PySpark Contracts in Wales

PySpark - Spark Python API
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 39 38 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing PySpark 4 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.37% 1.52% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.33% 6.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £559 £192 -
25th Percentile £572 £239 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £330 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.61% - -
75th Percentile £672 £434 -
90th Percentile £696 £489 -
UK median daily rate £600 £533 £600
% change year-on-year +12.68% -11.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £20.31 £15.38 -
25th Percentile £20.59 £15.66 -
Median hourly rate £21.12 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.41% - -
75th Percentile £21.59 £21.29 -
90th Percentile £21.84 £22.77 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £20.47 £43.50
% change year-on-year +7.47% -52.94% -44.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 48 88 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 16.38% 22.28% 27.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 72 135
10th Percentile £234 £290 £313
25th Percentile £327 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £547 £531 £586
90th Percentile £596 £594 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £20.68 £15.38 -
25th Percentile £21.53 £15.66 -
Median hourly rate £25.63 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.26% - -
75th Percentile £36.31 £21.29 -
90th Percentile £49.03 £22.77 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

PySpark
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing PySpark as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for PySpark in Wales

PySpark
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PySpark in Wales.

Daily rate trend for PySpark in Wales

PySpark
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PySpark in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for PySpark in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PySpark within the Wales 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
South Wales +2 2 - - 4
Dyfed - 1 £675 -
West Wales - 1 £550 -
PySpark
UK

PySpark
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Machine Learning
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Data Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) LangChain
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
1 1 (25.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (25.00%) LLM
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) MLOps
2 1 (25.00%) Probabilistic Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Foundry