Azure Databricks Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Azure Databricks
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales 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 42 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Databricks 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.61% 0.40% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.34% 1.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £535 - -
Wales median daily rate £500 £588 -
% change year-on-year -14.89% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 128 78 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 26.23% 30.95% 29.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 59 69
10th Percentile £300 £190 £157
25th Percentile £325 £296 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -9.18% +13.62%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £551
90th Percentile £750 £580 £620
Wales median daily rate £425 £446 £450
% change year-on-year -4.71% -0.89% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 1
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.40 -
25th Percentile £19.25 - £20.30
Median hourly rate £20.87 £16.00 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +30.41% -25.89% +7.95%
75th Percentile £21.25 £18.51 £22.89
90th Percentile - £21.11 -
Wales median hourly rate £20.87 £19.76 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.62% -34.15% +50.00%

Azure Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Azure Databricks job vacancy trend in South Wales

Azure Databricks
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales 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
Cardiff -4 3 £500 - 3
Azure Databricks
Wales

Azure Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (66.67%) Data Lake
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Lakehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce