The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Apache Spark skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Apache Spark over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
65
73
Rank change year-on-year
+16
+8
+19
Contract jobs citing Apache Spark
1
2
2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Apache Spark falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills
38
61
69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
7.28%
7.89%
7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted
21
48
46
10th Percentile
£200
£131
£229
25th Percentile
£263
£309
£325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£429
£350
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+22.57%
-17.65%
-15.00%
75th Percentile
£600
£585
£538
90th Percentile
£700
£638
£688
West Midlands median daily rate
£473
£400
£500
% change year-on-year
+18.13%
-20.00%
+11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
2
2
10th Percentile
-
£18.00
£12.63
25th Percentile
£56.88
£24.16
£13.56
Median hourly rate
£58.75
£34.80
£15.25
Median % change year-on-year
+68.85%
+128.16%
+1.67%
75th Percentile
£60.63
£45.07
£17.06
90th Percentile
-
£51.03
£18.08
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.00
£15.65
£15.97
% change year-on-year
+15.02%
-2.00%
-7.42%
Apache Spark Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Apache Spark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Apache Spark Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Apache Spark in Birmingham.
Apache Spark Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Apache Spark also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Apache Spark.
Apache Spark Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
