Databricks Contract Job Trends in Reading

Databricks
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring knowledge or experience of Databricks products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Databricks over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Databricks.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 75 76
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 +14
Contract jobs citing Databricks 16 16 12
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.21% 1.54% 1.17%
As % of the Vendors category 3.31% 3.06% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 12
10th Percentile £469 £503 £429
25th Percentile £525 £522 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +6.13%
75th Percentile £600 £641 £603
90th Percentile £606 £658 £635
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £550 £543
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.38% +2.84%

All Vendors
Reading

Databricks falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 483 523 537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 66.62% 50.39% 52.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 335 371
10th Percentile £313 £384 £213
25th Percentile £459 £509 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -3.05%
75th Percentile £625 £660 £623
90th Percentile £663 £719 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 14
10th Percentile £14.53 £27.35 £59.09
25th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £60.88
Median hourly rate £62.25 £42.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +46.47% -32.85% +19.42%
75th Percentile £83.00 £74.87 £65.19
90th Percentile £97.25 £82.45 £67.36
Berkshire median hourly rate £21.40 £56.75 £61.79
% change year-on-year -62.30% -8.16% +97.73%

Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Databricks job vacancy trend in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Databricks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Databricks

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Databricks in Reading over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Databricks in Reading

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Databricks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Databricks

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 13 (81.25%) Azure
2 8 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (37.50%) AWS
3 6 (37.50%) GitHub
3 6 (37.50%) GitHub Actions
4 5 (31.25%) GCP
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 1 (6.25%) IaaS
6 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Delta Lake
2 2 (12.50%) Big Data
2 2 (12.50%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
1 7 (43.75%) Python Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 3 (18.75%) React Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) Data Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Gen AI Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
6 1 (6.25%) Product Owner
6 1 (6.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) FastAPI
2 4 (25.00%) RESTful
3 3 (18.75%) PySpark
4 2 (12.50%) Kafka
4 2 (12.50%) React
4 2 (12.50%) REST
5 1 (6.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) CI/CD
1 9 (56.25%) DevOps
2 8 (50.00%) AI
3 7 (43.75%) Generative AI
4 6 (37.50%) Design Patterns
5 4 (25.00%) CQRS
6 3 (18.75%) Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (12.50%) Agile
7 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 2 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (12.50%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 2 (12.50%) FinOps
7 2 (12.50%) OOP
7 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 2 (12.50%) SOLID
8 1 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (6.25%) Data Integration
8 1 (6.25%) Identity Management
8 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
4 1 (6.25%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle