marketing
7 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.75%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Legal
10 2 (2.30%) Tech for Good
11 1 (1.15%) Banking
11 1 (1.15%) Billing
11 1 (1.15%) Danish Language
11 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.15%) Military
11 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (37.93%) Data Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) Lead
2 16 (18.39%) Senior
3 9 (10.34%) Big Data Engineer
3 9 (10.34%) DataOps Engineer
3 9 (10.34%) DataOps Leader
3 9 (10.34%) Lead Big Data Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Accountant
4 7 (8.05%) Data Manager
4 7 (8.05%) Financial Accountant
4 7 (8.05%) Senior Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Big Data Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Lead Data Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) AWS Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Data Scientist
6 5 (5.75%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Data Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Analytics Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) Developer
7 4 (4.60%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.94%) Terraform
2 12 (13.79%) PySpark
3 9 (10.34%) Kafka
4 4 (4.60%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (2.30%) Laravel
5 2 (2.30%) Pandas
5 2 (2.30%) REST
5 2 (2.30%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (1.15%) HTML
6 1 (1.15%) JSON
6 1 (1.15%) NumPy
6 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.15%) RESTful
6 1 (1.15%) scikit-learn
6 1 (1.15%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Algorithms
2 9 (10.34%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.05%) Social Network
4 5 (5.75%) AI Agents
4 5 (5.75%) Credit Risk
4 5 (5.75%) Data Structures
5 4 (4.60%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (4.60%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.45%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.30%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.30%) Educational Technology
7 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.30%) Life Science
7 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.30%) PMI
8 1 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) AI
2 36 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (40.23%) Analytics
4 31 (35.63%) Data Pipeline
5 29 (33.33%) Agile
6 28 (32.18%) Data Engineering
7 27 (31.03%) CI/CD
7 27 (31.03%) Machine Learning
8 22 (25.29%) Data Modelling
9 18 (20.69%) Data Science
9 18 (20.69%) ETL
9 18 (20.69%) Mentoring
10 17 (19.54%) Decision-Making
11 16 (18.39%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (16.09%) Incident Management
14 13 (14.94%) Incident Response
14 13 (14.94%) Use Case
15 12 (13.79%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 45 (51.72%) Python
2 39 (44.83%) SQL
3 6 (6.90%) VBA
4 4 (4.60%) Scala
5 3 (3.45%) Bash
5 3 (3.45%) Java
5 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.30%) Bicep
6 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.30%) Ruby
7 1 (1.15%) R
7 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (26.44%) SC Cleared
3 13 (14.94%) Degree
4 7 (8.05%) ACCA
5 6 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (5.75%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.45%) DBS Check
8 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.15%) CCNP
9 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.15%) HND
9 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.15%) MCITP
9 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (19.54%) Data Quality
2 10 (11.49%) SLA
3 9 (10.34%) IFRS
4 6 (6.90%) Accessibility
4 6 (6.90%) GDPR
5 3 (3.45%) QA
6 2 (2.30%) IFRS 17
6 2 (2.30%) Solvency II
7 1 (1.15%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Ansible
1 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (25.29%) Databricks
2 7 (8.05%) Informatica
3 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.60%) Google
5 2 (2.30%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.30%) Talend
6 1 (1.15%) Cognizant
6 1 (1.15%) Thales