Senior Databricks Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Senior Data Engineer - Databricks
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Senior Data Engineer - Databricks daily rate in Leicester is £650, 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 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Databricks Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 1.02% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 88 66 85
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 78.57% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 44 61
10th Percentile £313 £123 £250
25th Percentile £409 £167 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £482 £530
90th Percentile £650 £560 £606
Leicestershire median daily rate £450 £360 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -15.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £15.08 - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £16.28 £20.75 £24.00
% change year-on-year -21.57% -13.54% +21.89%

Senior Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Senior 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 Leicester region featuring Senior Databricks Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management

Senior Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
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