Hybrid/Remote Databricks Architect Contract Job Trends

Databricks Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Databricks Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £661, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 303 328
Rank change year-on-year -43 +25 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Databricks Architect 18 3 8
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.030% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.032% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 6
10th Percentile £470 £543 £475
25th Percentile £581 £569 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £661 £625 £531
Median % change year-on-year +5.76% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £700 £669 £592
90th Percentile £738 £688 £603
UK median daily rate £661 £633 £650
% change year-on-year +4.51% -2.69% +4.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,565 9,256 11,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 93.82% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,906 6,117 7,896
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 656 296 325
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.13 £17.90
25th Percentile £27.10 £18.94 £30.12
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.64 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.76% -18.58% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

Databricks Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Databricks Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Databricks Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Databricks Architect job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Databricks Architect job vacancies

Databricks Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Databricks Architect over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Databricks Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Databricks Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Databricks Architect in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Databricks
2 7 (38.89%) AWS
2 7 (38.89%) Data Architecture
2 7 (38.89%) Data Governance
2 7 (38.89%) Data Modelling
2 7 (38.89%) Lakehouse
3 6 (33.33%) Delta Lake
4 5 (27.78%) AI
4 5 (27.78%) Analytics
4 5 (27.78%) Azure
4 5 (27.78%) Generative AI
4 5 (27.78%) Migration
5 4 (22.22%) Data Engineering
5 4 (22.22%) Data Integration
5 4 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (22.22%) ETL
5 4 (22.22%) LLM
5 4 (22.22%) SQL
6 3 (16.67%) Azure Databricks
6 3 (16.67%) GDPR
6 3 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
6 3 (16.67%) PySpark
6 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3
7 2 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
7 2 (11.11%) COPPA
7 2 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
7 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics

Databricks Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (5.56%) Apache
1 1 (5.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Databricks
4 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3
4 2 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (5.56%) Collibra
5 1 (5.56%) dbt
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Delta Lake
2 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 2 (11.11%) Neo4j
2 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.56%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (5.56%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (5.56%) Metadata
3 1 (5.56%) Power BI
3 1 (5.56%) Spark SQL
3 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Back Office
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Front Office
4 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) PySpark
2 2 (11.11%) Pandas
3 1 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) Matplotlib
3 1 (5.56%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Educational Technology
2 2 (11.11%) Clustering
2 2 (11.11%) Reinsurance
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Data Architecture
1 7 (38.89%) Data Governance
1 7 (38.89%) Data Modelling
1 7 (38.89%) Lakehouse
2 5 (27.78%) AI
2 5 (27.78%) Analytics
2 5 (27.78%) Generative AI
2 5 (27.78%) Migration
3 4 (22.22%) Data Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Data Integration
3 4 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (22.22%) ETL
3 4 (22.22%) LLM
4 3 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (11.11%) Data Lineage
5 2 (11.11%) Personalization
5 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (11.11%) COPPA
2 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.11%) Solvency II
3 1 (5.56%) Government Security Classifications
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Databricks
2 2 (11.11%) Informatica
3 1 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.56%) Teradata
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