Apache Spark SQL
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Spark SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spark SQL over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 133 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Spark SQL | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | 0.072% | - |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 0.48% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £350 | - |
| England median daily rate | £463 | £450 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.78% | -25.00% | -4.00% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West
Spark SQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 323 | 415 | 484 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 15.57% | 14.92% | 15.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 237 | 304 | 354 |
| 10th Percentile | £321 | £341 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £401 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | - | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £617 | £613 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 20 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.02 | £27.43 | £28.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.62 | £37.63 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.65 | £43.62 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.32% | +9.05% | -5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £37.50 | £46.18 | £54.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.88 | £69.13 | £64.80 |
| England median hourly rate | £33.94 | £40.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.15% | -30.43% | +52.12% |
Spark SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Spark SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Spark SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spark SQL in the North West.