Big Data Jobs in the UK excluding London

Big Data
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Big Data skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Big Data over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 161 204
Rank change year-on-year -79 +43 -21
Permanent jobs citing Big Data 856 1,329 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.21% 2.21% 1.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.97% 11.46% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 228 477 540
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £37,375
25th Percentile £49,556 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +22.73%
75th Percentile £87,500 £73,644 £87,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £85,000 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +23.08%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 12,275 11,601 16,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.33% 19.30% 22.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,135 6,800 10,257
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £39,698
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,225
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

Big Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data in the UK excluding London

Big Data
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Big Data in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Big Data in the UK excluding London

Big Data
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Big Data in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Big Data in the UK excluding London

Big Data
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +81 561 £70,576 +0.82% 14
South West -34 106 £80,000 +14.29% 18
North of England -211 65 £55,000 -21.43% 21
North West -141 45 £55,000 -21.43% 11
South East -172 45 £54,500 -22.14% 12
East of England -37 36 £57,500 -11.54% 11
Midlands -119 29 £60,000 -9.77% 17
West Midlands -78 18 £60,000 - 14
North East -5 11 £42,500 -37.04% 3
East Midlands -34 11 £60,000 -20.00% 3
Wales -7 10 £44,316 -36.69% 2
Yorkshire -115 9 £87,500 +25.00% 7
Northern Ireland +21 4 £115,000 +31.43% 10
Big Data
UK

Big Data
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 602 (70.33%) Apache Spark
2 173 (20.21%) Apache
3 91 (10.63%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.10%) Jupyter
4 18 (2.10%) nginx
5 14 (1.64%) SAS
6 6 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.58%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.23%) Luigi
9 1 (0.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.70%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.35%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 484 (56.54%) AWS
2 136 (15.89%) Azure
3 110 (12.85%) GCP
4 96 (11.21%) Serverless
5 85 (9.93%) AWS Lambda
6 77 (9.00%) Amazon EKS
7 74 (8.64%) Amazon SQS
8 65 (7.59%) SaaS
9 60 (7.01%) Amazon EMR
10 51 (5.96%) Amazon EC2
10 51 (5.96%) Amazon ECS
11 49 (5.72%) OpenShift
12 47 (5.49%) Power Platform
13 46 (5.37%) Amazon S3
14 30 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (2.69%) Google Docs
16 23 (2.69%) Lucidchart
16 23 (2.69%) Miro
16 23 (2.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.04%) AMQP
2 18 (2.10%) DSL
3 17 (1.99%) Firewall
4 7 (0.82%) Internet
5 5 (0.58%) RFID
6 4 (0.47%) RS-232
6 4 (0.47%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.35%) MQTT
7 3 (0.35%) Network Security
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.23%) Wireless
9 1 (0.12%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 338 (39.49%) NoSQL
2 274 (32.01%) Hadoop
3 68 (7.94%) Apache Hive
4 62 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
5 60 (7.01%) Data Lake
6 51 (5.96%) Electronic Patient Records
7 39 (4.56%) HBase
8 37 (4.32%) Power BI
8 37 (4.32%) SQL Server
9 36 (4.21%) Relational Database
10 32 (3.74%) MongoDB
10 32 (3.74%) Tableau
11 28 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (3.04%) Cloudera CDH
13 25 (2.92%) Redis
14 23 (2.69%) Scylla
15 19 (2.22%) Flink
16 18 (2.10%) DB2
16 18 (2.10%) Presto
17 17 (1.99%) Impala
Development Applications
1 86 (10.05%) Git
2 58 (6.78%) Jenkins
3 37 (4.32%) Bitbucket Server
4 18 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 12 (1.40%) JIRA
6 7 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.70%) Jasmine
7 6 (0.70%) Karma Test Runner
7 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.47%) Subversion
8 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.35%) JUnit
9 3 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.35%) Selenium
9 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 550 (64.25%) Finance
2 541 (63.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 503 (58.76%) Law
4 265 (30.96%) Marketing
5 234 (27.34%) Legal
6 164 (19.16%) Influencing Skills
7 92 (10.75%) Social Skills
8 82 (9.58%) Banking
9 75 (8.76%) Financial Institution
10 54 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
11 43 (5.02%) Aerospace
12 28 (3.27%) Retail
13 26 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.57%) Investment Banking
15 19 (2.22%) Private Banking
16 10 (1.17%) Korean Language
16 10 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.05%) Electronics
17 9 (1.05%) Public Sector
18 6 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 483 (56.43%) Software Engineer
2 412 (48.13%) Big Data Engineer
3 390 (45.56%) Big Data Software Engineer
4 289 (33.76%) Data Engineer
5 209 (24.42%) Scala Engineer
5 209 (24.42%) Scala Software Engineer
6 181 (21.14%) Java Engineer
7 178 (20.79%) Java Software Engineer
8 162 (18.93%) Lead
9 149 (17.41%) Lead Software Engineer
10 148 (17.29%) Lead Big Data Engineer
11 145 (16.94%) AWS Engineer
12 144 (16.82%) AWS Software Engineer
13 119 (13.90%) Java Scala Software Engineer
14 117 (13.67%) Senior
15 103 (12.03%) Python Engineer
16 96 (11.21%) Lead Java Engineer
17 95 (11.10%) Python Software Engineer
18 56 (6.54%) Engineering Manager
18 56 (6.54%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (13.55%) Kafka
2 105 (12.27%) Spring
3 96 (11.21%) PySpark
3 96 (11.21%) Spring Boot
4 56 (6.54%) AngularJS
5 44 (5.14%) RabbitMQ
6 41 (4.79%) React
7 35 (4.09%) Node.js
8 33 (3.86%) REST
9 32 (3.74%) OpenAPI
9 32 (3.74%) Swagger
10 26 (3.04%) gRPC
10 26 (3.04%) Material-UI
11 23 (2.69%) GraphQL
12 22 (2.57%) .NET
13 20 (2.34%) Apache NiFi
14 18 (2.10%) ActiveMQ
14 18 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
14 18 (2.10%) YAML
15 16 (1.87%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 243 (28.39%) Cloud Native
2 200 (23.36%) Algorithms
3 56 (6.54%) Data Structures
4 53 (6.19%) Public Cloud
5 46 (5.37%) Management Information System
6 43 (5.02%) Legacy Code
7 27 (3.15%) Product Ownership
8 21 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
12 15 (1.75%) IoT
13 14 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.40%) Robotics
15 9 (1.05%) Blockchain
15 9 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.05%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.05%) NHS
16 7 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
16 7 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 90 (10.51%) Linux
2 37 (4.32%) Unix
3 28 (3.27%) CentOS
3 28 (3.27%) Debian
3 28 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 28 (3.27%) Ubuntu
4 12 (1.40%) Windows
5 6 (0.70%) Mesosphere
5 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (73.13%) Agile
2 593 (69.28%) Software Engineering
3 499 (58.29%) CI/CD
4 454 (53.04%) SDLC
5 401 (46.85%) Operational Stability
6 278 (32.48%) Machine Learning
7 259 (30.26%) Artificial Intelligence
8 246 (28.74%) Risk Management
9 234 (27.34%) Performance Tuning
10 231 (26.99%) Community of Practice
11 193 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
12 191 (22.31%) Visualisation
13 174 (20.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 124 (14.49%) Mentoring
15 121 (14.14%) Data Modelling
16 118 (13.79%) Decision-Making
17 113 (13.20%) Analytics
18 108 (12.62%) Coaching
19 105 (12.27%) Microservices
20 102 (11.92%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 503 (58.76%) SQL
2 473 (55.26%) Java
3 373 (43.57%) Python
4 345 (40.30%) Scala
5 59 (6.89%) JavaScript
6 55 (6.43%) PL/SQL
7 42 (4.91%) Bash
8 35 (4.09%) Go
9 28 (3.27%) C#
10 22 (2.57%) R
11 20 (2.34%) T-SQL
12 18 (2.10%) Shell Script
13 15 (1.75%) C
14 8 (0.93%) C++
14 8 (0.93%) Ruby
15 7 (0.82%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.70%) PHP
17 5 (0.58%) XAML
18 4 (0.47%) Embedded C
19 3 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 96 (11.21%) Degree
2 81 (9.46%) Security Cleared
3 52 (6.07%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.96%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.69%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.70%) IIBA
11 6 (0.70%) PhD
12 5 (0.58%) CCNA
12 5 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CISSP
13 4 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.35%) CISM
14 3 (0.35%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.97%) SLA
2 27 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.45%) GDPR
4 17 (1.99%) QA
5 9 (1.05%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.70%) WAI
7 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.47%) SEPA
8 1 (0.12%) GMP
8 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 63 (7.36%) Docker
2 38 (4.44%) HDFS
3 6 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.58%) Firmware
5 3 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 188 (21.96%) Kubernetes
2 104 (12.15%) Terraform
3 71 (8.29%) Ansible
4 40 (4.67%) Puppet
5 19 (2.22%) Grafana
5 19 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.10%) HAProxy
7 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.35%) Perfmon
11 2 (0.23%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.23%) Podman
12 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 129 (15.07%) Databricks
2 64 (7.48%) Google
3 56 (6.54%) Microsoft
4 38 (4.44%) Informatica
5 27 (3.15%) Oracle
6 26 (3.04%) Red Hat
6 26 (3.04%) SaltStack
7 24 (2.80%) Dell
8 18 (2.10%) Alteryx
8 18 (2.10%) Cognos
8 18 (2.10%) Sybase
9 10 (1.17%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.05%) Teradata
11 8 (0.93%) Cloudera
12 7 (0.82%) YouTube
13 6 (0.70%) VMware
14 4 (0.47%) Cisco
15 3 (0.35%) Citrix
15 3 (0.35%) SAP
15 3 (0.35%) SnapLogic