Hybrid/Remote Databricks Data Engineer Contract Job Trends

Data Engineer - Databricks
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Engineer - Databricks daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £500, 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 315 292 325
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Databricks Data Engineer 49 14 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.14% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.15% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 7
10th Percentile £388 £404 £420
25th Percentile £416 £475 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £634 £593 £559
90th Percentile £650 £660 £601
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +13.16%

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 Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Databricks Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Databricks Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Data Engineer 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 Data Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (100.00%) Databricks
2 36 (73.47%) Azure
3 31 (63.27%) Python
4 30 (61.22%) Data Pipeline
5 29 (59.18%) Data Engineering
5 29 (59.18%) SQL
6 28 (57.14%) ETL
7 19 (38.78%) Analytics
8 18 (36.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (30.61%) Data Governance
9 15 (30.61%) Data Lake
9 15 (30.61%) Delta Lake
10 14 (28.57%) AI
10 14 (28.57%) CI/CD
10 14 (28.57%) PySpark
11 13 (26.53%) Azure Databricks
11 13 (26.53%) Data Modelling
11 13 (26.53%) Data Quality
11 13 (26.53%) Git
12 9 (18.37%) DevOps
12 9 (18.37%) Kafka
12 9 (18.37%) Lakehouse
12 9 (18.37%) Terraform
13 8 (16.33%) AWS
13 8 (16.33%) Data Architecture
13 8 (16.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
13 8 (16.33%) Validation
14 7 (14.29%) Data Transformation
14 7 (14.29%) Power BI

Databricks Data Engineer 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 6 (12.24%) Apache Spark
2 4 (8.16%) Apache
3 3 (6.12%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 36 (73.47%) Azure
2 18 (36.73%) Azure Data Factory
3 13 (26.53%) Azure Databricks
4 8 (16.33%) AWS
4 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
5 6 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (10.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (10.20%) Snowflake
7 2 (4.08%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (4.08%) dbt
7 2 (4.08%) GCP
7 2 (4.08%) GitHub
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (2.04%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.61%) Data Lake
1 15 (30.61%) Delta Lake
2 7 (14.29%) Power BI
3 6 (12.24%) Big Data
4 5 (10.20%) Spark SQL
5 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (8.16%) Metadata
5 4 (8.16%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.08%) Hadoop
7 1 (2.04%) Apache Hive
7 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (26.53%) Git
2 2 (4.08%) MLflow
3 1 (2.04%) Claude Code
3 1 (2.04%) ER Studio
3 1 (2.04%) ERwin
General
1 10 (20.41%) Finance
1 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Banking
2 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (28.57%) PySpark
2 9 (18.37%) Kafka
2 9 (18.37%) Terraform
3 2 (4.08%) YAML
4 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.08%) AI Agents
2 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.04%) Pricing Data
3 1 (2.04%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.04%) Replication
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (61.22%) Data Pipeline
2 29 (59.18%) Data Engineering
3 28 (57.14%) ETL
4 19 (38.78%) Analytics
5 15 (30.61%) Data Governance
6 14 (28.57%) AI
6 14 (28.57%) CI/CD
7 13 (26.53%) Data Modelling
8 9 (18.37%) DevOps
8 9 (18.37%) Lakehouse
9 8 (16.33%) Data Architecture
9 8 (16.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (16.33%) Validation
10 7 (14.29%) Data Transformation
11 6 (12.24%) Agile
11 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (12.24%) Use Case
11 6 (12.24%) Visualisation
12 5 (10.20%) Data Integration
12 5 (10.20%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 31 (63.27%) Python
2 29 (59.18%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) Korn
4 2 (4.08%) Scala
5 1 (2.04%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Azure Certification
1 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
1 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.53%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Grafana
2 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) Databricks
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) Talend