Spark SQL Contract Job Trends in Central London

Apache Spark SQL
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Spark SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 120 135
Rank change year-on-year -27 +15 +11
Contract jobs citing Spark SQL 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.13% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.71% 0.52% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile £425 - £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.50%
75th Percentile £606 - £525
90th Percentile £685 - -
London median daily rate £488 £475 £440
% change year-on-year +2.63% +7.95% -17.56%

All Database & BI Skills
Central London

Spark SQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Central London.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 425 382 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 17.92% 20.38% 20.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 272 348
10th Percentile £380 £364 £413
25th Percentile £456 £432 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -3.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £668 £678 £710
90th Percentile £763 £799 £825
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile £19.40 £22.70 £37.20
25th Percentile £19.63 £32.00 £37.88
Median hourly rate £21.00 £34.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £22.75 £63.75 £41.38
90th Percentile £23.20 - £41.60
London median hourly rate £43.88 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -16.43% +16.67% -9.09%

Spark SQL Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spark SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Spark SQL job vacancy trend in Central London

Spark SQL Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Spark SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Spark SQL

Spark SQL Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spark SQL in Central London over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spark SQL in Central London

Spark SQL 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 Spark SQL within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 -25 3 £450 -
Spark SQL
London

Spark SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Database & Business Intelligence

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Power BI100.0%3
2Delta Lake66.7%2
2SQL Server66.7%2
4Data Lake33.3%1
4Data Warehouse33.3%1
4Metadata33.3%1