Databricks Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Databricks Architect
London > Central London

The median Databricks Architect daily rate in Central London is £563, 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 145 130 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Databricks Architect 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.16% 0.100% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £572 -
25th Percentile £500 £578 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £596 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% - -
75th Percentile £663 £620 -
90th Percentile £708 £630 -
London median daily rate £661 £640 £650
% change year-on-year +3.28% -1.54% +4.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,391 1,866 2,176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 93.16% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,625 1,256 1,441
10th Percentile £357 £318 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £787
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 30 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £19.60
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £23.16 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.23% +4.91% -23.94%
75th Percentile £40.88 £41.81 £65.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.93 £137.50
London median hourly rate £38.25 £30.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.41% -12.16% -6.67%

Databricks Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Databricks Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Databricks Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Databricks Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Databricks Architect job vacancies in Central London

Databricks Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Databricks Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Databricks Architect in Central London

Databricks Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 August 2026. 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
City of London -18 2 £675 +13.26% 1
City of Westminster - 2 £500 -
Databricks Architect
London

Databricks Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Architect 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 Central London region featuring Databricks Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Use Case
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) BigQuery
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Data Sharing
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Refactoring
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Databricks
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality

Databricks Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
1 2 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MLflow
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Retail
3 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Use Case
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Data Sharing
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Refactoring
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft