PySpark Contract Job Trends in Durham

PySpark - Spark Python API
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring PySpark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing PySpark 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 3.57% 7.02% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.00% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate £550 £390 -
% change year-on-year +41.03% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Durham

PySpark falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 14.29% 21.05% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £470 -
North East median daily rate £483 £450 £428
% change year-on-year +7.22% +5.14% -25.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £26.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year - +27.59% -
North East median hourly rate £60.00 £26.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +126.42% +27.59% -57.61%

PySpark
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PySpark relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham.

PySpark job vacancy trend in Durham

PySpark
Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PySpark within the Durham region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Darlington 0 1 - -
PySpark
North East

PySpark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared