Scientists and mathematicians have long loved Python as a vehicle for working with data and automation. Python has not lacked for libraries such as Hadoopy or Pydoop to work with Hadoop, but those ...

Demand for big data skills are on the rise and aren't limited to just NoSQL and Hadoop but also include Python and general cloud skills.

Roles that required Spark, Hive, Hadoop, java and Python together – 15% of the total jobs in the space, in a role Glassdoor dubbed “big data specialist” – paid out an average $121, 246 in ...