Big Data Contracts in England

Big Data
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Big Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Big Data over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 213 171
Rank change year-on-year -21 -42 -62
Contract jobs citing Big Data 368 599 1,203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 1.24% 1.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.92% 6.97% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 410 745
10th Percentile £386 £463 £444
25th Percentile £468 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% +6.19%
75th Percentile £763 £724 £700
90th Percentile £850 £814 £795
UK median daily rate £600 £584 £600
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.71% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 3
10th Percentile £18.20 £38.50 £59.40
25th Percentile £23.30 £64.13 £59.63
Median hourly rate £35.25 £78.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.81% +28.93% +47.56%
75th Percentile £44.69 £88.13 £76.33
90th Percentile £48.63 £90.00 £85.07
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £78.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year -54.81% +28.93% +61.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Big Data is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,216 8,600 13,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.08% 17.85% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,487 6,193 10,127
10th Percentile £355 £375 £365
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £545
% change year-on-year -3.67% - +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 162 173
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.93 £31.84 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.13 £58.59 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.52% +30.20% +83.67%
75th Percentile £59.44 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £74.75 £82.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +30.43% +73.58%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Big Data in England.

Daily rate trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Big Data in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Big Data in England

Big Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Big Data in England.

Hourly rate trend for Big Data in England

Big Data
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Big Data in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Big Data in England

Big Data
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -27 245 £650 +8.33% 106
North of England +49 41 £525 -4.55% 19
Midlands +43 35 £650 +23.81% 17
South East +4 27 £425 -19.05% 12
Yorkshire +32 24 £550 - 7
West Midlands +34 23 £675 +22.73% 14
North West +24 17 £510 +7.37% 8
East Midlands +21 12 £513 +2.50% 3
South West -18 5 £450 -20.00% 18
East of England +1 2 £400 -31.91% 8
Big Data
UK

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 106 (28.80%) Apache Spark
2 40 (10.87%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (9.78%) Apache
4 6 (1.63%) Confluence
5 4 (1.09%) IIS
5 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) Tornado
Applications
1 13 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 139 (37.77%) Azure
2 136 (36.96%) AWS
3 64 (17.39%) GCP
4 50 (13.59%) Power Platform
5 46 (12.50%) Serverless
6 37 (10.05%) Snowflake
7 29 (7.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (7.61%) Amazon S3
9 25 (6.79%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (5.71%) dbt
12 16 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (4.08%) Amazon EMR
13 15 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (3.26%) Entra ID
14 12 (3.26%) GitHub
15 10 (2.72%) Azure Key Vault
16 9 (2.45%) Azure Functions
16 9 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
1 15 (4.08%) Network Security
2 5 (1.36%) FTP
3 4 (1.09%) SAN
4 2 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) Broadband
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (28.26%) Data Lake
2 87 (23.64%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (18.21%) Hadoop
4 44 (11.96%) Power BI
5 37 (10.05%) Amazon Athena
6 34 (9.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 31 (8.42%) Tableau
8 30 (8.15%) BigQuery
9 28 (7.61%) Apache Hive
10 24 (6.52%) SQL Server
11 22 (5.98%) NoSQL
12 18 (4.89%) Delta Lake
13 17 (4.62%) Apache Arrow
13 17 (4.62%) Dremio
13 17 (4.62%) Relational Database
14 15 (4.08%) Impala
15 14 (3.80%) Metadata
16 12 (3.26%) OLTP
16 12 (3.26%) Spark SQL
17 10 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 41 (11.14%) Git
2 21 (5.71%) JIRA
3 10 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.63%) Maven
4 6 (1.63%) Subversion
4 6 (1.63%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (1.36%) ERwin
5 5 (1.36%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.82%) RStudio
7 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.54%) kappa
8 2 (0.54%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.27%) Ant
9 1 (0.27%) Poetry
9 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 89 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (23.10%) Finance
3 82 (22.28%) Social Skills
4 31 (8.42%) Banking
5 25 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.26%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.17%) Marketing
9 7 (1.90%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.63%) Retail
11 5 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.09%) Legal
12 4 (1.09%) Publishing
13 3 (0.82%) Back Office
13 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.82%) Police
14 1 (0.27%) German Language
Job Titles
1 92 (25.00%) Architect
2 78 (21.20%) Data Engineer
3 43 (11.68%) Data Architect
4 41 (11.14%) Solutions Architect
5 36 (9.78%) Developer
6 35 (9.51%) Senior
7 32 (8.70%) Analyst
8 25 (6.79%) Big Data Engineer
9 22 (5.98%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
11 20 (5.43%) Data Analyst
12 19 (5.16%) Lead
13 18 (4.89%) Azure Architect
13 18 (4.89%) Cloud Solutions Architect
13 18 (4.89%) Consultant
14 17 (4.62%) Data Scientist
15 16 (4.35%) Site Engineer
15 16 (4.35%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 15 (4.08%) Senior Data Engineer
17 14 (3.80%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (14.67%) PySpark
2 42 (11.41%) Kafka
3 22 (5.98%) Apache NiFi
4 16 (4.35%) gRPC
4 16 (4.35%) Protocol Buffers
5 13 (3.53%) JSON
6 12 (3.26%) .NET
6 12 (3.26%) Pandas
6 12 (3.26%) XML
7 10 (2.72%) Web Services
8 8 (2.17%) SAML
9 6 (1.63%) ARM Templates
9 6 (1.63%) scikit-learn
9 6 (1.63%) TensorFlow
10 5 (1.36%) NumPy
11 4 (1.09%) .NET Core
11 4 (1.09%) Apache Avro
11 4 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.09%) Node.js
11 4 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.88%) Algorithms
2 26 (7.07%) Hedge funds
3 23 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 20 (5.43%) Clustering
5 15 (4.08%) Cyber Defence
5 15 (4.08%) Distributed Applications
6 14 (3.80%) Data Centre
7 13 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (3.53%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.72%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.45%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (2.45%) Freedom of Information Act
9 9 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (2.17%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.17%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.90%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.05%) Linux
2 21 (5.71%) Unix
3 17 (4.62%) Windows
4 13 (3.53%) Android
4 13 (3.53%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.17%) VMS
6 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (33.15%) Analytics
2 120 (32.61%) Data Modelling
3 104 (28.26%) Data Pipeline
3 104 (28.26%) ETL
4 97 (26.36%) Agile
5 82 (22.28%) Business Intelligence
6 74 (20.11%) Data Engineering
7 68 (18.48%) DevOps
8 62 (16.85%) Data Science
9 60 (16.30%) Machine Learning
10 58 (15.76%) Data Analysis
11 57 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (15.22%) CI/CD
13 49 (13.32%) Data Governance
14 48 (13.04%) Data Management
15 47 (12.77%) Migration
16 43 (11.68%) Computer Science
17 40 (10.87%) Visualisation
18 38 (10.33%) Data Integration
19 36 (9.78%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 202 (54.89%) Python
2 167 (45.38%) SQL
3 79 (21.47%) Java
4 48 (13.04%) Scala
5 26 (7.07%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.43%) Go
7 19 (5.16%) R
8 17 (4.62%) C#
8 17 (4.62%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.90%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.36%) Bash
11 4 (1.09%) Perl
12 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.54%) Rust
13 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.54%) U-SQL
13 2 (0.54%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) C++
14 1 (0.27%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 48 (13.04%) Degree
2 42 (11.41%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.42%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.52%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.89%) AWS Certification
6 17 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.09%) CISSP
10 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.40%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (2.17%) QA
4 5 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.09%) NIST
6 3 (0.82%) GDPR
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.54%) MiFID
7 2 (0.54%) NCSC
7 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.54%) PMO
7 2 (0.54%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) FATCA
System Software
1 14 (3.80%) Docker
2 13 (3.53%) HDFS
3 4 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 56 (15.22%) Terraform
2 38 (10.33%) Kubernetes
3 19 (5.16%) Ansible
4 17 (4.62%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.53%) Puppet
6 7 (1.90%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (1.09%) Argo
8 3 (0.82%) Oozie
9 2 (0.54%) Ambari
9 2 (0.54%) Consul
9 2 (0.54%) Packer
9 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.27%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 75 (20.38%) Databricks
2 49 (13.32%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.34%) Google
4 19 (5.16%) Informatica
5 18 (4.89%) Oracle
5 18 (4.89%) Talend
6 10 (2.72%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.17%) Teradata
8 7 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.36%) Cloudera
9 5 (1.36%) SAP
10 4 (1.09%) Brio
10 4 (1.09%) Foundry
10 4 (1.09%) IBM
10 4 (1.09%) Okta
10 4 (1.09%) Palantir
10 4 (1.09%) Sage
10 4 (1.09%) Symantec
10 4 (1.09%) Varonis
11 3 (0.82%) Phenom