Data Lake Contracts in England

Data Lakes
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Lake skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Lake 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 179 188 228
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 -13
Contract jobs citing Data Lake 489 667 895
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.38% 1.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.87% 7.76% 6.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 524 592
10th Percentile £413 £450 £413
25th Percentile £475 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £850 £688 £688
90th Percentile £888 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £30.30 - -
25th Percentile £34.13 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% - -36.94%
75th Percentile £51.00 - £56.88
90th Percentile £57.30 - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.71% - -21.79%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Data Lake 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%

Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Lake in England

Data Lake
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Lake in England

Data Lake
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Lake in England

Data Lake
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Lake in England

Data Lake
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Data Lake in England

Data Lake
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 Data Lake 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 +25 333 £675 +12.50% 110
North of England +18 64 £490 -18.33% 24
North West +14 49 £475 -24.00% 17
South East -4 30 £575 +4.55% 21
Midlands +15 26 £445 -11.00% 11
South West +8 17 £488 -7.14% 17
Yorkshire +15 14 £500 -27.01% 6
East Midlands +6 14 £464 +3.06% 2
West Midlands +20 12 £400 -36.00% 9
East of England -2 2 £418 -24.09% 7
North East +3 1 £850 +41.67% 1
Data Lake
UK

Data Lake
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
1 117 (23.93%) Apache Airflow
2 104 (21.27%) Apache
3 51 (10.43%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.04%) SAS
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (5.52%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.61%) Primavera
3 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Maximo
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 264 (53.99%) Azure
2 189 (38.65%) AWS
3 139 (28.43%) Snowflake
4 125 (25.56%) Power Platform
5 109 (22.29%) dbt
6 97 (19.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 96 (19.63%) GCP
8 58 (11.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 57 (11.66%) Power Automate
10 56 (11.45%) Azure DevOps
11 48 (9.82%) Dynamics 365
12 45 (9.20%) Serverless
13 44 (9.00%) PowerApps
14 25 (5.11%) Amazon S3
15 22 (4.50%) Azure Logic Apps
16 18 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (3.68%) Azure Functions
17 17 (3.48%) Azure Key Vault
18 16 (3.27%) Amazon Kinesis
19 15 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.61%) Firewall
2 2 (0.41%) VPN
3 1 (0.20%) DNS
3 1 (0.20%) Network Security
3 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (28.02%) Data Warehouse
2 121 (24.74%) Amazon Athena
3 113 (23.11%) Power BI
4 104 (21.27%) Big Data
5 102 (20.86%) Apache Arrow
5 102 (20.86%) Dremio
6 85 (17.38%) Apache Ignite
7 41 (8.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 36 (7.36%) SQL Server
9 32 (6.54%) NoSQL
10 25 (5.11%) Amazon Redshift
11 22 (4.50%) BigQuery
11 22 (4.50%) Relational Database
12 17 (3.48%) Delta Lake
13 16 (3.27%) Hadoop
14 15 (3.07%) DynamoDB
14 15 (3.07%) OLTP
15 14 (2.86%) Metadata
16 13 (2.66%) Spark SQL
17 12 (2.45%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 38 (7.77%) Git
2 18 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.66%) JIRA
4 6 (1.23%) SonarQube
4 6 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (1.23%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (0.82%) Deequ
6 3 (0.61%) ERwin
6 3 (0.61%) kappa
6 3 (0.61%) Maven
7 2 (0.41%) Ant
7 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.41%) Gradle
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) Hudson
8 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 201 (41.10%) Finance
2 112 (22.90%) Social Skills
3 111 (22.70%) Banking
4 87 (17.79%) Investment Banking
5 86 (17.59%) Front Office
6 71 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (8.59%) Public Sector
8 39 (7.98%) Retail
9 27 (5.52%) General Ledger
10 17 (3.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.23%) Legal
13 6 (1.23%) Marketing
14 5 (1.02%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.41%) Czech Language
16 2 (0.41%) Law
16 2 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 122 (24.95%) Architect
1 122 (24.95%) Data Engineer
2 68 (13.91%) Solutions Architect
3 62 (12.68%) Lead
4 59 (12.07%) AWS Engineer
5 57 (11.66%) Azure Engineer
5 57 (11.66%) Senior
6 54 (11.04%) Data Architect
7 51 (10.43%) Azure Data Engineer
7 51 (10.43%) Software Engineer
8 46 (9.41%) Developer
9 42 (8.59%) Consultant
10 34 (6.95%) Python Engineer
11 32 (6.54%) Analyst
12 31 (6.34%) Java Engineer
13 30 (6.13%) Java Software Engineer
13 30 (6.13%) Python Software Engineer
14 29 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
15 28 (5.73%) AWS Software Engineer
16 25 (5.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (20.65%) gRPC
1 101 (20.65%) Protocol Buffers
2 86 (17.59%) NumPy
2 86 (17.59%) Pandas
3 85 (17.38%) SciPy
4 61 (12.47%) PySpark
5 21 (4.29%) Kafka
6 20 (4.09%) JSON
7 13 (2.66%) ARM Templates
7 13 (2.66%) XML
8 11 (2.25%) .NET
9 9 (1.84%) Apache Avro
10 7 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.43%) Web Services
11 6 (1.23%) Middleware
12 5 (1.02%) JSON Schema
12 5 (1.02%) REST
13 4 (0.82%) Apache NiFi
13 4 (0.82%) Great Expectations
13 4 (0.82%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 103 (21.06%) Hedge funds
2 86 (17.59%) Derivative
2 86 (17.59%) Equities
2 86 (17.59%) Fixed Income
2 86 (17.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 36 (7.36%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.27%) Clustering
5 15 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.04%) Pricing Data
7 7 (1.43%) Data Fabric
8 6 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (1.23%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.02%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.82%) Blockchain
10 4 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.48%) Linux
2 4 (0.82%) Windows
3 2 (0.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) VMS
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (35.38%) Agile
2 140 (28.63%) DevOps
3 122 (24.95%) Business Intelligence
3 122 (24.95%) Data Modelling
4 111 (22.70%) Analytics
5 109 (22.29%) ETL
6 104 (21.27%) Asset Management
7 98 (20.04%) Software Engineering
8 88 (18.00%) Investment Management
9 86 (17.59%) Data Pipeline
10 82 (16.77%) Data Engineering
11 63 (12.88%) Data Governance
12 59 (12.07%) CI/CD
13 50 (10.22%) Data Architecture
14 45 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (9.00%) Data Integration
15 44 (9.00%) Line Management
15 44 (9.00%) Migration
16 38 (7.77%) Data Transformation
16 38 (7.77%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 235 (48.06%) Python
2 173 (35.38%) SQL
3 126 (25.77%) Java
4 101 (20.65%) JavaScript
5 85 (17.38%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.32%) T-SQL
7 24 (4.91%) PowerShell
8 23 (4.70%) Go
9 21 (4.29%) Scala
10 13 (2.66%) C#
11 7 (1.43%) Bash
11 7 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.43%) R
12 4 (0.82%) Bicep
12 4 (0.82%) X++
13 3 (0.61%) C
13 3 (0.61%) C++
14 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.41%) U-SQL
15 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 49 (10.02%) Degree
2 38 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.27%) AWS Certification
5 15 (3.07%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.61%) CIMA
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.20%) PhD
9 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.75%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.48%) QA
3 6 (1.23%) GDPR
4 4 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.61%) PMO
6 2 (0.41%) NIST
6 2 (0.41%) SLA
7 1 (0.20%) COBIT
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (3.48%) Docker
2 7 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.41%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 63 (12.88%) Terraform
2 35 (7.16%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.89%) Ansible
4 16 (3.27%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.25%) Puppet
6 8 (1.64%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.23%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.41%) Ambari
8 2 (0.41%) Oozie
9 1 (0.20%) Kibana
9 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 131 (26.79%) Databricks
2 116 (23.72%) Microsoft
3 25 (5.11%) SAP
4 17 (3.48%) Google
5 16 (3.27%) Oracle
6 8 (1.64%) Informatica
7 7 (1.43%) Dataiku
8 6 (1.23%) Alteryx
8 6 (1.23%) Splunk
8 6 (1.23%) Trillium
9 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.02%) Talend
10 3 (0.61%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.61%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.61%) Teradata
11 2 (0.41%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.20%) Anaplan
12 1 (0.20%) Marketo
12 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud