Spark SQL Contract Job Trends
Apache Spark SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing Spark SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 642 | 544 | 502 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -98 | -42 | +92 |
| Contract jobs citing Spark SQL | 51 | 21 | 58 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.093% | 0.061% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.62% | 0.34% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 14 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £324 |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £453 | £366 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £494 | £500 | £430 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.25% | +16.28% | -20.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £617 | £619 | £493 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £634 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £613 | £355 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +72.54% | -40.83% |
All Database & BI Skills
UK
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 citing database or business intelligence skills.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 8,213 | 6,255 | 6,507 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 15.00% | 18.30% | 17.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,446 | 4,227 | 4,365 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £335 | £343 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -4.76% | -2.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £618 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £720 | £725 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £475 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | -2.06% | -3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 323 | 88 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.03 | £20.72 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | £29.00 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.18 | £42.00 | £30.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.32% | +37.28% | -36.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £65.00 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £83.78 | £66.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.50 | £40.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.75% | +33.33% | -35.95% |
Spark SQL Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spark SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Spark SQL Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spark SQL.
Spark SQL Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spark SQL over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.
Spark SQL Top 12 Contract Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 29 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -101 | 49 | £488 | +2.63% | 14 |
| London | -70 | 29 | £494 | +3.95% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | -76 | 21 | £490 | -20.00% | 12 |
| North of England | -59 | 9 | £525 | -14.29% | 9 |
| Work from Home | -74 | 9 | £525 | -16.00% | 11 |
| South East | - | 8 | £425 | - | |
| Yorkshire | -30 | 7 | £538 | -10.42% | 6 |
| South West | - | 2 | £425 | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 2 | £525 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £545 | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £475 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £475 | - | 2 |
Spark SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power BI | 33.3% | 17 |
| 2 | Delta Lake | 29.4% | 15 |
| 3 | Data Warehouse | 25.5% | 13 |
| 4 | Data Lake | 23.5% | 12 |
| 5 | Metadata | 21.6% | 11 |
| 6 | Big Data | 11.8% | 6 |
| 6 | SQL Server | 11.8% | 6 |
| 8 | Apache Iceberg | 5.9% | 3 |
| 8 | Azure SQL Database | 5.9% | 3 |
| 8 | Data Vault | 5.9% | 3 |
| 8 | Parquet | 5.9% | 3 |
| 8 | Star Schema | 5.9% | 3 |
| 13 | Amazon Athena | 3.9% | 2 |
| 13 | Amazon RDS | 3.9% | 2 |
| 13 | SQL Server Integration Services | 3.9% | 2 |
| 13 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 3.9% | 2 |
| 17 | Amazon Redshift | 2.0% | 1 |
| 17 | Azure SQL Data Warehouse | 2.0% | 1 |
| 17 | DataStage | 2.0% | 1 |
| 17 | Enterprise Data Warehouse | 2.0% | 1 |