Data Lake Jobs

Data Lakes
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Lake skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Lake over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 242 296
Rank change year-on-year -15 +54 +68
Permanent jobs citing Data Lake 1,160 1,460 2,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 1.57% 1.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.27% 7.35% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 909 1,002 1,132
10th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,750 £58,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £122,500 £100,000 £87,625
90th Percentile £148,750 £130,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,500 19,872 48,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.06% 21.35% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12,560 12,779 21,031
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Data Lake
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Lake.

Salary trend for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Lake over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Lake in the UK

Data Lake
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Lake within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England -12 1,024 £90,000 +12.50% 195
Work from Home +43 736 £110,000 +37.00% 106
London +41 652 £115,000 +27.78% 116
UK excluding London -99 456 £60,000 - 77
North of England -32 127 £55,000 -4.35% 40
South East -37 96 £63,500 -9.29% 6
North West -22 78 £45,000 -18.18% 31
Scotland -46 77 £66,500 -1.08% 4
Midlands -39 74 £57,500 +7.98% 9
South West -68 52 £70,576 +4.56% 15
West Midlands -10 48 £57,500 +7.98% 4
Yorkshire +23 33 £57,500 -16.45% 7
East Midlands -41 26 £47,500 -13.64% 5
North East -17 16 £75,000 +36.36% 2
East of England -26 14 £57,500 +15.00% 3
Wales +2 8 £46,131 -20.46%
Northern Ireland +10 6 - - 2
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -

Data Lake
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 380 (32.76%) Apache Airflow
2 349 (30.09%) Apache
3 97 (8.36%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.55%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.086%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.086%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.086%) IIS
8 1 (0.086%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.52%) Primavera
4 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.086%) HFM
5 1 (0.086%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 630 (54.31%) Azure
2 615 (53.02%) AWS
3 440 (37.93%) Snowflake
4 389 (33.53%) dbt
5 301 (25.95%) Power Platform
6 287 (24.74%) GCP
7 189 (16.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 160 (13.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 60 (5.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 55 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (4.66%) Matillion
12 46 (3.97%) PowerApps
13 42 (3.62%) Serverless
14 41 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (2.33%) Power Automate
16 25 (2.16%) GitHub
17 22 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
18 17 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
19 15 (1.29%) Amazon S3
19 15 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.12%) DSL
2 12 (1.03%) Wireless
3 11 (0.95%) Network Security
4 4 (0.34%) Firewall
5 3 (0.26%) DNS
5 3 (0.26%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.086%) HTTP
6 1 (0.086%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (33.36%) Data Warehouse
2 381 (32.84%) Dremio
3 370 (31.90%) Apache Arrow
4 364 (31.38%) Amazon Athena
5 309 (26.64%) Apache Ignite
6 292 (25.17%) Power BI
7 191 (16.47%) Big Data
8 179 (15.43%) SQL Server
9 85 (7.33%) Tableau
10 78 (6.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 69 (5.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 68 (5.86%) Metadata
13 62 (5.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 56 (4.83%) NoSQL
15 50 (4.31%) Star Schema
16 46 (3.97%) Qlik Sense
17 43 (3.71%) Elasticsearch
18 40 (3.45%) Relational Database
19 38 (3.28%) Hadoop
19 38 (3.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (3.28%) GitLab
2 27 (2.33%) JIRA
3 22 (1.90%) Git
4 15 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.12%) CircleCI
5 13 (1.12%) MLflow
6 9 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.78%) Selenium
7 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.60%) JUnit
9 6 (0.52%) RStudio
9 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.34%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.26%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.26%) ERwin
13 2 (0.17%) Gatling
13 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 1 (0.086%) SoapUI
General
1 651 (56.12%) Finance
2 390 (33.62%) Banking
3 332 (28.62%) Investment Banking
4 325 (28.02%) Front Office
5 181 (15.60%) Social Skills
6 135 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
7 97 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 81 (6.98%) Law
9 69 (5.95%) Legal
10 53 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (4.48%) Marketing
12 35 (3.02%) Retail
13 31 (2.67%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.98%) Retail Banking
15 18 (1.55%) Billing
16 16 (1.38%) Public Sector
17 15 (1.29%) Aerospace
18 13 (1.12%) Back Office
18 13 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 366 (31.55%) Data Engineer
2 295 (25.43%) Senior
3 224 (19.31%) Software Engineer
4 212 (18.28%) Lead
5 208 (17.93%) Architect
6 178 (15.34%) AWS Engineer
7 142 (12.24%) Python Engineer
8 134 (11.55%) Developer
9 118 (10.17%) AWS Software Engineer
10 111 (9.57%) Java Engineer
10 111 (9.57%) Java Software Engineer
10 111 (9.57%) Python Software Engineer
11 105 (9.05%) Senior Software Engineer
12 103 (8.88%) Data Architect
13 92 (7.93%) Solutions Architect
14 91 (7.84%) Senior Data Engineer
15 80 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
16 75 (6.47%) Azure Data Engineer
17 71 (6.12%) Technical Leader
18 69 (5.95%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (30.52%) gRPC
1 354 (30.52%) Protocol Buffers
2 324 (27.93%) Pandas
3 309 (26.64%) NumPy
3 309 (26.64%) SciPy
4 141 (12.16%) PySpark
5 41 (3.53%) Kafka
6 16 (1.38%) .NET
6 16 (1.38%) Apache Beam
7 14 (1.21%) JSON
8 13 (1.12%) RESTful
9 11 (0.95%) XML
10 9 (0.78%) MDX
11 8 (0.69%) Web Services
12 7 (0.60%) CSS
12 7 (0.60%) REST
13 6 (0.52%) Apache Avro
13 6 (0.52%) HTML
13 6 (0.52%) Spark Streaming
14 4 (0.34%) React
Miscellaneous
1 370 (31.90%) Hedge funds
2 316 (27.24%) Derivative
2 316 (27.24%) Equities
2 316 (27.24%) Fixed Income
2 316 (27.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 80 (6.90%) Algorithms
4 65 (5.60%) Data Structures
5 54 (4.66%) Clustering
6 53 (4.57%) Product Ownership
7 48 (4.14%) Pricing Data
8 45 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
9 44 (3.79%) Cloud Native
10 42 (3.62%) Onboarding
11 30 (2.59%) Management Information System
12 26 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
13 22 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.47%) NHS
15 16 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
15 16 (1.38%) Public Cloud
16 14 (1.21%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.16%) Linux
2 10 (0.86%) Unix
3 7 (0.60%) Windows
4 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.086%) AIX
5 1 (0.086%) Android
5 1 (0.086%) Solaris
5 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (50.95%) Agile
2 418 (36.03%) Asset Management
3 399 (34.40%) Software Engineering
4 324 (27.93%) Analytics
5 320 (27.59%) Investment Management
6 305 (26.29%) Business Intelligence
7 266 (22.93%) ETL
8 259 (22.33%) Data Engineering
9 253 (21.81%) Data Modelling
10 242 (20.86%) Data Pipeline
11 219 (18.88%) Machine Learning
12 211 (18.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 178 (15.34%) DevOps
14 176 (15.17%) CI/CD
15 160 (13.79%) Roadmaps
16 159 (13.71%) Visualisation
17 156 (13.45%) Data Architecture
18 134 (11.55%) Data Science
19 133 (11.47%) Data Strategy
20 131 (11.29%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 705 (60.78%) Python
2 515 (44.40%) SQL
3 474 (40.86%) Java
4 365 (31.47%) JavaScript
5 302 (26.03%) TypeScript
6 101 (8.71%) T-SQL
7 64 (5.52%) Go
8 53 (4.57%) Scala
9 47 (4.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 30 (2.59%) C#
11 22 (1.90%) R
12 16 (1.38%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.03%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.95%) U-SQL
15 9 (0.78%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.26%) Bash
16 3 (0.26%) C
17 2 (0.17%) VBA
18 1 (0.086%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.086%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 87 (7.50%) Azure Certification
2 86 (7.41%) Degree
3 67 (5.78%) AWS Certification
4 37 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.38%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.38%) Security Cleared
7 14 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.52%) CIMA
11 3 (0.26%) MCP
11 3 (0.26%) MCSE
12 2 (0.17%) MCSA
12 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.086%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.086%) LPIC
13 1 (0.086%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (23.62%) Data Quality
2 54 (4.66%) GDPR
3 15 (1.29%) SLA
4 14 (1.21%) QA
5 7 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.60%) PSD2
6 6 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.086%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (1.98%) Docker
2 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.52%) HDFS
4 1 (0.086%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 110 (9.48%) Kubernetes
2 85 (7.33%) Terraform
3 54 (4.66%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.26%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.17%) Ansible
5 2 (0.17%) Argo
5 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 282 (24.31%) Databricks
2 259 (22.33%) Microsoft
3 67 (5.78%) Alteryx
4 54 (4.66%) Google
5 40 (3.45%) Oracle
6 17 (1.47%) Cognos
7 15 (1.29%) SAP
8 14 (1.21%) Bloomberg
8 14 (1.21%) Reuters
9 13 (1.12%) Sybase
9 13 (1.12%) Teradata
10 9 (0.78%) Cloudera
10 9 (0.78%) Informatica
11 7 (0.60%) Duck Creek
12 6 (0.52%) Talend
13 4 (0.34%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.26%) Adobe
14 3 (0.26%) Apple
14 3 (0.26%) SnapLogic
14 3 (0.26%) Veracode