Databricks Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Engineer - Databricks
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Data Engineer - Databricks daily rate in Birmingham is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 59 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Databricks Data Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% 0.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% - -
75th Percentile £515 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £461 £650 -
% change year-on-year -29.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 834 527 674
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 89.47% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 349 454
10th Percentile £319 £173 £207
25th Percentile £412 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £538 £623
90th Percentile £688 £639 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 47 21
10th Percentile £13.98 - £14.00
25th Percentile £17.20 £12.62 £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.09 £14.00 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year +100.64% -46.41% +20.11%
75th Percentile £55.00 £25.04 £52.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £32.57 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.27 £25.15 £19.59
% change year-on-year +20.36% +28.38% -8.88%

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Databricks Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Databricks Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks