Hybrid/Remote Data Lake Job Trends

Data Lakes
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Lake skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 125 210
Rank change year-on-year -97 +85 +70
Permanent jobs citing Data Lake 163 447 414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 2.74% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.69% 10.76% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 140 404 309
10th Percentile £47,425 £60,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £76,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 £103,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.45% +53.70% -12.90%
75th Percentile £110,625 £122,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £152,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £84,250 £90,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.39% +28.57% -9.68%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Data Lake 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 2,121 4,156 6,342
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.45% 25.46% 24.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,550 2,461 5,324
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,140 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +19.50% -7.20%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Data Lake job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Lake
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Data Lake
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Lake over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Data Lake salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Lake
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 31 (19.02%) Apache
2 30 (18.40%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (8.59%) Apache Spark
4 5 (3.07%) SAS
5 3 (1.84%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 101 (61.96%) Azure
2 58 (35.58%) AWS
3 54 (33.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 41 (25.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 36 (22.09%) Power Platform
6 34 (20.86%) Snowflake
7 32 (19.63%) SaaS
8 25 (15.34%) dbt
9 22 (13.50%) GitHub
10 19 (11.66%) GCP
11 18 (11.04%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (9.20%) Amazon S3
13 13 (7.98%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (7.98%) Serverless
14 10 (6.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (4.29%) GitHub Copilot
17 4 (2.45%) Alation
17 4 (2.45%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (52.15%) Data Warehouse
2 34 (20.86%) Power BI
3 32 (19.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (16.56%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (12.27%) Apache Iceberg
5 20 (12.27%) Metadata
6 19 (11.66%) Apache Arrow
6 19 (11.66%) Apache Ignite
6 19 (11.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 19 (11.66%) Dremio
7 15 (9.20%) Delta Lake
8 14 (8.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (8.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (7.98%) Data Mining
10 11 (6.75%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (6.75%) Data Vault
11 9 (5.52%) BigQuery
12 7 (4.29%) Tableau
13 6 (3.68%) SQL Server
14 5 (3.07%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Git
2 4 (2.45%) ER Studio
2 4 (2.45%) ERwin
2 4 (2.45%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (1.23%) GitLab
4 1 (0.61%) git-flow
4 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 81 (49.69%) Finance
2 33 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 28 (17.18%) Banking
4 20 (12.27%) Front Office
5 19 (11.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (11.66%) Investment Banking
6 18 (11.04%) Retail
7 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (4.29%) Law
9 6 (3.68%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.45%) Legal
10 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.45%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.84%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Tech for Good
12 2 (1.23%) Marketing
13 1 (0.61%) Advertising
13 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 69 (42.33%) Data Engineer
2 63 (38.65%) Senior
3 29 (17.79%) Senior Data Engineer
4 22 (13.50%) Architect
4 22 (13.50%) Python Engineer
5 21 (12.88%) AWS Engineer
6 19 (11.66%) AWS Software Engineer
6 19 (11.66%) Java Engineer
6 19 (11.66%) Java Software Engineer
6 19 (11.66%) Python Software Engineer
6 19 (11.66%) Software Engineer
7 18 (11.04%) Data Architect
7 18 (11.04%) Data Manager
8 17 (10.43%) Senior Java Engineer
8 17 (10.43%) Senior Java Software Engineer
8 17 (10.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (8.59%) Azure Architect
10 10 (6.13%) Azure Data Architect
10 10 (6.13%) Senior Architect
11 9 (5.52%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.88%) NumPy
1 21 (12.88%) Pandas
2 19 (11.66%) gRPC
2 19 (11.66%) Protocol Buffers
2 19 (11.66%) SciPy
3 17 (10.43%) PySpark
4 7 (4.29%) Kafka
5 5 (3.07%) EDI
6 2 (1.23%) XML
7 1 (0.61%) .NET
7 1 (0.61%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.61%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.61%) Matplotlib
7 1 (0.61%) Middleware
7 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.27%) Hedge funds
2 19 (11.66%) Cloud Native
2 19 (11.66%) Derivative
2 19 (11.66%) Equities
2 19 (11.66%) Fixed Income
2 19 (11.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 19 (11.66%) Pricing Data
3 10 (6.13%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.29%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.45%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.84%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.84%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.23%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (50.92%) ETL
2 82 (50.31%) Data Modelling
3 78 (47.85%) Agile
4 72 (44.17%) Analytics
4 72 (44.17%) Data Engineering
5 61 (37.42%) Data Pipeline
6 47 (28.83%) Data Science
7 43 (26.38%) Data Governance
7 43 (26.38%) Data Integration
8 40 (24.54%) CI/CD
8 40 (24.54%) DevOps
9 38 (23.31%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (22.70%) Mentoring
11 31 (19.02%) Data Strategy
12 29 (17.79%) Asset Management
12 29 (17.79%) Coaching
12 29 (17.79%) Data Architecture
13 27 (16.56%) AI
14 25 (15.34%) Decision-Making
15 24 (14.72%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 106 (65.03%) SQL
2 71 (43.56%) Python
3 25 (15.34%) Java
4 19 (11.66%) JavaScript
4 19 (11.66%) TypeScript
5 18 (11.04%) Scala
6 13 (7.98%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.45%) Bicep
8 3 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.61%) C#
9 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (4.91%) Degree
2 7 (4.29%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.68%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.68%) DBS Check
4 5 (3.07%) CITP
4 5 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.45%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.23%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.61%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (31.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.45%) GDPR
3 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (5.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (15.34%) Terraform
2 5 (3.07%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 85 (52.15%) Databricks
2 28 (17.18%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.52%) Google
4 7 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.07%) Informatica
5 5 (3.07%) Planon
6 4 (2.45%) IBM
7 3 (1.84%) Oracle
8 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud