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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 128 247
Rank change year-on-year -130 +119 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Lake 138 376 356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 2.54% 1.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.54% 9.64% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 114 338 293
10th Percentile £46,750 £60,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £70,697 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £100,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +49.25% -16.25%
75th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £152,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,000 £90,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +28.57% -12.50%

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 2,111 3,902 6,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.84% 26.36% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,526 2,382 5,834
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,261 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
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 1 March 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 18 (13.04%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (12.32%) Apache
3 13 (9.42%) Apache Spark
4 8 (5.80%) SAS
5 3 (2.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 93 (67.39%) Azure
2 51 (36.96%) Azure Data Factory
3 41 (29.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 38 (27.54%) AWS
5 31 (22.46%) Power Platform
6 24 (17.39%) SaaS
6 24 (17.39%) Snowflake
7 22 (15.94%) GitHub
8 19 (13.77%) GCP
9 17 (12.32%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (7.97%) Amazon S3
10 11 (7.97%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (7.97%) dbt
10 11 (7.97%) Serverless
11 9 (6.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (5.07%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (2.90%) Alation
14 4 (2.90%) Cloud Composer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (55.80%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (22.46%) Power BI
3 30 (21.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (15.22%) Metadata
5 17 (12.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 14 (10.14%) Delta Lake
6 14 (10.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (10.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (9.42%) BigQuery
8 12 (8.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (8.70%) Data Mining
9 11 (7.97%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (5.80%) Data Vault
11 7 (5.07%) Apache Iceberg
11 7 (5.07%) Tableau
12 6 (4.35%) Apache Arrow
12 6 (4.35%) Apache Ignite
12 6 (4.35%) Dremio
12 6 (4.35%) SQL Server
13 5 (3.62%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (8.70%) Git
2 4 (2.90%) ER Studio
2 4 (2.90%) ERwin
2 4 (2.90%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (1.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.72%) git-flow
4 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 62 (44.93%) Finance
2 28 (20.29%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (12.32%) Retail
5 16 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (10.87%) Banking
7 9 (6.52%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.07%) Front Office
9 6 (4.35%) Investment Banking
9 6 (4.35%) Law
10 4 (2.90%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.90%) Retail Banking
11 3 (2.17%) General Ledger
11 3 (2.17%) Tech for Good
12 2 (1.45%) Legal
12 2 (1.45%) Marketing
13 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (44.93%) Data Engineer
2 43 (31.16%) Senior
3 25 (18.12%) Senior Data Engineer
4 21 (15.22%) Architect
5 17 (12.32%) Data Manager
6 15 (10.87%) Data Architect
7 12 (8.70%) Senior Architect
8 10 (7.25%) Azure Architect
9 9 (6.52%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (6.52%) Python Engineer
10 8 (5.80%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (5.80%) Azure Data Architect
10 8 (5.80%) Lead
11 7 (5.07%) Senior Data Architect
12 6 (4.35%) AWS Software Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Java Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Python Software Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.59%) PySpark
2 7 (5.07%) NumPy
2 7 (5.07%) Pandas
3 6 (4.35%) gRPC
3 6 (4.35%) Kafka
3 6 (4.35%) Protocol Buffers
3 6 (4.35%) SciPy
4 5 (3.62%) EDI
5 1 (0.72%) .NET
5 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.72%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.72%) Middleware
5 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.87%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.07%) Data Structures
3 7 (5.07%) Hedge funds
4 6 (4.35%) Derivative
4 6 (4.35%) Equities
4 6 (4.35%) Fixed Income
4 6 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.35%) Pricing Data
5 4 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.90%) Reinsurance
6 3 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.17%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.17%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (55.07%) Data Modelling
2 74 (53.62%) ETL
3 67 (48.55%) Analytics
4 64 (46.38%) Data Engineering
5 59 (42.75%) Agile
6 55 (39.86%) Data Pipeline
7 41 (29.71%) Data Governance
7 41 (29.71%) Data Science
8 38 (27.54%) Data Integration
8 38 (27.54%) DevOps
9 37 (26.81%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (26.81%) CI/CD
10 31 (22.46%) Mentoring
11 30 (21.74%) Data Architecture
12 27 (19.57%) Coaching
12 27 (19.57%) Data Strategy
13 22 (15.94%) AI
13 22 (15.94%) Data Management
13 22 (15.94%) Decision-Making
14 20 (14.49%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (69.57%) SQL
2 54 (39.13%) Python
3 14 (10.14%) Scala
4 13 (9.42%) T-SQL
5 9 (6.52%) Java
6 6 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.35%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.72%) C#
9 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (5.80%) Degree
2 6 (4.35%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.62%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.62%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.62%) CITP
3 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.90%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.45%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.45%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.45%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (36.96%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.45%) GDPR
2 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (5.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (15.94%) Terraform
2 4 (2.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 75 (54.35%) Databricks
2 26 (18.84%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.52%) Google
4 8 (5.80%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.35%) Informatica
6 5 (3.62%) Planon
7 4 (2.90%) IBM
8 3 (2.17%) Oracle
9 2 (1.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.72%) SAP