Azure Databricks Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Azure Databricks
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Azure Databricks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 86 75
Rank change year-on-year -34 -11 +29
Contract jobs citing Azure Databricks 2 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.100% 0.20% 0.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.26% 0.55% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £448 £413
25th Percentile - £457 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £473 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -10.00% -19.23%
75th Percentile - £487 £631
90th Percentile - £495 £675
North West median daily rate £600 £445 £525
% change year-on-year +34.83% -15.24% -19.23%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Manchester

Azure Databricks falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 758 364 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 37.88% 35.79% 34.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 257 291
10th Percentile £327 £332 £350
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £724 £638 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 8 6
10th Percentile £28.50 £36.64 £24.75
25th Percentile £35.63 £45.19 £36.63
Median hourly rate £66.66 £65.00 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% +4.42% +227.63%
75th Percentile £77.00 £77.50 £71.06
90th Percentile £103.38 £90.63 £73.00
North West median hourly rate £45.50 £40.83 £36.00
% change year-on-year +11.45% +13.40% +32.35%

Azure Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Databricks relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Azure Databricks job vacancy trend in Manchester

Azure Databricks
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure Databricks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Complex ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft