Apache Spark SQL
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Spark SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Spark SQL | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland | 0.41% | - | - |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 2.86% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £518 | £450 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -16.67% | -10.00% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 35 | 41 | 27 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 14.52% | 21.24% | 18.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 15 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £374 | £415 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £463 | £303 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £475 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.21% | -3.80% | -1.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £645 | £538 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £826 | £560 | £516 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £530 | £534 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | -0.75% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £12.08 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £13.55 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.48 | £16.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +40.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £16.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £16.10 |
| UK median hourly rate | £47.61 | £31.55 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.93% | -31.69% | -7.64% |
Spark SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spark SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Spark SQL
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spark SQL within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 5 December 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Antrim | - | 1 | £463 | - | |
| Spark SQL UK |
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Spark SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:
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