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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 368 280
Rank change year-on-year -5 -88 -118
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 87 51 217
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.30% 0.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.80% 1.93% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 60 37 175
10th Percentile £46,500 £53,700 £56,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £118,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,500 £141,500
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 3,112 2,643 4,806
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.55% 15.74% 21.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,393 1,811 3,008
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,854 £38,925
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,125 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 8 October 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 5 (5.75%) Apache
2 5 (5.75%) Jupyter
3 3 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.15%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) Trello
3 1 (1.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (28.74%) AWS
2 21 (24.14%) Azure
3 14 (16.09%) Power Platform
3 14 (16.09%) SaaS
4 9 (10.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (9.20%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (9.20%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (9.20%) n8n
5 8 (9.20%) Power Automate
5 8 (9.20%) Zapier
6 7 (8.05%) GitHub
7 5 (5.75%) Vertex AI
8 4 (4.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (4.60%) Amazon S3
9 3 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (3.45%) Amazon ECR
9 3 (3.45%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (3.45%) GCP
9 3 (3.45%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) 5G
1 1 (1.15%) HTTP
1 1 (1.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.69%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (16.09%) Data Lake
2 14 (16.09%) Power BI
3 7 (8.05%) NoSQL
4 6 (6.90%) Hadoop
4 6 (6.90%) Tableau
5 5 (5.75%) Metadata
5 5 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (4.60%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (4.60%) DynamoDB
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 Hudi
9 1 (1.15%) Parquet
9 1 (1.15%) Presto
9 1 (1.15%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Git
1 6 (6.90%) GitLab
2 2 (2.30%) Claude Code
2 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.30%) MLflow
2 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 28 (32.18%) Finance
2 26 (29.89%) Social Skills
3 21 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.09%) Public Sector
5 12 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (9.20%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (9.20%) Financial Institution
7 7 (8.05%) Marketing
8 6 (6.90%) Aerospace
8 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Banking
9 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Legal
9 2 (2.30%) Tech for Good
10 1 (1.15%) Billing
10 1 (1.15%) Danish Language
10 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.15%) Military
10 1 (1.15%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (32.18%) Data Engineer
2 17 (19.54%) Senior
3 10 (11.49%) Lead
4 8 (9.20%) Systems Support
5 6 (6.90%) Accountant
5 6 (6.90%) Big Data Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Data Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Financial Accountant
5 6 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Data Scientist
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Data Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Analytics Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) Architect
7 4 (4.60%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) Developer
7 4 (4.60%) Principal Data Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) DataOps Leader
8 3 (3.45%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.94%) Terraform
2 11 (12.64%) PySpark
3 8 (9.20%) Kafka
4 4 (4.60%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (2.30%) Laravel
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%) Pandas
6 1 (1.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Algorithms
2 8 (9.20%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.90%) 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%) Distributed Systems
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%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.30%) PMI
7 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.15%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.15%) Life Science
8 1 (1.15%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Linux
1 2 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (2.30%) Rocky
1 2 (2.30%) Windows
1 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (58.62%) AI
2 41 (47.13%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (41.38%) Analytics
4 29 (33.33%) Agile
4 29 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
4 29 (33.33%) Machine Learning
5 25 (28.74%) Data Engineering
6 23 (26.44%) CI/CD
7 22 (25.29%) Data Science
8 21 (24.14%) Data Modelling
9 19 (21.84%) ETL
10 18 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (19.54%) Mentoring
12 16 (18.39%) Decision-Making
13 15 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (17.24%) Workflow
14 14 (16.09%) DevOps
15 13 (14.94%) Migration
15 13 (14.94%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (52.87%) Python
2 41 (47.13%) SQL
3 6 (6.90%) VBA
4 5 (5.75%) Bash
5 4 (4.60%) Scala
6 3 (3.45%) Java
6 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.45%) R
7 2 (2.30%) Bicep
7 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.30%) Ruby
7 2 (2.30%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (36.78%) Security Cleared
2 24 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.09%) Degree
4 6 (6.90%) ACCA
4 6 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (6.90%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.75%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (3.45%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.15%) CCNP
8 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.15%) HND
8 1 (1.15%) MCITP
8 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (22.99%) Data Quality
2 11 (12.64%) GDPR
3 8 (9.20%) IFRS
4 6 (6.90%) Accessibility
5 4 (4.60%) SLA
6 3 (3.45%) QA
7 2 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (2.30%) IFRS 17
7 2 (2.30%) Solvency II
8 1 (1.15%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Docker
2 2 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Ansible
2 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (19.54%) Databricks
2 7 (8.05%) Informatica
3 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.45%) Google
5 2 (2.30%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.30%) Talend
5 2 (2.30%) Thales
5 2 (2.30%) VMware