Azure Databricks Job Trends in England

Azure Databricks
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Databricks skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 572 666
Rank change year-on-year -49 +94 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure Databricks 128 85 83
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.52% 0.59% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 91 60 69
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,250
25th Percentile £75,875 £74,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.43% +1.82%
75th Percentile £94,375 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +21.43% +5.66%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure Databricks falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,616 14,441 22,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.32% 32.93% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 16,977 10,143 15,946
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%

Azure Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Databricks relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure Databricks job vacancy trend in England

Azure Databricks
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Databricks.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Databricks in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Databricks in England

Azure Databricks
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Databricks within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -30 76 £90,000 +5.88%
South East -30 23 £87,500 +1.45%
North of England -35 21 £75,000 -25.00%
Yorkshire -29 11 £80,000 -20.00%
South West -68 6 £85,000 +95.40%
North East - 6 £45,000 -
North West - 4 £75,000 -
Midlands -48 1 £28,000 -53.33%
East Midlands - 1 £28,000 -
Azure Databricks
UK

Azure Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 20 (15.63%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.91%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 128 (100.00%) Azure
2 58 (45.31%) Azure Data Factory
3 43 (33.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 33 (25.78%) Microsoft Purview
5 29 (22.66%) Power Platform
6 16 (12.50%) Snowflake
7 13 (10.16%) Azure AI
7 13 (10.16%) Azure Machine Learning
8 12 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (7.03%) Serverless
10 5 (3.91%) Azure Functions
11 4 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (2.34%) AWS
12 3 (2.34%) Entra ID
12 3 (2.34%) GCP
13 2 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (1.56%) SaaS
14 1 (0.78%) dbt
14 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (29.69%) Delta Lake
2 34 (26.56%) Metadata
3 29 (22.66%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (21.88%) Data Lake
5 25 (19.53%) Power BI
6 17 (13.28%) Data Vault
7 15 (11.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (10.16%) Spark SQL
9 11 (8.59%) Tableau
10 10 (7.81%) SQL Server
11 9 (7.03%) Star Schema
12 7 (5.47%) NoSQL
12 7 (5.47%) Relational Database
13 6 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (3.13%) Big Data
14 4 (3.13%) Semantic Layer
15 3 (2.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 2 (1.56%) Ataccama
16 2 (1.56%) MySQL
17 1 (0.78%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 10 (7.81%) Git
1 10 (7.81%) MLflow
2 6 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.91%) GitLab
4 1 (0.78%) JIRA
4 1 (0.78%) kappa
General
1 37 (28.91%) Finance
2 34 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.47%) Legal
5 4 (3.13%) Marketing
6 2 (1.56%) Advertising
6 2 (1.56%) Banking
6 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.56%) Retail
7 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.78%) Local Government
7 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (53.13%) Architect
2 51 (39.84%) Data Architect
3 31 (24.22%) Data Engineer
4 25 (19.53%) Lead
5 24 (18.75%) Azure Architect
6 20 (15.63%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (14.84%) Databricks Engineer
8 18 (14.06%) Senior
9 13 (10.16%) Azure Data Architect
10 10 (7.81%) Azure Data Engineer
11 8 (6.25%) Lead Data Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Azure Consultant
12 7 (5.47%) Consultant
12 7 (5.47%) Databricks Data Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (4.69%) Developer
13 6 (4.69%) Senior Architect
13 6 (4.69%) Senior Data Engineer
14 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Data Architect
14 5 (3.91%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (36.72%) PySpark
2 28 (21.88%) Terraform
3 17 (13.28%) Kafka
4 2 (1.56%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.56%) LangChain
4 2 (1.56%) LangGraph
4 2 (1.56%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.56%) YAML
5 1 (0.78%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.78%) Pandas
5 1 (0.78%) pydantic
5 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.13%) Data Fabric
3 4 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (3.13%) Reinsurance
4 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.34%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.56%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.56%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.56%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) Clustering
6 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) NHS
6 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.78%) Replication
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.78%) Data Modelling
2 63 (49.22%) Analytics
3 57 (44.53%) Lakehouse
4 50 (39.06%) AI
5 49 (38.28%) CI/CD
6 47 (36.72%) Data Architecture
7 46 (35.94%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (34.38%) Data Engineering
9 43 (33.59%) Data Governance
10 38 (29.69%) Machine Learning
11 37 (28.91%) ETL
12 35 (27.34%) Data Pipeline
12 35 (27.34%) DevOps
13 33 (25.78%) Roadmaps
14 32 (25.00%) Data Science
14 32 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
15 31 (24.22%) Infrastructure as Code
16 24 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
17 23 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
18 22 (17.19%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 70 (54.69%) SQL
2 66 (51.56%) Python
3 30 (23.44%) Scala
4 21 (16.41%) Bicep
5 2 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.56%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 21 (16.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 17 (13.28%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.50%) SnowPro
5 9 (7.03%) Degree
6 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.13%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (39.84%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.69%) GDPR
3 4 (3.13%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.78%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (10.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (10.16%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.34%) Ansible
Vendors
1 128 (100.00%) Databricks
2 67 (52.34%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.69%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.56%) Foundry
5 1 (0.78%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.78%) Confluent
5 1 (0.78%) Informatica
5 1 (0.78%) Refinitiv
5 1 (0.78%) Workday