Data Lake Contracts in England

Data Lakes
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Lake skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Lake over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 197 238
Rank change year-on-year +33 +41 -35
Contract jobs citing Data Lake 564 639 847
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.50% 1.36% 1.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.80% 7.75% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 499 565
10th Percentile £419 £448 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.61% - +12.20%
75th Percentile £850 £675 £700
90th Percentile £888 £751 £775
UK median daily rate £625 £565 £575
% change year-on-year +10.62% -1.74% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £42.50 - -
25th Percentile £45.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.75 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% - -21.35%
75th Percentile £56.25 - -
90th Percentile £59.40 - £61.25
UK median hourly rate £50.75 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +45.00% - -26.32%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Data Lake falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,409 8,241 13,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.09% 17.52% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,613 5,916 9,942
10th Percentile £350 £365 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £669
90th Percentile £800 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 154 165
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £14.50
25th Percentile £20.77 £32.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +37.86% +72.48%
75th Percentile £52.83 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.30 £82.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £43.95
% change year-on-year -31.73% +33.31% +62.78%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 397 £750 +25.04% 116
North of England +21 68 £500 -16.67% 37
North West +15 50 £475 -25.49% 28
South East +1 37 £500 -9.09% 6
Midlands +3 23 £445 -11.00% 8
South West -1 19 £554 +5.48% 13
Yorkshire +23 17 £500 -27.01% 7
East Midlands +1 13 £459 +1.94% 4
West Midlands +10 10 £400 -27.27% 4
East of England -2 3 £410 -23.72% 3
North East +1 1 £850 +41.67% 2
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
1 167 (29.61%) Apache Airflow
2 159 (28.19%) Apache
3 63 (11.17%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.60%) SAS
5 3 (0.53%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.90%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) Primavera
4 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Maximo
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.18%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 286 (50.71%) Azure
2 250 (44.33%) AWS
3 181 (32.09%) Snowflake
4 167 (29.61%) dbt
5 136 (24.11%) Power Platform
6 126 (22.34%) GCP
7 101 (17.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 64 (11.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 55 (9.75%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (9.22%) Power Automate
11 49 (8.69%) Serverless
12 47 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
13 39 (6.91%) PowerApps
14 27 (4.79%) Amazon S3
14 27 (4.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 20 (3.55%) Azure Functions
16 18 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
18 16 (2.84%) Azure Key Vault
18 16 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.71%) Firewall
2 2 (0.35%) VPN
3 1 (0.18%) DNS
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (29.79%) Amazon Athena
2 157 (27.84%) Dremio
3 153 (27.13%) Apache Arrow
4 151 (26.77%) Data Warehouse
5 127 (22.52%) Apache Ignite
6 124 (21.99%) Big Data
6 124 (21.99%) Power BI
7 46 (8.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (7.62%) SQL Server
9 36 (6.38%) NoSQL
10 27 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (4.43%) Hadoop
12 22 (3.90%) BigQuery
12 22 (3.90%) Relational Database
13 19 (3.37%) Delta Lake
14 18 (3.19%) Tableau
15 17 (3.01%) Metadata
16 16 (2.84%) OLTP
17 15 (2.66%) Data Mining
18 13 (2.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (7.62%) Git
2 20 (3.55%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.66%) JIRA
4 7 (1.24%) ERwin
5 6 (1.06%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.06%) Visual Studio Team System
6 4 (0.71%) Deequ
6 4 (0.71%) kappa
7 3 (0.53%) Maven
7 3 (0.53%) MLflow
8 2 (0.35%) Ant
8 2 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.35%) Gradle
8 2 (0.35%) JUnit
9 1 (0.18%) git-flow
9 1 (0.18%) GitLab
9 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.18%) Poetry
General
1 261 (46.28%) Finance
2 166 (29.43%) Banking
3 139 (24.65%) Front Office
4 136 (24.11%) Investment Banking
5 117 (20.74%) Social Skills
6 79 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (7.09%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.85%) Retail
9 25 (4.43%) General Ledger
10 17 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.24%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.24%) Legal
13 6 (1.06%) Marketing
13 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Czech Language
14 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.35%) Law
16 1 (0.18%) Advertising
16 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 142 (25.18%) Architect
2 126 (22.34%) Data Engineer
3 82 (14.54%) Solutions Architect
4 78 (13.83%) AWS Engineer
4 78 (13.83%) Lead
5 77 (13.65%) Senior
5 77 (13.65%) Software Engineer
6 61 (10.82%) Data Architect
7 60 (10.64%) Developer
8 55 (9.75%) Azure Engineer
9 54 (9.57%) Python Engineer
10 50 (8.87%) Azure Data Engineer
11 47 (8.33%) Java Engineer
12 46 (8.16%) AWS Software Engineer
12 46 (8.16%) Java Software Engineer
12 46 (8.16%) Python Software Engineer
13 43 (7.62%) Senior Software Engineer
14 39 (6.91%) Consultant
15 37 (6.56%) Analyst
16 35 (6.21%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (25.71%) gRPC
1 145 (25.71%) Protocol Buffers
2 132 (23.40%) NumPy
2 132 (23.40%) Pandas
3 131 (23.23%) SciPy
4 71 (12.59%) PySpark
5 25 (4.43%) Kafka
6 19 (3.37%) JSON
7 13 (2.30%) XML
8 12 (2.13%) .NET
8 12 (2.13%) ARM Templates
9 8 (1.42%) Apache Avro
10 7 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (1.06%) Middleware
11 6 (1.06%) Web Services
12 5 (0.89%) Great Expectations
12 5 (0.89%) JSON Schema
13 4 (0.71%) ADO
13 4 (0.71%) OpenID
14 3 (0.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 154 (27.30%) Hedge funds
2 135 (23.94%) Derivative
2 135 (23.94%) Equities
2 135 (23.94%) Fixed Income
2 135 (23.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 33 (5.85%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.19%) Clustering
6 16 (2.84%) Pricing Data
7 8 (1.42%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.42%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (0.89%) Data Fabric
9 5 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.71%) Blockchain
10 4 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.66%) Linux
2 5 (0.89%) Windows
3 2 (0.35%) Android
3 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.18%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (40.43%) Agile
2 159 (28.19%) Asset Management
3 145 (25.71%) Data Modelling
3 145 (25.71%) Software Engineering
4 142 (25.18%) DevOps
5 139 (24.65%) Analytics
6 128 (22.70%) Business Intelligence
7 122 (21.63%) ETL
8 121 (21.45%) Investment Management
9 96 (17.02%) Data Engineering
10 94 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
11 71 (12.59%) Data Governance
12 68 (12.06%) Line Management
13 67 (11.88%) CI/CD
14 61 (10.82%) Data Architecture
15 57 (10.11%) Migration
16 53 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
17 48 (8.51%) Data Science
18 46 (8.16%) Data Integration
18 46 (8.16%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 301 (53.37%) Python
2 199 (35.28%) SQL
3 176 (31.21%) Java
4 146 (25.89%) JavaScript
5 127 (22.52%) TypeScript
6 28 (4.96%) PowerShell
7 27 (4.79%) T-SQL
8 24 (4.26%) Go
9 23 (4.08%) Scala
10 13 (2.30%) C#
11 10 (1.77%) R
12 7 (1.24%) Bash
12 7 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.71%) Bicep
13 4 (0.71%) C++
13 4 (0.71%) X++
14 3 (0.53%) C
15 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.18%) PyPy
16 1 (0.18%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (9.75%) Degree
2 41 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.66%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.30%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.77%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.53%) CIMA
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.18%) PhD
9 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (17.38%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.84%) QA
3 6 (1.06%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.06%) GDPR
4 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.53%) PMO
6 2 (0.35%) SLA
7 1 (0.18%) COBIT
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) NIST
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (3.90%) Docker
2 7 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.53%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 72 (12.77%) Terraform
2 41 (7.27%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.19%) Prometheus
4 17 (3.01%) Ansible
5 10 (1.77%) Puppet
6 9 (1.60%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.06%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.18%) Ambari
8 1 (0.18%) Ganglia
8 1 (0.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.18%) Oozie
Vendors
1 140 (24.82%) Databricks
2 120 (21.28%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.61%) SAP
4 19 (3.37%) Google
5 17 (3.01%) Oracle
6 8 (1.42%) Bloomberg
6 8 (1.42%) Informatica
6 8 (1.42%) Reuters
7 7 (1.24%) Alteryx
7 7 (1.24%) Dataiku
8 6 (1.06%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.06%) Splunk
8 6 (1.06%) Trillium
9 4 (0.71%) Sparx
9 4 (0.71%) Talend
10 3 (0.53%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.53%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.53%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.53%) Teradata
11 2 (0.35%) TIBCO