Big Data Engineer
UK
The median Big Data Engineer salary in the UK is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 516 | 878 | 1021 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +362 | +143 | -251 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Big Data Engineer | 449 | 69 | 241 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.43% | 0.073% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.45% | 0.080% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 77 | 31 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £47,500 | £55,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £63,715 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £80,294 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.98% | +3.60% | -3.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £118,750 | £106,250 | £88,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £143,750 | £110,000 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £69,447 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.20% | +6.84% | +2.19% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
Big Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Big Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Big Data Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Big Data Engineer.
Big Data Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Big Data Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Big Data Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +304 | 392 | £80,000 | +15.20% | |
| Scotland | - | 372 | - | - | |
| England | +44 | 77 | £87,500 | +8.98% | 1 |
| London | +117 | 57 | £112,500 | +40.11% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +90 | 56 | £112,500 | +88.37% | |
| South West | -23 | 16 | £80,000 | +15.20% | |
| East of England | - | 3 | £80,000 | - | |
| Midlands | -13 | 1 | £72,500 | +52.63% | |
| West Midlands | -14 | 1 | £72,500 | +52.63% |
Big Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Big Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Big Data Engineer in the job title.
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Big Data Engineer Skill Set
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:
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