Databricks Data Engineer Job Trends in England

Data Engineer - Databricks
UK > England

The median Data Engineer - Databricks salary in England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 685 627 708
Rank change year-on-year -58 +81 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Data Engineer 64 30 41
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.066% 0.068% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.076% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 57 29 41
10th Percentile £52,500 £54,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +36.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% +30.77% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 91,310 39,671 67,703
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 90.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 64,455 24,065 44,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in England

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Databricks Data Engineer in England

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Data Engineer 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
North of England -22 36 £82,500 +37.50%
North East - 16 £100,000 -
London -50 14 £77,500 -15.07%
Yorkshire -29 12 £82,500 +37.50%
North West -4 8 £50,000 -16.67%
South East - 7 £67,500 -
South West - 3 £65,500 -
East Midlands -31 1 £50,000 -21.57%
Midlands -43 1 £50,000 -16.67%
Databricks Data Engineer
UK

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Data Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Databricks Data Engineer in the job title.

1 64 (100.00%) Databricks
2 57 (89.06%) SQL
3 56 (87.50%) Python
4 47 (73.44%) Azure
5 46 (71.88%) Data Engineering
6 32 (50.00%) Data Modelling
6 32 (50.00%) Lakehouse
7 28 (43.75%) CI/CD
8 26 (40.63%) DevOps
8 26 (40.63%) ETL
8 26 (40.63%) PySpark
9 24 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (35.94%) AWS
10 23 (35.94%) Data Pipeline
11 22 (34.38%) Analytics
12 20 (31.25%) Apache Spark
12 20 (31.25%) Data Governance
12 20 (31.25%) Data Warehouse
13 19 (29.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (26.56%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (26.56%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (26.56%) GCP
15 16 (25.00%) AI
15 16 (25.00%) Degree
16 15 (23.44%) Data Quality
16 15 (23.44%) Infrastructure as Code
17 14 (21.88%) Apache
17 14 (21.88%) Data Integration
17 14 (21.88%) Decision-Making
17 14 (21.88%) Observability

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
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 (31.25%) Apache Spark
2 14 (21.88%) Apache
3 10 (15.63%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 47 (73.44%) Azure
2 23 (35.94%) AWS
3 19 (29.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 17 (26.56%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (26.56%) GCP
5 12 (18.75%) Serverless
6 9 (14.06%) Azure Functions
6 9 (14.06%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (14.06%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (10.94%) Azure Databricks
7 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.69%) Amazon S3
8 3 (4.69%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.56%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (1.56%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (31.25%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (20.31%) Spark SQL
3 8 (12.50%) Delta Lake
4 7 (10.94%) Data Lake
5 6 (9.38%) Power BI
5 6 (9.38%) Star Schema
6 4 (6.25%) Metadata
6 4 (6.25%) Tableau
7 3 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (4.69%) Big Data
7 3 (4.69%) ClickHouse
7 3 (4.69%) NoSQL
7 3 (4.69%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (3.13%) Relational Database
8 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
9 1 (1.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Git
2 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Finance
3 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.94%) Law
5 2 (3.13%) Banking
5 2 (3.13%) Front Office
5 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (40.63%) PySpark
2 12 (18.75%) Terraform
3 9 (14.06%) ARM Templates
3 9 (14.06%) REST
4 6 (9.38%) Kafka
5 3 (4.69%) Pandas
6 2 (3.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (9.38%) Hedge funds
3 5 (7.81%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.69%) IoT
4 3 (4.69%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (71.88%) Data Engineering
2 32 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 32 (50.00%) Lakehouse
3 28 (43.75%) CI/CD
4 26 (40.63%) DevOps
4 26 (40.63%) ETL
5 24 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (35.94%) Data Pipeline
7 22 (34.38%) Analytics
8 20 (31.25%) Data Governance
9 17 (26.56%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (25.00%) AI
11 15 (23.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (21.88%) Data Integration
12 14 (21.88%) Decision-Making
12 14 (21.88%) Observability
13 13 (20.31%) Computer Science
13 13 (20.31%) Regulatory Compliance
14 12 (18.75%) Test Automation
15 11 (17.19%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 57 (89.06%) SQL
2 56 (87.50%) Python
3 8 (12.50%) Scala
4 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.13%) R
5 1 (1.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) Degree
2 12 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.81%) Azure Certification
3 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.44%) Data Quality
2 9 (14.06%) GDPR
3 3 (4.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) Databricks
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.56%) Salesforce