PySpark Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

PySpark - Spark Python API
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring PySpark skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 64 97
Rank change year-on-year -31 +33 +9
Contract jobs citing PySpark 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.070% 0.55% 0.066%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.63% 5.00% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £560 £543 £700
% change year-on-year +3.23% -22.50% +33.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 160 80 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.14% 10.93% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 41 69
10th Percentile £362 £401 £405
25th Percentile £449 £484 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -8.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £648 £613 £638
90th Percentile £725 £688 £703
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £505
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.96% -6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 19
10th Percentile £40.63 £58.26 £48.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £60.81 £55.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £72.50
90th Percentile £54.38 £62.88 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.80
% change year-on-year -12.00% +1.13% -4.92%

PySpark
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

PySpark job vacancy trend in Hampshire

PySpark
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing PySpark.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing PySpark

PySpark
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing PySpark.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing PySpark

PySpark
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PySpark within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
Hook - 1 £425 -
PySpark
South East

PySpark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks