PySpark Contracts in the Thames Valley

PySpark - Spark Python API
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PySpark skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PySpark over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 141 148
Rank change year-on-year +60 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing PySpark 21 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.39% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.64% 1.09% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £472 £278 £478
25th Percentile £500 £309 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +39.33% -37.50% -
75th Percentile £553 £569 £622
90th Percentile £628 £678 £628
South East median daily rate £505 £488 £600
% change year-on-year +3.59% -18.75% -4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

PySpark falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 275 367 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.20% 13.66% 16.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 234 352
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £600 £617 £625
90th Percentile £650 £673 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 8
10th Percentile £23.35 £56.58 £52.90
25th Percentile £27.11 £56.65 £75.06
Median hourly rate £31.50 £61.60 £78.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.86% -21.78% +20.23%
75th Percentile £77.19 - £80.25
90th Percentile £86.38 £62.00 £80.48
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.66% -12.00% +55.56%

PySpark
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PySpark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PySpark in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PySpark in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for PySpark in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PySpark in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PySpark in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PySpark within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +47 19 £503 +57.65% 3
Buckinghamshire +17 2 £543 -22.50% 2
PySpark
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (57.14%) Apache Spark
2 2 (9.52%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 14 (66.67%) Azure
2 11 (52.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (9.52%) Amazon S3
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon ELB
5 1 (4.76%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Storage
5 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (52.38%) Big Data
2 7 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (19.05%) Data Lake
3 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (19.05%) Hadoop
3 4 (19.05%) MongoDB
3 4 (19.05%) Spark SQL
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
4 3 (14.29%) Apache Hive
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (9.52%) MySQL
5 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (4.76%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (4.76%) HBase
6 1 (4.76%) HDInsight
6 1 (4.76%) Impala
6 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
6 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 3 (14.29%) Marketing
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Data Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Tester
4 2 (9.52%) Automation Tester
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Big Data Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Hadoop Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Automation Tester
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Data Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Tester
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Scientist
5 1 (4.76%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Kafka
2 3 (14.29%) Gherkin
3 2 (9.52%) JDBC
4 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 3 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Unix
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Data Pipeline
2 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (38.10%) ETL
3 7 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 6 (28.57%) Analytics
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
6 4 (19.05%) Data Integration
6 4 (19.05%) Machine Learning
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) API Management
7 3 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
7 3 (14.29%) Data-Driven Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Generative AI
7 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) SQL
2 16 (76.19%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 3 (14.29%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Apache Flume
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Databricks
2 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Foundry
3 3 (14.29%) Palantir
3 3 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) StreamSets
4 1 (4.76%) Virgin Media