Databricks Contract Job Trends

Databricks
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 August 2026, 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
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 170 206
Rank change year-on-year +59 +36 +26
Contract jobs citing Databricks 1,248 535 459
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.33% 1.63% 1.18%
As % of the Vendors category 5.58% 3.44% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 390 345
10th Percentile £400 £405 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £662
90th Percentile £725 £748 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £35.06 - -
Median hourly rate £37.24 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.24 - -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,363 15,539 16,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.75% 47.27% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,844 9,486 10,594
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +4.41% -4.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,149 808 821
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.61 £13.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.12 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.27 £21.35 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.81% -22.38% -17.76%

Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Databricks job vacancy trend in the UK

Databricks
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Databricks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Databricks

Databricks
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Databricks over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Databricks in the UK

Databricks
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Databricks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Databricks

Databricks
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Databricks over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Databricks in the UK

Databricks
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +49 1,076 £540 -1.82% 263
London +30 647 £550 -1.35% 148
UK excluding London +70 432 £525 -4.55% 190
Work from Home +60 420 £530 -3.20% 135
Midlands +32 120 £518 +3.50% 25
North of England -9 118 £525 +5.00% 46
South East -15 97 £525 -12.50% 84
West Midlands +9 75 £525 +2.44% 17
Yorkshire -4 64 £538 -8.35% 13
North West -20 45 £525 +6.33% 24
East Midlands +15 40 £488 +16.07% 8
South West -18 34 £503 -12.61% 12
Scotland +4 28 £545 +9.00% 11
East of England -9 22 £570 +11.76% 4
Wales -5 16 £500 -14.89% 6
North East -31 12 £510 +13.33% 9

Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 111 (8.89%) Apache Spark
2 87 (6.97%) Apache Airflow
3 79 (6.33%) Apache
4 22 (1.76%) Confluence
5 16 (1.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 13 (1.04%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.72%) SAS
8 6 (0.48%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.32%) PowerExchange
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.080%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.080%) JBoss
11 1 (0.080%) Mendix
11 1 (0.080%) nginx
11 1 (0.080%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.64%) Aladdin
2 8 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.40%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.16%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.16%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.080%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.080%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 796 (63.78%) Azure
2 292 (23.40%) AWS
3 282 (22.60%) Power Platform
4 255 (20.43%) Azure Data Factory
5 184 (14.74%) Snowflake
6 153 (12.26%) Azure DevOps
7 142 (11.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 115 (9.21%) GCP
9 108 (8.65%) GitHub
10 81 (6.49%) dbt
11 71 (5.69%) GitHub Actions
12 62 (4.97%) Amazon S3
13 56 (4.49%) Serverless
14 36 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
14 36 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (2.40%) Entra ID
16 29 (2.32%) SaaS
17 26 (2.08%) PowerApps
18 23 (1.84%) Azure Key Vault
18 23 (1.84%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.12%) Firewall
2 10 (0.80%) HTTP
3 5 (0.40%) Broadband
4 4 (0.32%) Network Security
5 2 (0.16%) DNS
5 2 (0.16%) MQTT
6 1 (0.080%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.080%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.080%) IPsec
6 1 (0.080%) Modbus
6 1 (0.080%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.080%) SMS
6 1 (0.080%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (20.75%) Power BI
2 211 (16.91%) Data Lake
3 193 (15.46%) Data Warehouse
4 160 (12.82%) Delta Lake
5 116 (9.29%) Metadata
6 72 (5.77%) SQL Server
7 61 (4.89%) BigQuery
8 60 (4.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 59 (4.73%) Big Data
10 52 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
11 47 (3.77%) Tableau
12 37 (2.96%) Spark SQL
13 32 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 31 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
15 27 (2.16%) Snowflake Schema
16 24 (1.92%) Relational Database
17 23 (1.84%) Semantic Layer
18 20 (1.60%) NoSQL
19 19 (1.52%) Data Vault
20 18 (1.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 115 (9.21%) Git
2 38 (3.04%) GitLab
3 35 (2.80%) MLflow
4 30 (2.40%) JIRA
5 29 (2.32%) Jenkins
6 21 (1.68%) ERwin
7 9 (0.72%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.64%) ER Studio
9 7 (0.56%) Postman
10 6 (0.48%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.40%) JMeter
11 5 (0.40%) Terragrunt
12 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.32%) Flyway
12 4 (0.32%) JUnit
12 4 (0.32%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.32%) Newman
12 4 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
13 3 (0.24%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 325 (26.04%) Finance
2 296 (23.72%) Social Skills
3 155 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (8.25%) Public Sector
5 89 (7.13%) Banking
6 75 (6.01%) Retail
7 39 (3.13%) Marketing
8 36 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.36%) Legal
12 14 (1.12%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.72%) Military
15 6 (0.48%) Local Government
15 6 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 387 (31.01%) Data Engineer
2 264 (21.15%) Architect
3 164 (13.14%) Senior
4 161 (12.90%) Data Architect
5 118 (9.46%) Azure Engineer
6 115 (9.21%) Lead
7 101 (8.09%) Analyst
8 77 (6.17%) Developer
9 76 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
10 75 (6.01%) Senior Data Engineer
11 70 (5.61%) Azure Data Engineer
12 69 (5.53%) Data Analyst
13 47 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
14 43 (3.45%) Consultant
15 35 (2.80%) AWS Engineer
15 35 (2.80%) Python Engineer
16 33 (2.64%) Data Scientist
17 32 (2.56%) Lead Data Engineer
18 30 (2.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 28 (2.24%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (19.39%) PySpark
2 92 (7.37%) Kafka
3 40 (3.21%) REST
4 31 (2.48%) JSON
5 22 (1.76%) Pandas
5 22 (1.76%) YAML
6 21 (1.68%) React
7 19 (1.52%) pytest
8 18 (1.44%) .NET
9 17 (1.36%) Middleware
10 15 (1.20%) ADO
10 15 (1.20%) Great Expectations
11 12 (0.96%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.96%) scikit-learn
11 12 (0.96%) TensorFlow
12 11 (0.88%) Node.js
12 11 (0.88%) Streamlit
12 11 (0.88%) XML
13 10 (0.80%) LangChain
14 9 (0.72%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.78%) Cloud Native
2 49 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
3 48 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 43 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 28 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 27 (2.16%) Reference Data
7 25 (2.00%) AI Agents
8 24 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.76%) Reinsurance
10 21 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
11 17 (1.36%) Algorithms
11 17 (1.36%) Data Fabric
11 17 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.20%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.96%) NHS
15 11 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (0.72%) IoT
16 9 (0.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.44%) Linux
2 5 (0.40%) Unix
2 5 (0.40%) VMS
3 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.32%) Windows
4 3 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (41.35%) Analytics
2 458 (36.70%) Data Modelling
3 428 (34.29%) Data Pipeline
4 410 (32.85%) Data Engineering
5 393 (31.49%) CI/CD
6 350 (28.04%) ETL
7 308 (24.68%) Data Governance
8 305 (24.44%) Business Intelligence
9 301 (24.12%) AI
10 279 (22.36%) DevOps
11 257 (20.59%) Migration
12 239 (19.15%) Agile
13 227 (18.19%) Data Architecture
14 200 (16.03%) Machine Learning
15 188 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
16 162 (12.98%) Data Transformation
17 158 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
18 154 (12.34%) Validation
19 148 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 141 (11.30%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 597 (47.84%) SQL
2 544 (43.59%) Python
3 44 (3.53%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.80%) Java
5 33 (2.64%) Bicep
5 33 (2.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.56%) Scala
7 27 (2.16%) Bash
8 20 (1.60%) TypeScript
9 19 (1.52%) C#
9 19 (1.52%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.12%) JavaScript
10 14 (1.12%) R
11 10 (0.80%) Korn
12 9 (0.72%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.24%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.16%) COBOL
15 2 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 204 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 170 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 62 (4.97%) Degree
4 45 (3.61%) Azure Certification
5 30 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 9 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.48%) PhD
11 5 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.32%) CISM
12 4 (0.32%) CISSP
12 4 (0.32%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.24%) CCSP
13 3 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 312 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 66 (5.29%) GDPR
3 39 (3.13%) QA
4 14 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.88%) Solvency II
6 8 (0.64%) NIST
7 6 (0.48%) SLA
8 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.40%) GRC
9 4 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.32%) IFRS
10 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.24%) PMO
10 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.16%) COPPA
12 1 (0.080%) EMIR
12 1 (0.080%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (5.93%) Docker
2 12 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 150 (12.02%) Terraform
2 74 (5.93%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.52%) Grafana
4 6 (0.48%) Puppet
5 5 (0.40%) Ansible
6 4 (0.32%) Control-M
6 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.24%) Foglight
8 2 (0.16%) Argo
9 1 (0.080%) CASB
9 1 (0.080%) Kibana
9 1 (0.080%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.080%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 231 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.41%) Oracle
3 45 (3.61%) Informatica
4 39 (3.13%) SAP
5 33 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.32%) Foundry
7 27 (2.16%) Google
8 23 (1.84%) Palantir
9 19 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 13 (1.04%) Alteryx
11 11 (0.88%) IBM
11 11 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.80%) Talend
12 10 (0.80%) Teradata
13 8 (0.64%) Sparx
13 8 (0.64%) Workday
14 7 (0.56%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.56%) Splunk
15 6 (0.48%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.48%) Infor