Azure Databricks Contract Job Trends in the North West

Azure Databricks
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 179 124 113
Rank change year-on-year -55 -11 +27
Contract jobs citing Azure Databricks 4 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.10% 0.14% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.32% 0.42% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £413 £413
25th Percentile - £424 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £445 £525
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% -15.24% -19.23%
75th Percentile - £474 £631
90th Percentile - £490 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,233 713 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.20% 32.23% 29.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 788 530 492
10th Percentile £250 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £537 £575
90th Percentile £692 £630 £650
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 28 13
10th Percentile £18.85 £12.82 £13.09
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.50 £40.83 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.45% +13.40% +32.35%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.25 £58.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £74.50 £71.15
England median hourly rate £34.18 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.95% -12.33% -9.09%

Azure Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Azure Databricks job vacancy trend in the North West

Azure Databricks
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure Databricks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Databricks within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Manchester -34 2 £600 +26.98%
Cumbria - 1 - -
Azure Databricks
England

Azure Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) Toad
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (50.00%) AI
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) Complex ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) ETL Development
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft