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 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 558 487
Rank change year-on-year -93 -71 +100
Contract jobs citing Spark SQL 50 19 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.054% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.59% 0.30% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 12 26
10th Percentile £420 £428 £336
25th Percentile £438 £459 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -18.52%
75th Percentile £663 £606 £518
90th Percentile £743 £625 £781
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £600 £387
% change year-on-year -20.00% +55.04% -

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
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills 8,470 6,313 6,390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 15.16% 17.94% 17.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,619 4,301 4,245
10th Percentile £360 £333 £340
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -5.21% -1.22%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £650
90th Percentile £725 £720 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +1.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 91 87
10th Percentile £17.17 £20.75 £17.80
25th Percentile £23.66 £29.00 £21.63
Median hourly rate £41.71 £43.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +45.00% -35.04%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £50.25
90th Percentile £74.68 £83.25 £64.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £43.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year -4.11% +51.30% -37.74%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Spark SQL Daily Rate Trend

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

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 12 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spark SQL in the UK

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 12 November 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 -82 48 £494 -1.25% 47
London -72 28 £563 +18.42% 24
UK excluding London -89 21 £480 -20.00% 27
Work from Home -64 10 £525 -2.33% 34
North of England -56 9 £525 -14.29% 12
South East - 8 £425 - 9
Yorkshire -24 7 £525 -12.50% 7
South West - 2 £425 - 2
North West - 2 £525 - 3
East Midlands -11 1 £475 -20.83% 2
Midlands -45 1 £475 -20.83% 2
Scotland - 1 £545 - 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.