Hybrid/Remote BigQuery Job Trends

Google BigQuery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring BigQuery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 371 382
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 -18
Permanent jobs citing BigQuery 87 56 142
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.40% 0.34% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.88% 1.76% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 48 41 117
10th Percentile £46,276 £36,650 -
25th Percentile £50,944 £52,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,966 £94,637 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.90% +35.20% -12.50%
75th Percentile £90,313 £102,410 £91,991
90th Percentile £105,000 £141,151 £111,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% -6.25%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

BigQuery 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 3,022 3,189 5,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.92% 19.37% 20.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 2,137 4,725
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,089 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,236 £46,250 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +5.15% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,438 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -4.00%

BigQuery
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

BigQuery job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

BigQuery
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

BigQuery
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BigQuery over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

BigQuery salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

BigQuery
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 17 (19.54%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (9.20%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.45%) SAS
4 1 (1.15%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 79 (90.80%) GCP
2 19 (21.84%) AWS
2 19 (21.84%) Power Platform
3 18 (20.69%) dbt
3 18 (20.69%) Google Analytics
4 14 (16.09%) Snowflake
5 11 (12.64%) Dagster
6 10 (11.49%) Azure
6 10 (11.49%) Cloud Composer
7 6 (6.90%) Cloud Run
8 5 (5.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (5.75%) Cloud Functions
8 5 (5.75%) GitHub
8 5 (5.75%) Vertex AI
9 4 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (3.45%) Pulumi
11 2 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (2.30%) Google Ads
11 2 (2.30%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.29%) Broadband
2 1 (1.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (25.29%) Semantic Layer
2 19 (21.84%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (21.84%) Looker
2 19 (21.84%) Power BI
3 12 (13.79%) Amazon Redshift
3 12 (13.79%) Metadata
4 10 (11.49%) Data Lake
5 7 (8.05%) Tableau
6 4 (4.60%) MongoDB
7 3 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (3.45%) NoSQL
7 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
8 2 (2.30%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (2.30%) Cloud Spanner
8 2 (2.30%) Delta Lake
8 2 (2.30%) MySQL
8 2 (2.30%) Pinecone
8 2 (2.30%) Weaviate
9 1 (1.15%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (1.15%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 17 (19.54%) Jenkins
2 5 (5.75%) Git
3 3 (3.45%) MLflow
4 2 (2.30%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 28 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (18.39%) Public Sector
4 10 (11.49%) Marketing
5 8 (9.20%) Finance
5 8 (9.20%) Law
5 8 (9.20%) Retail
6 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Banking
7 2 (2.30%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (32.18%) Data Engineer
2 25 (28.74%) Senior
3 21 (24.14%) Analyst
4 19 (21.84%) Architect
5 13 (14.94%) Senior Data Engineer
6 11 (12.64%) GCP Architect
6 11 (12.64%) Performance Analyst
6 11 (12.64%) Principal Engineer
7 10 (11.49%) Data Architect
8 9 (10.34%) GCP Data Architect
9 7 (8.05%) Lead
9 7 (8.05%) Web Analyst
10 5 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Lead Data Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
10 5 (5.75%) Principal Data Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Testing Analyst
10 5 (5.75%) Web Analytics Analyst
10 5 (5.75%) Web Marketing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.24%) Node.js
2 8 (9.20%) Kafka
3 3 (3.45%) REST
4 2 (2.30%) .NET
4 2 (2.30%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.30%) AWS CDK
4 2 (2.30%) CSS
4 2 (2.30%) Faiss
4 2 (2.30%) OAuth
4 2 (2.30%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.30%) OpenID
4 2 (2.30%) PyTorch
4 2 (2.30%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (2.30%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.30%) vLLM
5 1 (1.15%) Django
5 1 (1.15%) Playwright
5 1 (1.15%) SOAP
5 1 (1.15%) Web Services
5 1 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.59%) Cloud Native
2 13 (14.94%) Data Structures
3 6 (6.90%) Anti-Piracy
3 6 (6.90%) Social Media
4 5 (5.75%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.60%) Online Gambling
6 3 (3.45%) Sports Betting
7 2 (2.30%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.30%) Blog
7 2 (2.30%) Clustering
7 2 (2.30%) Educational Technology
7 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.30%) Replication
7 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.15%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) Data Engineering
2 41 (47.13%) Mentoring
3 40 (45.98%) Analytics
4 33 (37.93%) Data Modelling
5 31 (35.63%) AI
6 29 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 29 (33.33%) Roadmaps
7 26 (29.89%) Data Architecture
8 25 (28.74%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (26.44%) Data Strategy
10 20 (22.99%) Collaborative Working
10 20 (22.99%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (21.84%) Agile
12 17 (19.54%) Data Science
12 17 (19.54%) Test Automation
12 17 (19.54%) Validation
13 16 (18.39%) Anomaly Detection
13 16 (18.39%) Coaching
13 16 (18.39%) Observability
13 16 (18.39%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 67 (77.01%) SQL
2 50 (57.47%) Python
3 13 (14.94%) Java
4 8 (9.20%) Scala
5 6 (6.90%) C++
6 2 (2.30%) Bash
6 2 (2.30%) C#
6 2 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.30%) Go
6 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (11.49%) Degree
2 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (35.63%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.60%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (4.60%) GDPR
3 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (17.24%) Terraform
2 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (49.43%) Google
2 6 (6.90%) Databricks
3 2 (2.30%) Adobe
3 2 (2.30%) OneLogin
3 2 (2.30%) Palantir
4 1 (1.15%) Amplitude
4 1 (1.15%) Dataiku