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 9 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 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 536 | 877 | 1036 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +341 | +159 | -250 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Big Data Engineer | 426 | 68 | 246 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.39% | 0.073% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.41% | 0.080% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 77 | 32 | 110 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £47,500 | £56,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £64,982 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £80,294 | £78,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.98% | +1.96% | -1.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £118,750 | £106,250 | £88,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £143,750 | £109,625 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £69,447 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.20% | +6.84% | +4.48% |
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 | 102,753 | 84,908 | 164,946 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.75% | 91.21% | 95.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72,538 | 55,143 | 85,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,524 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| 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 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.37% | +5.89% |
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 9 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 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +259 | 369 | £80,000 | +15.20% | |
| Scotland | - | 349 | - | - | |
| England | +36 | 77 | £87,500 | +8.98% | 1 |
| London | +71 | 57 | £112,500 | +40.11% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +101 | 56 | £112,500 | +88.37% | |
| South West | -27 | 16 | £80,000 | -5.58% | |
| East of England | - | 3 | £80,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | -10 | 1 | £72,500 | +52.63% | |
| Midlands | -31 | 1 | £72,500 | +52.63% |
Big Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 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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